Prabhakar Acharya was murdered, say police

August 13, 2013

Kundapur, Aug 13: The accidental death of one of the members of a group, which had ventured into forest for hunting, has now been billed as a murder by the Kundapur police.

Prabhakar Acharya, a resident of Noojadi had gone hunting with his friends Sundar Poojary, Nagaraj alias Raju Poojary, Santhosh Poojary and Nagaraj Poojary on August 10. It was said that Prabhakar died on the spot after one of the friends shot a bullet accidentally.
However, deceased's brother in his complaint claimed that Prabhakar was murdered. He had directly held the four who had accompanied Prabhakar for hunting responsible for the death.
Meanwhile the four accused told the police that the bullet was shot accidentally from one of the weapons. However, the police who sensed that the entire story was fake, started investigating into the issue and found that the death was not accidental, while it was a pre-planned and a well executed plot.
The weapon used for the crime was recovered from the residence of Babu Poojary, father of accused Nagaraj Poojary
The four were produced before Kundapur Court by the Kollur police on August 12 and have been handed over to judicial custody till August 24th.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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