
Four arrested on the charge of abduction and murder
The Hindu
A photographer was found murdered in Puttur
The Puttur Rural Police arrested four persons said to be involved in the abduction and murder of a photographer from Mysuru.
The police gave the names of the arrested persons as Balakrishna alias Subbaih Rai, his son Prashant, Prashant’s wife Jayalakshmi and their neighbour Jeevan Prasad.
According to the police, the photographer, 58-year-old Jagadish, had taken a two-acre agriculture land in Aryapu village of Puttur taluk on lease three years ago and had allowed his uncle Balakrishna to cultivate it.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.