Man kills cousin and buries body

On the night of 05/08/06 at Daddukaje, Renjala village, Karkala a quarrel ensue between two cousins Mr. Rajab and Mr. Mohammed over a simple aurgument that Mohammed owed some money to the former. In a fit of anger Rajab assaulted him with an wodden log and then in the presence of his wife buried the body in a old well in front of the house.

Mohammed who was formerly working in the gulf, came to the village with an intention to work there, sending his wife to the Gulf instead. During the period when he sent his wife abroad, he left his daughter at the house of his cousin Rajab. When he returned from Mumbai after seeing off his wife, Rajab demanded that he be paid the expenses of taking care of his daughter at the rate Rs. 25/- per day for the period of 50 days. But Mohammed refused. On the night of 05-08-06 a quarrel ensue in this connection and Rajab murdered Mohammed by assaulting him and then buried the body in the old well the same night , threatening his wife Aasia of dire consequenses if she disclosed the matter to anyone. On 11/08/06, Aasia disclosed the matter to Mr. Abubakkar, the younger brother of the deceased. Mr. Abubakkar then lodged a complaint with the Karkala Rural police. On the receipt of complaint, a murder case under Karkala Rural PS Cr. No. 88/06 U/s 302, 201, 506 IPC has been registered. Immediately a request was sent to the Asst. Comissioner Kundapur to conduct the exhumation process and on 12-08-06, the body was exhumed, and the accused Rajab was secured and sent to judicial custody. The case is under investigation.