R B Jagadish
Daijiworld Media Network – Karkala (DC)
Karkala, Nov 18: The Karkala police have successfully nabbed an accused who was absconding after murdering his own brother over a property dispute.
Melwyn Santhosh D’Souza from Mangalapade in Karkala is the arrested. He had murdered his brother Avil D’Souza.
It may be recalled that on March 30, 2018 the brothers had a fight over a property. In the fight, Avil D’Souza had first attacked Melwyn and the latter retaliated and hit him with a rod killing him on the spot.
Melwyn Santhosh D’Souza
In order to destroy the evidence, Melwyn carried his brother's body and burnt it Ramasamudra area in Karkala.
Police circle inspector Halmurthy Rao who was known for his work in Kaup limits and got transferred to Karkala carried the operation along with SI Nanja Nayak. While questioning he confessed to the crime.
Melwyn has been booked under IPC sections of 302, 201 at Karkala police station.