Tender coconut seller commits suicide

Vaman Poojary (55), a tender coconut seller, was found dead in his outhouse near Swaraj Maidan in Moodbidri on Thursday.

The Moodbidri police said Poojary was found hanging from the roof of the outhouse. The police said Poojary’s stall was close to the place where 40-year-old Bajrang Dal activist Prashant Poojary, who was murdered on October 9, sold flowers.

The police said they are yet to find reasons that forced Poojary to commit suicide.

MP Nalin Kumar Kateel told reporters here on Friday that Vaman Poojary had received threat calls on his mobile phone after the murder of the Bajrang Dal activist, who operated near his shop.

This might have forced him to commit suicide, Mr. Kateel said.

Convicted

Principal District and Session Judge Uma M.G. on Thursday sentenced Alwyn Pinto alias Anil Bangera (33) of Kandavara to two years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed fine of Rs. 10,000.

The Judge found Alwyn Pinto guilty of illegal possession of 1.1 kg of ganja.

The then Coastal Security Police Inspector Mukund Nayak had arrested Alwyn Pinto at Ganesh Katte near Tannirbavi for illegal possession of ganja.

Pinto has been convicted under Sections 20 (B) and 2 (b) of the Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.