Udupi: The suspicious death of a 22 year old man in Karkala Town Police station limits, later proved to be a murder based on a post mortem report. Following which, the police have arrested her mother on the charges of murder.

The deceased is Shifanaz. In a complaint, her father Sheikh Mustafa (51), a resident of Hirgana village, in Karkala, the young woman had been admitted to hospital in Karkala after she collapsed at home. Doctors who examined her declared her dead.

Initially, an Unnatural Death Report was registered under Section 194(3)(IV) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), as there was suspicion regarding the cause of death. Her body was later sent to Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal, for a post-mortem examination. The medical report confirmed that Shifanaz had died due to

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