Overview
- Authorities report that relative Sheik Abba died during treatment in Mangaluru, raising the death toll to two.
- The teen victim was identified as Mariyam Jumaila, who succumbed after she tried to stop the assault.
- Manjeshwaram police have arrested Umar Farooq and begun an investigation, with a case to be registered.
- Investigators attribute the violence to a long-standing property dispute involving Farooq and his wife’s brother-in-law.
- Mariyam’s body remains at the Manjeshwaram government hospital pending post-mortem, and relatives allege Farooq had recent domestic and substance issues.