Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Dec 1: The police have launched a manhunt for Ambika Nayak, who has been accused of arranging to make calls to her husband, posing life threats to him and coercing him into parting with one crore rupees, and her friend, B Manjunath, through whom these calls were made. Both are absconding as of now.
As Ambika's father, Vasudev Prabhu, is a senior citizen, he has not been remanded to judicial custody. However, the judge has instructed him to appear in the first chief judicial magistrate's court here every day and be present in the court from 10 am to 6 pm.
Ambika Prabhu, B Manjunath and K Vasudeva Prabhu
As such, Nayak has been travelling from Ananth Nagar Manipal to the city everyday with his wife in the morning and returning in the evening.
Vasudev Prabhu was arrested on November19. When he was produced in the court, the court did not remand him to judicial custody considering his advanced age. He was instructed to be present in the court from morning to evening for a week or till he secures bail.
Although it has been more than a week since, he continues to appear in the court everyday as he has failed to secure bail, police sources confirmed.