Bhatkal: Co-op society president among 5 held; Rs 45L in Rs 2K notes seized

December 1, 2016

Bhatkal, Dec 1: The town police have arrested five persons, including the president of a co-operative society, while they were transporting Rs 2,000 notes amounting to Rs 35 lakh here on Tuesday evening. The police have seized the money and the vehicle.

The arrested are Subrahmanya Vasappa Gowda, 39, a resident of Malali in Hosanagar taluk, Shivamogga district and president of the Kubera Multipurpose Co-operative Society, Teerthahalli, Shivamogga district and his four accomplices.

The suspects were transporting the money in a Xylo car, whose number plate had been removed. The police, following a tip-off, inspected the vehicle and found the currency notes stocked in a gunny bag. The suspects could not produce proper records for the money they were transporting. The police have alerted Income Tax officials in Mangaluru in this connection.

Subrahmanya claimed that the money was the deposits collected for the society from Nittur and other places. The police had, a few days ago, seized Rs 2,000 notes amounting to Rs 4.5 lakh at Shamshuddin Circle in the town.

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He is hiding since the name started stinking.. :P

Naren and Bupa.... sorry this time Bhatkal got a bad name because of your brothers .....

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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