Mangaluru: 2 missing minor girls traced in Madikeri; Puttur man arrested

February 21, 2017

Mangaluru, Feb 21: The Mangaluru police have managed to trace two missing girls from the city in Kodagu district and arrested a man on charge of abducting them.

The two 17-year-old girls, pursuing second PU through a tutorial institute in the city, were missing since February 11. A missing complaint was also registered at Mangaluru East (Kadri) police station on the same day.

However, after coming to know the involvement of a fancy store owner in the missing of minor girls, the police have converted the case of missing into that of abduction.

The girls have reportedly told the police that they had left home due to lack of love in the family and started working in a fancy store in Madirkeri.

As both the girls are minors, police arrested Shankar Bhat (33), a resident of Puttur, who had employed the girls in his fancy store in Madikeri. He was remanded to judicial custody by a local court on Monday.

The case has now been transferred to women's police station. The police are now investing whether Bhat had misused the girls.

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Excellent Investigation by our great Police force in correct time and correct places this is called the Congi government ruling, Luckily that's Master Minded Bhatt.. if Kateel might have thought some other meaning, Master Kateelanna you are lucky this time you Invite Congis to your Criminal Looter Gang!!!!!!!!
Jai hoo siddaramanna
Yeddi, Shobakka no chance this time????

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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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