UAE-bound youth arrested at Mangaluru Airport in four year old riot case

coastaldigest.com web desk

October 21, 2018

Mangaluru, Oct 21: A 26-year-old man who was about to board a UAE-bound flight at Mangaluru International Airport was arrested by the security forces and handed over to the local police yesterday in connection with a four year old case.

Abdul Rahiman, 26, a resident of Manjeshwar in Kasargod, was produced before a local court soon after his arrest on Saturday.

The police was on look out for him since 2014 in a case pertaining to a riot at Kanyana in the Vitla police station limits in Bantwal taluk. He had been been evading trial since then.

Taking cognisance of this, the additional civil judge and judicial magistrate first class, of the court in Bantwal, on February 13 this year, issued a warrant against him.

Based on a tip-off that Rahiman was at the Mangaluru International Airport to fly to UAE, police from the Bajpe station issued a look out circular and nabbed him. Police said trials were pending against Rahiman in several other cases as well.

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All goons are based on Kasaragod. Should monitor all criminals

True.. and there is a chance of getting improvements of all aspects as the competition increases

There is a hope.. after kannur airport starts service, mangalore airport based xrime rate may decrease.

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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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