Five cops including lady SI, ASI injured in two separate attacks

June 25, 2014

Mangalore/Udupi, Jun 25: As many as five police personnel were injured in two separate attacks by miscreants in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. The injured including two female cops-Panambur sub-inspector of police Bharathi G and Kundapur Assistant Sub Inspector.

Two persons were arrested on the charge of assaulting a lady Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) and a police constable at Kundapur police station in Kundapur on June 23.

P.M. Diwakar, Circle Police Inspector said a case was registered against the accused under Sections 353, 354A, 504 and 323 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Kundapur police station in Udupi. A case was also registered against the duo under Sections 427, 324, 504 and 506 of IPC. The accused were produced before the court in Kundapur, which remanded them in judicial custody till July 7.

In a separate incident, SI Bharathi and three constables were injured while trying to nab an accused near Baikampady on the outskirts of Mangalore on Tuesday night.

It is learnt that the police team led by Bharathi was chasing one of the accused in an attempt to murder case in Moodbidri. Police gave the name of the accused as Salam.

Mangalore city police commissioner R Hitendra said that when the police team surrounded the accused, he brandished a knife at them. However the constables-Chandrahas, Radhakrishna and Sathish- managed to catch the accused. In the melee all three constables and the accused sustained severe injuries. SI Bharathi also sustained minor injuries. All of them were immediately taken to a hospital.

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‘Profit’ trap: Mangaluru trader duped of ₹33.1 lakh in online App scam

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A 34-year-old fruit and vegetable trader in Mangaluru has reportedly lost ₹33.1 lakh after falling victim to an online investment scam run through a fake mobile app.

Police said the scam began in September, when the victim received a link on Facebook. Clicking it connected him to a WhatsApp number, where an unidentified person introduced a high-return investment scheme and instructed him to download an app.

To build trust, the fraudster asked him to invest ₹30,000 on September 24. The trader soon received ₹34,000 as “profit,” convincing him the scheme was genuine. Over the next two months, he transferred money in multiple instalments via Google Pay and IMPS to different scanner codes and bank accounts shared by the scammers. Between September 24 and December 3, he ended up sending a total of ₹33.1 lakh.

When he later requested a refund of his investment and promised returns, the scammers demanded additional payments, claiming he needed to pay a “service tax” first. Even after he paid a small amount, no money was returned, and the scammers continued pressuring him for more.

A case has been registered at the CEN Crime Police Station.

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Think Before You Post! Mangaluru Police Crack Down on Provocative Instagram Accounts

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December 5,2025

Mangaluru: In a significant step to curb online hate and intimidation, Mangaluru City Police have registered a suo motu case against multiple Instagram accounts accused of circulating alleged provocative and threatening content.

While monitoring social media activity on Tuesday, Kankanady Town PSI Anitha Nikkam identified the Instagram handle ‘team_targetttt_900’ for posting a hate message alongside images of lethal weapons. Another account, ‘team_nagara_900’, allegedly shared a threatening post targeting activist Bharath Kumdelu, tagging additional pages such as KARAVALI-OFFICIAL.

Several other accounts — including ‘immu_bhai.fan’, ‘target_boy_900’, ‘kings_of_manglore’, ‘team_target_boys.900’, ‘arshad_mangalore’, ‘target_ka19_ullal’, ‘team_target__’, ‘troll_tigersz_900’, ‘tr_group_900’, and ‘team_target_900’ — are also under scrutiny for spreading similar inflammatory material, police said.

Authorities have urged citizens, especially young social media users, to report suspicious pages and avoid engaging with groups that glorify violence or threaten individuals. Online hate can quickly escalate into real-world harm, and police stress that sharing or promoting such content can attract legal consequences.

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