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Five including four young engineers die in highway car crash

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December 3, 2014

Tumakuru, Dec 3: A head-on collision between a speeding car and a tractor on National Highway-4 near Nelahal in Kora hobli of the taluk on Monday night claimed lives of five persons including four young engineers.

The deceased are Pramod, 23, a resident of Kumta in Uttara Kannada district; Ashwin, 22, from Ankola in the same district; Harish, 21, from Holenarsipur in Hassan district; Manoj, 24, from Bengaluru (travelling by car) and Chikkanna, 41, of Havinamadagu village in Madhugiri taluk of Tumakuru district.

Those travelling in the car were all employed as engineers in Quest Global company in Bengaluru and were returning to the City after attending the wedding of a friend in Koppal.

The tractor driver was taking a right turn, after unloading a consignment of wood, when the accident occurred.

While Manoj and Harish died on the spot, Chikkanna, Ashwin and Pramod - who were seriously injured - breathed their last in the hospital.

The other passengers in the tractor, Srirangappa, Nagaraju and Madhu Obalappa, are battling for their life at a hospital in Bengaluru. The Kora police have registered a case.

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December 15,2025

Mangaluru police have arrested a 27-year-old NRI on his return from Saudi Arabia in connection with an Instagram post allegedly containing derogatory and provocative remarks about the Hindu religion, officials said on Monday.

The accused, Abdul Khader Nehad, a resident of Ulaibettu in Mangaluru, was working in Saudi Arabia when the post was uploaded, police said.

A suo motu case was registered at the Bajpe police station on October 11 after an allegedly offensive post circulated from the Instagram account ‘team_sdpi_2025’. Police said the content was flagged for being provocative and derogatory in nature.

During the investigation, technical analysis traced the Instagram post to Nehad, who was residing abroad at the time, a senior police officer said. Based on these findings, a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued against him.

On December 14, Nehad arrived from Saudi Arabia at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, where he was taken into custody on arrival. Police said further investigation is underway.

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