Cattle transporters brutally attacked with lethal weapons near Kalladka

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October 2, 2014

Bantwal, Oct 3: A group of assailants waylaid a vehicle transporting cattle and brutally assaulted two occupants of the vehicle at Porlipadi near Kalladka in Bantwal taluk early morning on Thursday.

The two were brutally assaulted with lethal weapons such as swords and iron rods by over 20 assailants, allegedly owing allegiance to the Sangh Parivar.

Both the victims, Siddiq (32) and Basheer (22) were gravely injured by the assailants and are in an extremely critical state in the intensive care unit of a private hospital. Siddiq was brought to the hospital in an unconscious state.

It is learnt that the assailants planned to ram the cattle-laden vehicle with a pick-up truck at Porlipadi to bring them to a stop. In his haste to avoid being rammed by the pickup, the oncoming vehicle fell into a roadside ditch.

After the accident, around 20 assailants dragged the two out of the vehicle and assaulted them with swords and rods brutally. Siddiq sustained severe injuries to his arms, legs, neck and back, while Basheer was gravely injured on his arm, head and legs.

It is said that two youth had been following the cattle-laden vehicle in the wee hours of Thursday from Mani. Later, a pickup truck with five persons had been lying in wait for the vehicle at Porlipadi.

When the vehicle lost control to avoid an accident with the parked pickup truck, it fell into a ditch and the assailants began assaulting the two persons inside. The driver of the vehicle is said to have escaped from the scene.

The vehicle transporting the cattle, the pickup truck used to stop the vehicle, the bike following the vehicle and the two cattle inside the vehicle have been seized by the police.

Some of the assailants have been identified as Kalladka residents Mithun, Dheeraj, Kamalaksha, Yathiraj, Chetan, Bhavith and Raviraj, and the police have arrested one person among them.

A case of illegal cattle trafficking has been registered against Siddiq and Basheer. Security arrangements have been made for them in the hospital they are being treated.

A tense situation had prevailed in Kalladka following the spread of rumours with regard to group clashes. The police arrived shortly and the situation was brought under control as per the directions of superintendent of police S D Sharanappa.

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March 27,2024

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Gokarna (Uttara Kannada): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said the Congress will decide about making him the Chief Minister in future, bringing to the fore again the issue of leadership change.

There was stiff competition between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar for the Chief Minister's post after the Assembly election results in May last year, and the Congress had managed to convince the latter and made him the Deputy Chief Minister.

There were some reports at the time that a compromise had been reached based on a "rotational Chief Minister formula," according to which Shivakumar will become CM after two-and-half years but they have not been officially confirmed by the party.

During a temple visit here, a priest prayed that God's blessings may be showered on Shivakumar, and he became the Chief Minister.

Speaking to reporters here in Uttara Kannada district, Shivakumar, who has in the past made no secret of his ambition to become Chief Minister, amid speculations of change in guard mid-way of the Assembly term, responded to talk in some political circles about the leadership issue.

"What's wrong if a priest expresses his desire before God while praying? The priest has expressed his desire. Now Siddaramaiah is the Chief Minister, I'm working as Deputy Chief Minister under him, also as party's state President. People speak about it and desiring it (Shivakumar should become CM) is a different matter, it will be decided by our party," Shivakumar said.

"Now we are all working under the leadership of Siddaramaiah, and our desire is that the state should progress further under his leadership," he said.

"There will be people including supporters and priests, who pray for us, they will express their opinion. Can we stop them from doing it? At the temple it is between God and his disciple, they have expressed their feelings to God," Shivakumar added. 

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March 22,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 22: An FIR has been registered against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over a provocative hate post on social media, Election Commission officials said on Friday.

The move comes after a complaint filed by officials of the poll body and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) that the Bengaluru South MP, who is also the President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, had in a post apparently targeted a minority and spread enmity between two communities.

He also made a similar post on March 19 on X and YouTube which went viral. He has 1.3 million followers on X, thereby influencing the voters and disturbing the communal harmony between the communities, it further alleged.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered at Halasuru Gate police station on March 20 under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 295 A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of the People Act, the officials said.

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March 16,2024

Mangaluru: In the wake of complaints regarding middlemen menace, sleuths of Lokayukta on Friday, March 15, conducted a raid at the Mangaluru Urban Development Authority. 

The Lokayukta team found unaccounted money and several files, which were not disposed of for a long period.

Lokayukta SP CA Simon said that the Lokayukta has received complaints that middlemen have been interfering in the MUDA office, and files pertaining to the public are not being cleared on time.

A raid that commenced in the evening on March 13, lasted for 18 hours. During the raid, Lokayukta officials found cash in a bag in MUDA office, and also with officials and others. MUDA officials could not inform the source of money found in their office, the SP said.

Further, he said that many people gathered at the MUDA office during the Lokayukta raid, and have raised complaints about the harassment at the urban development authority. “We have gathered evidence for MUDA officials carrying out file disposal processes through brokers on phone calls. The investigation on the MUDA network will be continued,” he said.

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