Mangaluru: Two more habitual offenders booked under Goonda Act

February 11, 2017

Mangaluru, Feb 11: The Mangaluru city police have invoked the Goonda Act against two more miscreants accused of murder, drug peddling and other anti-social activities.

M Chandra Sekhar, Commissioner of Mangaluru City Police, on Saturday told media persons that Sharan (32), a resident of Akash Bhavan and Chappe Thanni Raheem (37) were booked under Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum Grabbers Act, 1985.

Sharan is currently an accused in 17 criminal cases including four murders, one attempt to attempt, one sexual assault and three robbery cases.

In spite of facing the probe in all above cases, Sharan had continued to indulge in anti-social activities forcing the police to take a serious step, the cop said and added that the goonda was sent to Vijayapura central prison.

Chappe Thanni is an accused in eight different cases including supplying ganja to students of various schools and colleges. He was sent to Shivamogga jail, the top cop said.

Hinting that more drug peddlers will be booked under Goonda Act in coming days, he said, “The persons supplying drugs to the students and youngsters will be the first one to be booked under the Goonda Act. We have also requested the people to furnish details about the drug peddlers to police through phone or mobile app,” he said.

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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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