Puttur, Mar 6: A middle aged man lost his life when a speeding police jeep collided with a two-wheeler on the Mani-Mysuru national highway near Sampya in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada last night.
The deceased has been identified as B Laxmana Naik, 50, the CEO of an agricultural cooperative bank at Arlapadavu, and a resident of Kote under Panaje village.
Naik was traveling towards Arlapadavu when a police jeep coming from the opposition direction collided head-on with his motorbike.
Naik is survived by wife and two daughters. It is said that the police jeep belonged to DAR and a sleuths of National Investigation Agencies were on board the vehicle.
A case has been registered and investigations are underway.
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