Police arrest members of inter-state thief gang

February 25, 2011

Mangalore, February 25: The Dakshina Kannada rural police have busted an inter-state gang of vehicle thieves with the arrest of its five key members.

The arrested are Moidin alias Unhi (37), son of Ummar and resident of Varkady village in Kasargod, Sayyed Nihal alias Sayyed Irfan Nihal (40), son of Rashid Saab and resident of Bangalore, Hanif alias Eli Hanif (37), son of Badavakunhi, resident of Thokoor near Jokatte and S Ashraf (28), son of Ramla and resident of Shanthinagar in Vitlapadnur.

Disclosing this to media persons on Friday, A Subrahmanyeshwara Rao, DK Superintendent of Police, said that the recovery process of these stolen vehicles began following a tip-off received by the police from Moidin and Hanif who were arrested by the Bantwal police under the guidance of Circle Inspector K Nanjunde Gowda on February 18.

So far police had recovered 22 two-wheelers and 14 four-wheelers including two tippers, two lorries, two Scorpio cars, two Omni vans, an Innova, Swift, Santro, Qualis, Maruthi 800, Indica each valued at nearly Rs 1 crore from their possession. Five vehicles including Tavera, Maruthi Omni, Scorpio and two lorries are yet to be recovered, he said.

The vehicles have been recovered from various parts of the state such as Bangalore, Hubli, Mangalore, Mandya, Davanagere, Kerala, Arasikere, Majeshwara, Mysore, Bantwal and other places.

The gang which was active since two years, used to steal vehicles, mainly using duplicate keys or altering gear indicator, throughout the state and sell them to people by making fake RC and other documents, he added. “Since most of vehicles have been registered under Dharawad RTO i.e., KA 25, we will also investigate the role of officers in this connection,” he said.

In various parts of the states, 24 cases have been registered against Nihal who is the prime accused, while S Ashraf who was in judicial custody has been released on body warrant.

Police personnel Vivekananda, MRM Thahasildar, Rakshith Kumar, ASI Kepu Gowda, Head constables Sanjeeva Purusha, Jnanashekhara, Kaleimar and others participated in the operation.

The SP declared a reward of Rs 10,000 for the police team. Rohini Katoch, Puttur ASP was present.

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March 15,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 15: Former Karnataka chief minister and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act on Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor at his residence in Bengaluru last month.

Yediyurappa, 81, was booked after a woman lodged a complaint saying that she visited his residence on February 2 seeking justice in a rape case against her daughter and sought that a special investigation team (SIT) be formed to look into the case.

According to the first information report (FIR), Yediyurappa allegedly took the minor to a room, closed the door and sexually assaulted her. The woman further alleged in the FIR that when she confronted Yediyurappa, he said that he was checking if the girl was raped or not. Yediyurappa later allegedly apologised and asked the woman not to reveal the matter to anyone.

The Sadashivanagar police in Bengaluru have registered a case under Section 8 (commit sexual assault) of the Pocso Act and Section 354 (a) (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Reacting to the allegations, the former CM said that around one-and-a-half months ago, they (the victim and her mother) had come to his house seeking help and he had taken them inside. 

“After listening to her, I called the city police commissioner B Dayananda over phone seeking to address her problem. Later, they spoke against me and I then suspected that there is some health problem with her. I sent them to city police commissioner’s office. I even gave her some money as they were in distress. I came to know that an FIR has been registered and will look into it. But this is what I get for helping someone,” he added.

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March 28,2024

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Mangaluru, Mar 28: A fish meal factory in the Baikampady Industrial area in Mangaluru was gutted in a fire incident on Thursday, officials said.

The factory is owned by the company 'Shihar Enterprises', they said.

According to the locals, the fire was first noticed at 4.45 am today, which was immediately reported to the fire department.

The fire engines reached the spot and tried to douse the fire, but it had already spread to other parts of the factory. After almost four hours of fire-fighting operation, the blaze was completely doused, officials.

The reason for the blaze is still being probed, the fire department officials said, adding that they suspect an electric short circuit could have triggered it.

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March 18,2024

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Mangaluru, Mar 18: The rising temperature has become a growing concern for residents of coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, as the issue of drinking water shortage continues to worsen in several parts. 

Though the water supply of Mangaluru city has not been affected much, nearby urban local bodies, including Ullal, Kotekar, Bajpe and other parts on the outskirts of Mangaluru have been facing an acute shortage of drinking water.

Though the water level in the Thumbe vented dam across Nethravati River has started going down in the last few days, officials have ruled out possibility of rationing the water supply in the city.

According to officials, the water level at Thumbe dam of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) stood at 5.8 m as against the maximum storage capacity of 6m height on March 16. The water level at the dam during the same period last year was 5.3 metres. The water level reduced from 5.9 m on March 15 to 5.8 m on March 16 due to the scorching heat, causing evaporation.

The MCC has been drawing 160 MLD of water from the Thumbe vented dam. According to officials, without inflow, the maximum water stored in the dam will be sufficient for only 50 days. Meanwhile, the MCC has already started pumping backwater from downstream of the Thumbe vented dam back to the dam using pumpsets. Water from Thumbe dam can be drawn only if it has more than 1.5m of water in it.

DC Mullai Muhilan MP said that the district administration is closely monitoring water levels in all the dams that supply water.

The AMR dam located upstream of Thumbe dam has 18 m of water from sea level. If the water level in the Thumbe vented dam recedes, then water from the AMR dam will be released into the Thumbe dam. There is water in a dam at Biliyoor, which is located upstream of the AMR dam, the DC said.

“Drawing water for irrigation purposes from Thumbe and AMR dams has been banned,” the deputy commissioner said, adding that an order in this regard has already been issued. Some of the pockets in rural areas too have started facing water crisis.

“We have made arrangements to supply water through tankers in Ullal, Kotekar and Bajpe areas. We will not introduce water supply rationing in MCC limits for the time being,” he said and appealed to citizens to use water judiciously.

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