Bill collection centre robbery: 'Love birds' in police net

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July 12, 2011

Mangalore, July 12: City Police have arrested two 'love birds' on Monday in connection with robbery, occurred on Sunday night at bill collection centre of Mangalore Electric Supply Company (MESCom).

The arrested are Poornima (20), daughter of Poovappa Salian, and Chethan (23), son of Lokesh. Both are residents of Idya village in Mangalore taluk.

Mangalore City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh told media persons here on Tuesday that Ramesh Shetty, senior superintendent of private firm that operating bill collecting system had complained with Surathkal police station that a person wearing a helmet came to Mescom Office, snatched a cash amount of Rs 1.36 lakh from woman employee Poornima after threatening and tying her up.

Surathkal police who took up the investigation, zeroed in on Poornima who confessed the crime.

Terming the incident as “dramatized crime” Seemanth Kumar Singh, the two love birds enacted the scene.

While Poornima was already produced before court, Chethan is in police custody.

Police have recovered Tata Sumo vehicle and the cash from the accused.

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DK in-charge minister presents CM’s MSP plea to Prime Minister in Mangaluru

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November 28,2025

Mangaluru, Nov 28: Karnataka Health Minister and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday handed over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the severe distress faced by farmers due to crashing crop prices.

PM Modi arrived at the Mangaluru International Airport en route to Udupi, where Gundu Rao welcomed him and submitted the letter. The chief minister’s message stressed that farmers are suffering heavy losses because maize and green gram are being bought far below the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The state urged the Centre to immediately begin procurement at MSP.

According to the letter, Karnataka has a bumper harvest this year—over 54.74 lakh metric tons of maize and 1.98 lakh metric tons of green gram—yet farmers are unable to secure fair prices. Against the MSP of ₹2,400/MT for maize and ₹8,768/MT for green gram, market rates have plunged to ₹1,600–₹1,800 and ₹5,400 respectively.

The chief minister has requested the Centre to:

• Direct NAFED, FCI and NCCF to start MSP procurement immediately.
• Ensure ethanol units purchase maize directly from farmers or FPOs.
• Increase Karnataka’s ethanol allocation, citing high production capacity.
• Stop maize imports, which have depressed domestic prices.
• Relax quality norms for green gram, allowing up to 10% discoloration due to rains.

The letter stresses that MSP is crucial for farmer dignity and income stability and calls for swift central intervention to prevent a deepening crisis.

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