DSS sets 15-day deadline to arrest culprits in tax driver murder

September 23, 2011

Mangalore, September 23: Hundreds of people under the banner of Karnataka Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (Krishnappa) on Friday staged a demonstration in the city demanding the immediate arrest of those behind the killings of city based taxi driver Govardhana.

The protesters, who took out a rally from Jyothi Circle, gathered in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner raising slogans against the failure of cops in solving the murder case.

The protesters set a 15 day deadline for the police to arrest the culprits. They also demanded the government to provide a government job to one of the family members of the victim.

Addressing the protesters DSS State Secretary Satya Bhadravati said that the unsolved case of a Dalit driver is another example for the failure of policing in coastal Karnataka.

Reminding that the incident has taken place in the home district of Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, he said his group would not allow the CM to participate in any programme, if he continued to ignore this brutal murder.

“If the police failed solve this case within 15 days, the DSS will stage a broom showing protest at the office of the Commissioner of Police”, he warned and added that state level office bearers will decide on future course of the struggle in a meeting to be held on October 8 in the city.

DSS state organising convenor M Devadas, divisional convenor Shekhar Hejamady, state committee member Shrinivas, Corporators Shashidhar Hegde, Harinath, Amithakala, Congress leaders Ivan D'Souza, Suresh Ballal and Christian leader Dennis D'Silva were present among the protesters.

Govardhan, son of S Narayan, a resident of Bejai Kapikad and a taxi owner-cum-driver by profession, vanished after he dropped four strangers, who hired his car to Karkala on the night of August 25.

It is said that four strangers had hired Govardhan's car from KSRTC bus stand in the city to reach Karkala. At around 7: 15 pm the strangers had approached Govardhan saying that their car had developed snags in Karkala and they wanted to bring it back. At around 9:30 pm Govardhan had called his family and informed that he was in Karkala and would be returning soon.

When Govardhan did not return home till next day morning his family members tried contact him over phone. However both of his cells were switched off. Later they lodged a complaint with Urwa police station.

Govardhana's car was traced near Padubidri very next day. His body was found on Belman-Mundkur Road on August 29.

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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 21,2024

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Mangaluru: A man from Dakshina Kannada was duped of Rs 2.5 lakh after he was promised a Poland visa.

In a complaint, a resident of Belthangady, stated that the accused, Manoj, had promised a job for his son in Poland. 

Between May 22 of last year and March 19, he handed over Rs 2.2 lakh in various phases, citing different reasons.

However, since the accused failed to provide a visa or return the money, a case was registered at the Dharmasthala police station under IPC sections 417 and 420.

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March 28,2024

An Indian expatriate, hailing from Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, who was detained in Jeddah jail in an alleged cyber case, was set free recently. He is allowed to continue his work in the same company. 

The 49-year-old Mangalurean, has been working for a Maintenance company in Jeddah for more than 13 years. He is known for his efficiency and sincerity in the company with good experience in his field of work. 

His company usually assigned him on duty in Jeddah sea port to take the delivery of the goods consigned to his company. As a part of his duty, he normally takes pictures of the goods before the transportation. He did the same in February 2023 too. 

The security personnel informed the police about his act that amounts to be a violation of the port security rule. He was unaware of the rule as he was doing it normally in the port during the release of the goods. Since then, he was detained by the police on the charge of photographing inside the port premises. After more than 6 months detention, he was released and allowed to work in the same company. 

The detainee’s brother based in Jeddah was constantly pursuing the case.

P A Hameed Padubidri, a pro-bono NRI lawyer and social worker based in Riyadh, extended his socio-humanitarian help in this case upon the request of his family and relatives. 

He actively involved trying to set him free from the jail on humanitarian grounds with the coordination and help of the Consulate General of India (CGI) Jeddah. The CGI keenly followed up the case with the concerned Saudi authorities. He was released from the jail recently and shared his happiness with his family and thanked good samaritans. 

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