SP brushes aside foul play claims over missing pages of Prithvi diary

October 8, 2011

Udupi, October 8: Udupi Superintendent of Police Dr Ravi Kumar has brushed aside the allegations of conspiracy made by a few Billava community leaders over the missing pages of the diary of athlete Prithvi.

Billava leaders had cast doubt over the missing pages of the diary of the girl, who committed suicide at her hostel in Brahmavar under mysterious circumstance. They had alleged that the pages must be deliberately torn by the miscreants to cover up the issue and protect the culprit.

Dr Kumar said that there is no truth in such claims. “It is true that few pages are missing in the diary, but, those pages were not torn after Prithvi's death. That can be confirmed as there is continuity in her writings on the existing pages”, said Dr Kumar.

He said that if the pages were torn with intension of rescuing the culprits then they had to tear all the pages of the diary as the left out pages provides details about the mental harassment she went through by her coach and hostel warden and also contain the name of Misban, who was later arrested by police on charges of provoking Prithvi to attempt suicide.

He said that an independent investigation is on under the leadership of Kundapur ASP Ramnivas Sepet and its moving in the right direction.

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Mangaluru: 12,500 healthcare students rally for organ donation and nasha mukth Bharat

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November 29,2025

Mangaluru, Nov 29: Around 12,500 healthcare students from Medical, Dental, AYUSH, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Allied Health Sciences colleges of Dakshina Kannada, affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), took part in a massive walkathon to promote awareness on Organ Donation and Nasha Mukth Bharat.

The inaugural ceremony was held at Mangala Stadium. Dr Bhagavan B C, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of RGUHS, delivered the welcome address. The walkathon was flagged off by Shri U T Khader, Hon’ble Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, and presided over by Shri Dinesh Gundu Rao, Hon’ble Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Dakshina Kannada District In-charge. Dakshina Kannada MP Shri Brijesh Chowta also addressed the students.

Music director Guru Kiran, MLA Dr Bharat Shetty (Mangalore North), Police Commissioner Shri Sudheer Kumar Reddy, Shri Manjunath Bhandary and Shri Harish Kumar were among those present.

Institution heads including Dr Haji U K Monu (Kanachur Colleges), Dr Shantharam Shetty (Tejaswini College), Dr Bhaskar Shetty (City Group of Colleges), Mr Abdul Rahiman (Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences), and the District Health Officer, Mangalore, also participated.

The vote of thanks was delivered by Prof U T Ifthikar Fareed, Syndicate Member, RGUHS.

The event was organised by Dr U T Ifthikar Ali and Dr Shiva Sharan (Syndicate Members), Prof Vaishali (Senate Member), Prof Mohammad Suhail (Chairman, BOS Physiotherapy), Dr Sharan Shetty (Former Senate Member), along with principals and faculty of various colleges.

Students marched from Mangala Stadium to Karavali Grounds via MCC and Lalbagh signal. The event set a record as one of the largest gatherings of healthcare students for a social cause in the RGUHS Dakshina Kannada Zone.

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