Rowdy-sheeter escapes police while being brought to Court

August 28, 2013

Mangalore, Aug 28: Nagaraj Balegar (30) a rowdy dramatically absconded from Udupi railway station on Wednesday morning around 9.30am, when he was being brought to Udupi from Thrissur in Kerala.

It is learnt that on Tuesday night two Kerala state police officers had taken Nagaraj Balegar from Thrissur of Kerala in a train to Udupi to produce before the Court in connection to a particular case.

Train reached Udupi at mid night and hence the police decided to stay over in the railway station. On Wednesday morning, when the police made him walk his way from station on the Indrali route, he knocked the policemen and managed to escape with handcuffs on.

Nagaraja Balegar is a resident of Baikady of Brahmavar and has cases in various police stations of undivided Dakshina Kannada. He is wanted in as many as 25 cases in Kerala and Karnataka state.

Nagaraj, had once bitten the hands of Puttur ASI Rama Nayak, splashed chilly powder into his eyes and escaped, when he was being taken to Hubli Court. Later he was caught by public.

Recently he escaped from Hubli jail too.

His brother Muthappa is also a rowdy-sheeter, involved in Vinod Shetty's murder at Hiriyadka jail on 14 January 2011.

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Mangaluru: Youth arrested for misleading Instagram post targeting police

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December 19,2025

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru CEN police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly posting provocative and misleading content on an Instagram page named “mr_a_titude”, targeting the Bajpe police.

Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H identified the arrested as Abhishek M, a resident of Katipalla in Mangaluru.

A case has been registered at the Bajpe Police Station under Sections 353(1)(c), 353(2), 56, and 57 read with Section 189 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the post.

According to police, the accused uploaded a photograph of a hotel on the Instagram page and alleged that accused persons in a murder case under the Bajpe police jurisdiction were being given “royal treatment” by the police, including being served beef meals daily from the hotel.

The post further accused the police of supporting criminals, misusing their authority, and betraying public trust. Police said the content was provocative in nature and aimed at inciting public outrage against the police.

Following the post, a case was registered at the Bajpe police station, and further investigation was transferred to the CEN police station.

Police records indicate that the accused has a criminal history, with multiple cases registered against him, including murder, attempt to murder, assault, and robbery at the Surathkal Police Station, and one case at the Kaup Police Station.

The Commissioner said the accused was traced and arrested using technical evidence.

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