Crime and crash

Karwar, January 9: The police have arrested Nasir Ibrahim Sheikh (32) who had illegally stored 30 LPG cylinders in his stove repair shop at Green Street in Karwar on Sunday. He was selling these gas cylinders in black market. The police have recovered 25 cylinders.

Ludhiana/New Delhi/Jaipur, January 8: Three weeks ago Bala Kava, known as Lucky by her family, was found murdered at her home in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. But that was not the end of the ordeal for her relatives in Ludhiana. Her family are still waiting for the body, as the authorities in Sharjah have refused to hand it over to her husband. This was even after two suspects were caught

Mangalore, January 8: The bank accounts of Ganesh Shipping Agency, owned by Coastal Development Authority Chairman B Nagaraja Shetty have been reportedly hacked through internet. In a complaint lodged with Bunder police station, Mr Shetty has claimed that hackers have looted Rs 4 lakh from his four accounts held with Bunts Hostel, Urwa, Karwar and Bangalore branches of Axis Bank. It is said that

Karwar, January 7: In a joint operation, Karwar rural police and railway police arrested a woman for carrying drugs in Karwar railway station on Friday morning. According to police, 28-year-old Golma Devi was carrying the 4.25 kg of charas worth Rs 80 lakh. Superintendent of Police K T Balakrishna said on Friday that Golma hails from Hulu in Himachal Pradesh. "Though Golma was caught red-handed

Mangalore, January 6: In a gruesome accident a pedestrian was crushed to death under the wheels of a city bus near Bunts Hostel circle here on Friday night. The tragedy occurred at around 9:00 pm when a Nirmala Travels bus (route no 22) was plying from State Bank to Bajpe. The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained, as his face was crushed under the wheels. The driver fled the place

Holenarasipur, January 6: A six-member police team, who had come all the way from Ranebennur in Haveri district, to Hoelnarasipur in?Hassan district, to nab an accused, became victims of a mob, when they were mistaken for child lifters on Wednesday night. Recently, a driver from Ranebennur who was assigned to transport of sugar disappeared after selling both the truck and the sugar load. On a tip

Mandya, January 6: A young girl from Aabalawadi village in Maddur taluk of forward Vokkaliga community-dominated Mandya district was hanged to death, allegedly by her own parents as punishment for falling in love with a Dalit boy. According to a complaint filed at Koppa police station on Thursday by Thimmappa, brother of Govindaraju, the deceased girl Suvarna’s lover, the couple who hailed from

Bangalore, January 6: A 40-year-old woman was held on Thursday morning for smuggling in 31,520 micro-secure digital chips from Hong Kong. Officials of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), Customs, at Bangalore International Airport (BIA) caught Rosy Bhatia from Delhi red-handed as she tried to walk away with the chips worth Rs 63.04 lakh, packed in 53 polythene pouches and concealed in her stockings

Udupi, January 5: A youth was arrested in possession of ganja at Bhujanga Park here on Wednesday by the sleuths of District Crime Intelligence Bureau. The arrested has been identified as Alfaz (22), a resident of Gulvady village in Kundapur taluk. 500 gm of ganja valued at Rs. 7,000 has been seized from him. According to the sleuths he has confessed that he had brought ganja for sale. The DCIB

Bhatkal, January 4: A person has allegedly committed suicide after his wife lodged a police complaint against him. The deceased has been identified as Honnappa Manjappa Naik (48) of Jalikodi. According to his family members, Honnappa was in a depressed mood ever since his wife lodged complaint against him. Fearing arrest by police, he drank poison, they said. He died in hospital.