Crime and crash

Bangalore, December 15: A child begging racket has been busted in the IT hub of India. Bangalore police have rescued almost 300 children from a begging racket thriving in the city. According to a report published in CNN-IBN, the children were drugged and forced to beg by their masters What’s more shocking is that over a third of these children are infants, all under the age of three. The babies

Mysore, December 15: A six-year-old girl suffered serious burns after she fell into a container with piping hot sambar at her school in HD Kote taluk on Wednesday. Apoorva, a student of Class II in Katte Hosur, was standing in the queue for her mid-day meals when she was reportedly pushed by students vying for the food. She fell into the nearby container and was rushed to the hospital. Doctors at

Mangalore, December 14: An unidentified body of a middle aged man was found in a well located in a deserted place near Kankanady railway station. The locals noticed the decomposed body when the peeped into the well after sensing nasty smell. The matter was reported to police. The body was sent for postmortem. The police were investigating the matter.

Jeddah, December 14: A Saudi national has been murdered in mysterious circumstances at his home in Al-Nakheel in eastern Jeddah. The man was stabbed to death by an assailant whose identity remains unknown. Jeddah Police Spokesman, First Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq, said: “An Asian expatriate made an urgent report to the security authorities about a dead body in Al-Nakheel District.” Security teams rushed to

Mangalore, December 14: A teenager impersonating as a lady doctor was caught red-handed while collecting money from female patient at Fr Muller’s Hospital and handed over to Pandeshwar Women Police on Tuesday. The accused identifying herself as Aishwarya Rai from Vittal was doing the rounds in the hospital impersonating as a doctor since a couple of days. The PU dropped revealing her modus

Bangalore, December 14: Little did those who moved into the new building on 12th cross in Kadirenahalli, South Bangalore know they were bang next to a ticking bomb. On Tuesday morning, when fire destroyed chemicals and other raw material used to manufacture incense sticks at Balaji Agarbathi Pvt Ltd, residents realized the folly of having a factory in a residential area. It took 11 hours and 19

Karwar, December 14: A four-year-old child died after being tortured by inebriated parents, who banged his head against a wall and bit him all over his face and body at Habbuwada Haridev Nagar on Tuesday. Sushant Shivappa Kurubara was allegedly assaulted his father Chandru Fakirappa Harijan, 30, and mother Prema, 28. The accused have been arrested by the Town police. On Monday night, Sushant’s

Karwar, December 14: Sunil Kumar Sahu, a C-1 level officer of the Kadamba Naval Base, allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in the forehead on Tuesday night. Sahu, 21, was working on a patrol boat at the Naval Base and was a native of Odisha.

Bagalkot, December 14: An assistant teacher at the Government Higher Primary School in Shirur, Bagalkot taluk, locked up the headmistress and beat her up in front of students on Tuesday. Following a complaint lodged by headmistress Suvarna Gurappa Kanti and School Development and Monitoring Committee chairperson Siddappa Vaddar, block education officer N Y Kundaragi suspended assistant teacher

Chikmagalur, December 14: Seven persons including a police inspector sustained injuries as a bundh called by pro-Hindu outfits turned violent in Aldur near here on Tuesday. The Gram Panchayat of Aldur had resolved to construct a circle named after Ambekdar by removing the Bhagwa Dhwaj ‘katte’ (platform) on the main road. Hindu outfits opposed the plan and insisted that the circle be constructed by