The case of the death of a person who had recently been admitted to the Karkala hospital with severe intestinal injuries stating he suffered injuries when the scythe used for cutting plants in the fields slipped and hurt his stomach, has now taken a new turn with police investigations revealing that the person was attacked by his very own younger brother owing to a discord between the siblings.
The Suratkal Citizens’ Committee staged a huge protest in front of the MRPL Cargo Gate on Monday demanding that the MRPL quit the place if it failed to function in pro-people manner. The protest was also organized to demand the bituminization of the Suratkal-MRPL road which was in a bad shape and also to demand compensation to the family of Aboobakker Siddique who lost his life when his bike was hit by a tanker on the road on December 6.
In a gory mishap reported from the city on Monday, a mother and a child lost their life when the two-wheeler they were riding was run over by a speeding bus at Nantoor in Kadri police station limits.
People obstructed the pipeline laying works of the controversial Nagarjuna thermal power project, by coming in the way of the works underway near the Admar railway gate on Monday morning thereby opposing the works on in private land without providing any compensation to the rightful owners.
MULKI: The town of Mulki observed total bundh on Tuesday in protest against the failure of the government to declare Mulki a taluk and also sanction a court to it. Shops and business establishments in Mulki, Kinnigoli, Haleyangady and other places downed their shutters voluntarily. Even vehicles were off the roads as road blocks had been created at places by burning tyres.
Bunder police have seized a pick-up vehicle that was smuggling cattle, on the Azeezuddin Road at Bunder. Those in the car however were successful in taking to their heels.
In a gory mishap that took place between a KSRTC Airawatha bus and a private express near the Jnanashakti Temple at Pavanje near Haleyangady on Sunday, the drivers of both the vehicles lost their life. Fourteen passengers also sustained injuries in the mishap.
An interesting case in which a government medical officer who blew a trivial issue out of proportion and even attacked a youth right in front of the SI at the local police station, has been reported from Vittal. The incident even created a furore in the town with some even planning to complain to the State Human Rights Commission against the officer.
There are no signs of the dissidence that has cropped up in the Puttur BJP following the appointment of Gopalakrishna Herale as the Taluk BJP President, subsiding, with the faction led by Bhami Ashok Shenoy abstaining from a reconciliatory meeting organized at Panchavati under the leadership of RSS leader Kalladka Prabhaker Bhat.
In an interesting case reported from near Vittal, the Bidadi police who were in the town recently to trap a young pair that had eloped, were roughed up by local quarry workers mistaking the un-uniformed cops as the goonda squad sent by the girl’s family.