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5 aides of Bannanje Raja held for threatening bizman, demanding protection money

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March 23, 2019

Udupi, Mar 23: A gang of five persons has been nabbed by the police for allegedly demanding protection money from a businessman.

A press release issued by the police here on Friday said that a call demanding the money was made to a businessman on March 13 and a case was registered at Brahmavar police station.

A police team from the District Crime Intelligence Bureau, which investigated the case, arrested three persons in Bengaluru on March 21.

They were identified as Shashi Poojary, 28, Ravichandra Poojary, 30, and Dhanraj Poojary, 26.

Based on their information, the team also arrested Dhanraj Salian, 30, at Malpe, and Ullas Shenoy, 27, here on March 22.

All the five accused are accomplices of the notorious don Bannanje Raja.

They had formed a syndicate and were threatening businessmen and builders here and demanding protection money from them.

Cases against them have been registered in Mangaluru North, Mangaluru East, Barke, Urwa, Ullal, Manipal and Malpe police stations, the release said.

Those getting calls demanding protection money should immediately contact the nearest police station or the Police Control Room on 0820-2526444, the release added.

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kumar
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Sunday, 24 Mar 2019

Well job done.  Arrest these gangsters and terrorists under goonda act and debar them to Andaman for life. 

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August 1,2020

Mysuru, Aug 1: A young covid-19 warrior and activist has become the latest victim of novel coronavirus in Karnataka’s Mysuru district. 

The deceased is Khaleel ur Rahman (27), who was the office manager at Farooqia College of Pharmacy. 

During Covid-19 lockdown, he was working as a volunteer and was part of Mysuru City Corporation team also which is involved in the covid related work. 

Khaleel was also part of the team formed by IAS officer P Manivannan, who led the crucial Covid-19 relief efforts across Karnataka. He was also an activist of Social Democratic Party of India.

During the lockdown, he was distributing groceries and other necessary things among poor and migrants in Mysuru. 

Recently he fell ill and admitted to a private hospital. He was suffering from breathing difficulties. He breathed his last in the hospital without responding to any treatment.

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February 11,2020

Udupi, Feb 11: In a tragic incident, a 62-year-old man from Chennai died of drowning in Sri Krishna Mutt’s Madhwa Sarovar (pond) during the wee hours of Tuesday.

Police said the deceased has been identified as Capt G Sridharan.

It is suspected that Sridharan accidentally fell into the holy pond while taking a bath. The incident is said to have occurred around 4 a.m.

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April 6,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 6: The Covid-19 Task Force aims to conduct 80,000 throat swab and blood tests over the next three weeks here.

According to Task Force Nodal Officer C N Manjunath an order for one lakh anti-body test kits has been placed, and was expected to arrive on April 12.

"From January 20 to March 23, more than 1.2 lakh people arrived at international airports from abroad. Of these, we have kept 37,358 under observation. The Health officials and personnel in fever clinics and hospitals are being trained to conduct the tests. There is no necessity to obtain a clearance to test people with suspected infection. Only laboratories need to get permission to test their blood and throat swab samples."

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