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ACB arrests land acquisition officer, revenue inspector for taking bribe

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January 4, 2017

Mangaluru, Jan 4: A special land acquisition officer of NHAI and a revenue inspector were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday on charge of accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 and Rs 5,000 for clearing a cheque, at NHAI office.

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The arrested have been identified as Gayathri N Nayak, assistant commissioner, special land acquisition officer and executive director of Dr Shivaram Karanth Pilikula Nisargadhama and Tukrappa, revenue inspector, NHAI

According to Sudhir M Hegde, DSP, ACB, DK they had acted upon complaint of Yogish Kumar from Mulki where he complained that Gayathri N Nayak and Tukrappa had demanded Rs 25,000 for clearing a cheque of Rs 18 lakh.

The cheque was given as compensation to his two cents of land acquired by NHAI for road widening near Mulki.

Based on his complaint, ACB sleuths arrested duo when Yogish went to NHAI office near Mini Vidhana Soudha to give bribe total of Rs 25,000.

Sudhir added that arrested persons have been sent to Judicial Custody till January 18.

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April 10,2020
Mangaluru, Apr 10: Eight people were arrested on Friday on charges of illegally arriving at Addur near the city through boat violating the lockdown.
 
Police said that Yakub and other seven in his group have been charged with criminal cases for entering the city illegally as the border between Kerala and Karnataka has been sealed and a ban on travel between the States is in effect.
 
The group had arrived through boat despite there was ban. Police are now investigating the existence of a gang who are illegally transporting people through the sea across State borders.

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March 8,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 8: A cruise ship with a Panama flag has been turned back at the New Mangalore Port here following the Centre's advisory in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said.

The vessel 'MSC Lirica' was sent back on Saturday as the Union Ministry of Shipping had directed all ports not to allow any cruise ship from foreign destinations to call on Indian ports.

No further details about the ship were disclosed.

New Mangaluru Port Trust chairman A V Ramana said the ministry has directed all ports to deny entry to cruise ships till March 31 in the wake of the coronavirus scare.

Around 25 vessels were expected to call on the port here during the cruise season.

Meanwhile, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) conducted an awareness programme on prevention of coronavirus COVID-19 at Mangaluru International Airport.

The stakeholders were sensitised on handling passengers affected with covid-19 and precautions to be taken for dealing with affected passengers.

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January 22,2020

Mysuru, Jan 22: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah here on Wednesday urged the state government to initiate an unbiased investigation into the Mangaluru airport bomb case.

Addressing media persons here, he said, “The incident has created panic among the public and such incidents are being repeated due to the failure of intelligence agencies of the state”.

On accused Aditya Rao, the suspect in the case, who surrendered before Bengaluru police on Wednesday morning, the senior Congress leader said, “I have not yet gathered complete information about the accused in the case, therefore I would not like to comment about him.”

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