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Army man-turned-Bajrang Dal leader held for blackmail along with associates

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May 28, 2016

Mangaluru, May 28: An army-man-turned Bajrang Dal leader has been arrested along with his four associates by the police on the charges of extortion and blackmail in Moodbidri on the outskirts of the city.

SantoshSantosh Poojary, a local Bajrang Dal leader, caught red-handed when he was blackmailing a resident of Puthige in Moodbidri on Saturday.

After quitting Indian army under the pretext of ill-health, Santosh had returned to his hometown to engage in real estate business. He joined Bajrang Dal and soon became one of its leaders.

According to police, Santosh had been blackmailing one Raghavendra Bhat on some issue and demanding Rs 2 lakh for some days. Mr Bhat, without the blackmailer's knowledge had informed this to police.

On Saturday, Santosh visited Mr Bhat's residence in Puthige to extort Rs 2 lakh. A team of police from Moodbidri, which was already present there, caught him red-handed.

The police also managed to arrest four of his associates from Moodbidri, Bantwal, Addyar and Kapikkad in Mangaluru at Moodbidri bus stand.

Santosh is the second senior Bajrang Dal leader arrested by the police in Moodbidri this week. Last Wednesday, another Bajrang Dal leader, Sumit Raj, was arrested in connection with an alleged murder conspiracy.

Also Read : Cops avert murder and communal riot by arresting Bajrang Dal leader, associates

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UMMAR
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Sunday, 29 May 2016

They are giving training , gov need to take action
bec are intention is this kill someone and loot them ,
need to give proper treatment to him

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February 13,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 13: After pro-Kannada outfits called for a state-wide bandh today, the police are on high-alert to avoid any untoward incidents.

The dawn to dusk bandh was called demanding implementation of Sarojini Mahishi report which recommended certain percentage of jobs to Kannadigas in private & public sector companies.

There is no official holiday declared for schools and colleges. Besides, all government institutions and private establishments are open.

But, in some parts of Karnataka, autorickshaws and taxis, including Ola and Uber stayed off the roads.

Even though the bandh is unlikely to hit normal life in coastal Karnataka, stones were pelted on a Tirupati-Mangaluru bus in Farangipet.

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April 28,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 28: Trucks carrying fish loads from Kerala will not be allowed to enter Dakshina Kannada district as the authorities are not being able to control the rush in markets, state Fisheries Minister and district-in-charge Kota Srinivas Poojary said Monday.

The deputy commissioner has been instructed to restrict the entry of fish transport vehicles from outside the district forthwith, in view of the difficulty in maintaining social distancing at the markets identified in the district, the minister told reporters here.

The coastal district has to take more precautionary measures to fight COVID-19 as the number of positive cases have risen in the last couple of days, he said.

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka has said that state was prepared to tackle COVID-19 and flood situation.

"Today I had a meeting with officials from disaster management, housing, Police, agriculture departments. The government is ready to tackle both the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the flood situation," he told news agency.

The minister said he had held a meeting with officials to take precautionary measures.
"I sanctioned Rs 20 crore to the Fire Department to purchase the equipment for rescue operations. I have already announced red alert in six districts. Tomorrow, I will visit Kodagu, Chikmagalur to assess rescue operations. NDRF reached have teams for rescue operations," he said.

"We are monitoring all dams. Last time we got more floods because of dams. I have instructed to all district collectors that 70 per cent water be filled in dams. Remaining water be sent to canals. We are expecting more rains in nine districts this year," he added.

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