Drag-racing kills teenager, injures his 2 friends

DHNS
September 18, 2017

Bengaluru, Sept 18: Drag-racing turned tragic for three minors as one of them was killed on the spot, while the other two sustained serious injuries on Saturday night.

The deceased is Arfan (16), while the injured are Srinivas (16) and Anirudh (16). They are being treated at a private hospital.

Arfan's father Saleem is a businessman, while Srinivas' father Govindaraju and Anirudh's father Krishnamurthy are IT professionals.

Arfan and Srinivas stayed with their parents at an apartment in Devarachikkanahalli, while Anirudh is a resident of HSR Layout. The trio are I PU students in separate private colleges, police said.

The police have arrested Anirudh and Srinivas for reckless driving. Govindaraju and Krishnamurthy have been held for allowing the teenagers to drive the cars.

They drove the cars up and down the elevated flyover in Electronics City. They reached Rupena Agrahara around 2.45 am, minutes before the accident, police said.

"Srinivas was driving the Toyota Innova in the middle of the road, while towards his left Arfan was driving a Skoda. Anirudh was driving a Swift Dezire on Srinivas' right side," said a senior police officer.

All the three cars were moving at a speed of over 160 kmph. Srinivas lost balance and his vehicle collided with the Skoda and Swift Dezire. Arfan was killed on the spot due to serious injuries.

One of the cars jumped to the other side of the road median due to the impact the accident. It crashed into a mini goods vehicle coming from the opposite direction. Later, it toppled, police said. The goods vehicle driver abandoned the vehicle and fled.

The Madivala traffic police have registered a case under IPC Sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 304 A (causing death by negligence) 109 (abetment) and Sections 189 (racing and trials of speed) and 180 (allowing unauthorised persons to drive vehicles) of the Indian Motor Vehicles Act.

Engg student killed in accident

An engineering student was killed on the spot after the bike in which he was riding pillion rammed the parapet wall of a flyover in Yelahanka.

The victim, Basavaraj (21), a native of Koppal, was a fifth semester student of a private engineering college.

Basavaraj and his friends were returning after visiting Skandagiri Hill near Doddaballapur in different vehicles.

The accident occurred in front of Vidyashilpa School on the flyover. The rider sustained minor injuries. He is being treated at a private hospital.

Alert public help cops nab 'killer' driver

An alert car driver and his friend helped police arrest a lorry driver while he was trying to flee after mowing down a two-wheeler rider.

Based on the timely help by Girish K N and his friend Murali Prasad, both residents of Tumakuru, the police arrested Parameshwaraiah (57), the lorry driver.

According to the police, Parameshwaraiah was driving the lorry from MES Railway Gate to Gorguntepalya. He mowed down Santosh (21) near the railway gate and drove away.

Girish, who witnessed the accident, informed his friend Murali at Nelamangala on the phone, asking him to stop the lorry. Murali halted the lorry by waylaying it and also informed the police. The lorry didn't have the number plate. The traffic police felicitated Girish and Murali for their help.

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Remya
 - 
Monday, 18 Sep 2017

A trio of 16 year olds drag racing in Bengaluru at 2:45 AM? Driving fancy and expensive cars? "All three boys, studying in leading international schools and belonging to high profile families, went in three cars for a ride". These are kids, and I do not want to comment on WHO should be held responsible for their actions, even though in my heart I know who is accountable. This should open eyes of anyone who thinks their 16 year old kids should have access to their vehicles, let alone at 2:45 AM. Afran - RIP.

Shivaranjini
 - 
Monday, 18 Sep 2017

Agree police have to monitor and try to prevent such accidents. But You cannot monitor everywhere nor should they be made responsible for the irresponsible behavior of teeangers and their parents. People should be self-disciplined. They should know that they may be paying irrecoverable price for such jolly rides. 
RIP Arfan

Manjunath
 - 
Monday, 18 Sep 2017

The traffic police should be more alert in stopping such reckless driving. They have cameras all over the place. They have a cell monitoring them. If they were doing their job by concentrating on such speeding on flyovers they could have arrested these boys even before the accident occurred.

Moorthi
 - 
Monday, 18 Sep 2017

Another incident of spoilt brats of rich parents. It is the parents fault in giving the vehicle key to their underage wards who have no license to drive. In this case the parents should be arrested and put behind bars for their negligence. During early morning one can see under age children driving a car, or a scooter, while the cop if present turns a blind eye.

Sandesh
 - 
Monday, 18 Sep 2017

Few more unruly bikers and drag racers killed... God is great.

Vijay
 - 
Monday, 18 Sep 2017

Well deserved faith for ignorant parents. They will regret their whole life and serve as an example for few other ignorant parents.

Ganesh
 - 
Monday, 18 Sep 2017

Good. All three should have died, else they would be threat to innocent travelers on the road. Those taking risks should die and not innocent victims on road.No sympathy at all. It's unbelievable that parents cant track their kids in the night. If they seriously can't , then they deserve the repercussions.

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April 3,2020

Bengaluru, April 3: Messages have been displayed outside mosques in Shivajinagar requesting people to offer Friday prayers at home during the lockdown imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 threat.

In light of the coronavirus outbreak, several Muslim organisations and mosques across various states have temporarily halted the congregational prayers.

The usually bustling Jama Masjid area, today, wore a deserted look.

One new positive case of COVID-19 was reported in Karnataka on Friday.

The patient is a 75-year-old man from Bagalkot and has been isolated at a designated hospital in Bagalkot, the state government said.

"Till date, 125 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the state, this includes three deaths and 11 discharges," it added.

The total number of coronavirus positive cases rose to 2301 in India on Friday, including 156 cured/discharged, 56 deaths and 1 migrated, as per the data provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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February 23,2020

The euphoria over the claim that around 3,000 tonnes of gold reserves, worth Rs 12 trillion, have been discovered in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district could not last even 24 hours, with the Geological Survey of India (GSI) clarifying on Saturday there had been no such discovery.

The GSI, headquartered in Kolkata, rebutted the claims of the Uttar Pradesh Directorate of Geology and Mining (UPDGM), and said “miscommunication” must have led to the wrong reporting of facts.

M Sridhar, director general of the GSI, said nobody in the agency gave any such data. He said 52,806 tonnes of gold ore was found in Sonbhadra district during the exploration work in 1998-2000. From this reserve, only 160 kg of gold can be extracted.

“There must have been some miscommunication of facts because of which the gold ore deposits have been overestimated. We have written a letter to Uttar Pradesh (UPDGM), stating the facts. The GSI has not estimated such kind of vast resource of gold deposits in Sonbhadra,” Sridhar said.

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The UPDGM had said on Friday that gold deposits were found in Son Pahadi and Hardi areas of the district. Sridhar said while gold ore was found in the area during the GSI’s exploration work in 1998-2000, it had told the state government about the discovery in November last year.

Under the new regulation, which came into effect from 2015, the GSI has to inform the state government when ore deposits are discovered. Earlier, no such action was mandatory. In its report, the GSI estimated that only 3.03 gm of gold can be extracted from a tonne of ore. It also clarified that even the extraction amount was tentative and could not be established for certain.

Moreover, Sridhar said the deposits were spread across only 0.5 sq km in forest land, which made the mining of ore economically unviable. “When there are several mines nearby, we can club it into a block and then it makes sense to mine the ore. But in this case, the deposits are too small to make it viable for any company to mine it,” he said. The GSI usually prioritises its exploration work based on the needs of the Centre. While strategic minerals like tin, cobalt, lithium, beryllium, germanium, gallium, indium, tantalum, niobium, selenium, and bismuth are atop the list in GSI exploration, gold is another commodity on its priority list.

According to the World Gold Council, India has reserves of 630 tonnes of gold.

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