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Tragedy strikes family as 5 kids drown while taking bath in river

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May 28, 2016

Kasargod, May 28: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, five children drowned in Chamathachal River in Payyavur near Kannur on Saturday. One child was rescued by locals.

riverThe victims have been identified as Orija (13) daughter of Salin in Akkamparambu, Thirur and his son Safan (7), Manik (13), son of Salin's brother Benoy, Ayal (7), daughter of Joseph Kuttikkattil and his son Akhil (5).

The incident took place around 4 pm when the six children went to take bath in the river at Thirur area. The victims, which included two girls, were said to be cousins.

Though the local residents took the victims to the hospital they could not be saved. The victims were reportedly relatives and two of them were brothers.

Condoling the deaths of the children K.C. Joseph MLA said that the local government should list out such dangerous spots near the water bodies and place identification boards near such spots.

The bodies of the victims have been shifted to Pariyaram medical college hospital.

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Mangaluru, Feb 25: The coastal city of Mangaluru today witnessed yet another major agitation against infamous CAA, NPR and NRC with large number of people gathering at Kudroli’s Tipu Sultan Garden to register their protest against union government’s racist policies.

Addressing the gathering activist B R Bhaskar Prasad said, he knows the RSS inside out as he was associated with it for a prolonged period.

He said the ultimate aim of RSS is to establish a casteist society in India with the micro-minority community of Brahmins having complete control over all other major communities. 

Lambasting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for constantly harassing people of India through back to back contentious legislations, he said that the duo poised to destroy the country.

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February 2,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 2: A local court on Saturday remanded Aditya Rao,the suspect in the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) bomb case, to two weeks judicial custody.

Rao was produced before the Sixth Judicial First Class Magistrate Court after the 10-day police custody expired.

Rao has been in police custody since January 22 after he surrendered before the police in Bengaluru on January 21 and was later brought here.

He had allegedly planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the airport on January 20 triggering panic and later made a hoax call to the airport terminal that a bomb had been planted in an IndiGo flight.

During the last ten days, police took the accused to several places in the city and Udupi where he had frequented in the recent past.

He was also taken to the room where he stayed while he was working at a hotel in the city.

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June 9,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 9: Two days after he went missing under mysterious circumstances, a 33-year-old man was today found dead on the banks of Netravati river at Ullal Hoige on the outskirts of the city.

The deceased has been identified as Chethan Acharya. A missing case was registered on Tuesday morning at Ullal police station.

It is suspected that Chetan might have committed suicide due to depression. 

The missing case was later converted into the case of unnatural death. Investigations are on.

Also Read: Mangaluru: 28-year-old man jumps off Netravati bridge

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