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Surathkal limping back to normalcy; people hail cops’ presence of mind

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January 5, 2018

Mangaluru, Jan 5: Thanks to the presence of mind exhibited by the police on Thursday when the saffron outfits had planned to take out a funeral procession of Deepak Rao in the city amidst prohibitory orders the communally sensitive Surathkal-Katipalla region is slowly limping back to the normalcy.

The police aborted the planned procession by secretly shifting the dead body of Deepak in an ambulance from AJ Hospital in the city to his home in Katipalla, around 15 kilometers from here. Funeral processions of murder victims had exacerbated communal tensions in region in the past.

Local residents took to the social media to thank the police for not providing an opportunity to the riot mongers to disrupt peace in the region. The opined that if the police had failed to stop the procession in the city, the trouble mongers would have tried to create a communal riot.

It may be recalled untoward incidents were reported during funeral RSS member Sharath Madivala, who was hacked to death in July. This led to arrest of several leaders of right-wing organization. Even in 2006, the funeral procession of murdered BJP leader Sukhananda Shetty (38) had sparked off violence in Mulki town and two people were killed and a couple injured when police open fired to quell the mob attacking the Mulki police station.

On Thursday, the VHP, Bajrang Dal, Hindu Jagaran Vedike and BJP leaders were planning a similar funeral procession for Deepak Rao from A J Hospital to Surathkal. But before they could arrive, the police shifted Rao's body to his residence from the rear entrance of the hospital.

Soon, all the leaders rushed to Rao's residence at Janata Colony in Surathkal and demanded the body be taken back to the hospital and brought home in a procession. The protesters demanded Rs 50 lakh compensation to Rao's kin. They also wanted a ban on PFI and SDPI and refused to take Rao's body from the ambulance till their demands were met. However, Deputy Commissioner C Sasikanth Senthil managed to convince the aggrieved family members and saffron outfits to conduct the funeral rites peacefully.

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Hello Mr. Yogesh, Did u knw that the funeral was supposed to taken by procession from kuntikana to surathkal? meanwhile police dept has done good job by not allowing to take thru procession, you people are always trouble maker in the society by pelting stones, chanting anti nationals, damaging shops and govt properties etc.....you are deserve to be in behind bars always...

Ganesh
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Friday, 5 Jan 2018

People will forget easily. Back to normalcy. But for the family it's huge loss.

Yogesh
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Friday, 5 Jan 2018

See how funeral procession should be. We kept calm. SDPI worker always trying to break communal harmoney

 

 

Peace lovers, what about you people.. You muslim people tried to spoil our Sharath Madivala's funeral procession by pelting stones and that also you put everything upon our head

 

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March 22,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 22: A video being circulated in the social media purportedly of a man infected with COVID-19 at a hospital here is fake, its authorities said.

The video which shows a youth, dressed in pink trousers and wearing a mask, struggling to breathe on a blue hospital bed, had gone viral after which the Wenlock hospital issued a clarification.

The video started circulating after Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner made public Sunday that a person has tested positive for coronavirus at the hospital.

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"A video of a patient convulsing on a hospital bed is being circulated on social media. This video is not of Wenlock hospital. Besides, we do not use blue beds," the hospital said in a statement, adding that they will file a complaint with the police regarding the video.

The first COVID-19 case in the district was confirmed at the hospital on Sunday.

The 22-year old man who came here from Dubai was tested positive and is under treatment in the isolation ward.

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July 28,2020

Mangaluru, July 28: A screenshot of a death threat message against IAS officer Sindhu B Rupesh, the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, is now going viral on social media.

The threat comes in the wake of the Deputy Commissioner’s warning against attack on cattle traders by anti-social elements ahead of Eid al-Adha. 

It is learnt that a discussion was held about DC’s warning in a pro-Hindutva WhatsApp group. The death threat was issued in the same group in Tulu language. 

A police officer said that if the deputy commissioner doesn’t lodge a complaint, the police will file a suo motu case in this regard.

Also Read: Sindhu B Rupesh transferred; Dr Rajendra K V is new DC of Dakshina Kannada

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March 26,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 26: In a second coronavirus related death in Karnataka, COVID-19 test results of a 75- year-old woman who had died on Wednesday has come out as positive, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said.

"I regret to inform that the COVID-19 test result has come out as positive for patient, who had succumbed to death yesterday. The govt stands committed to curb the spread of Corona Virus in the state. Please stay home, stay safe," Sudhakar tweeted on Thursday.

Health and Family Welfare Minister B Sriramulu too said the lab reports regarding the death on Wednesday have come and it has come out as positive, and death was due to COVID-19.

The exact cause of her death would be known only after the final report comes, both Minister had said on Wednesday.

The woman from Gauribidanur in Chikkaballapura district, had returned from Mecca in Saudi Arabia recently.

Sharing details about the woman, Sriramulu in a tweet on Wednesday had said, she died at Bowring hospital here at 1 am, and was suffering from diabetes, chest pain and hip fracture.

The patient was undergoing treatment in isolation ward at a hospital in Gauribidanur, later for more treatment she was shifted to Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases in Bengaluru, from where she was shifted to Bowring hospital on Tuesday," he had said.

This is the second coronavirus fatality in the state.

Earlier this month, a 76-year old Kalaburagi man died "due to co-morbidity and was also tested positive for COVID- 19", becoming the country's first coronavirus death.

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