Cops grill Siddhartha’s car driver at undisclosed location

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July 30, 2019

Mangaluru, Jul 30: A team of policemen is reportedly interrogating the Cafe Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha’s car driver, according to whom the former went missing after asking the latter to park their car on Netravati Bridge on the outskirts of Mangaluru last night.

Amidst continued search operation in Netravati river near the bridge, the cops took driver Basavaraj Patil into custody for questioning and took him to an undisclosed place.

According to the complaint filed by the driver, Siddhartha left Bengaluru at 12.30pm to Sakleshpur. "When we reached Sakleshpur, he told me to drive to Mangaluru. When we reached the Pumpwell Circle in Mangaluru, he told me to take a left turn as he wanted to visit his site. Just before the bridge, he told me to stop the car and wait towards the other end of the bridge," the driver stated in the complaint.

After the car left, Siddhartha walked towards the other end of the bridge and told the driver to be seated in the car and also told him that he would return in some time. "I saw Siddartha walking on the old bridge for some distance," he said.

When Siddartha did not return at 8 pm, the driver called him only to find Siddaratha's phone switched off. He called his number again but it was switched off. "At 9 pm, I called Siddharath's son Amartya Hegde and informed him about what happened. He tried calling his father and later alerted our company's Pradeep Shetty, who is in Mangaluru," the complaint states.

The complaint was registered at 12.30 am on Tuesday at Kankanady police station in Mangaluru. Siddharth wore a black t-shirt and jeans pants at the time of missing.

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Heavy rains throw life out of gear across coastal Karnataka

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July 4,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 4: Normal life was thrown out of gear as heavy rain under the influence of South East Monsoon started lashing coastal districts of Karnataka including Dakshina Kannada on Saturday.

The heavy rain is likely to continue till July 7, according to the meteorological experts.

The water level in Netravati river is increasing and district administration has warned the people living in the low lying areas and has asked them to move to safer places.

Owing to lack of storm water drains, water logging of the roads inconvenienced the motorists at KS Rao Road, Pumpwell, Bejai, and other areas.

The Met department sounded warning for fishermen not to venture into the sea observing that strong winds with speed reaching 50-60 kmph are likely to prevail over Southwest and West Central Arabian Sea till July 5.

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9 ANF personnel test covid positive in Chikkamagaluru

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July 22,2020

Chikkamagaluru, Jul 22: Nine staff of the Anti Naxal Force (ANF) in Koppa in the district were tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.

Health officials said that these people don’t have any contacts outside as they were in the forest buffer zone. Now efforts were being made to find out how they contacted the Coronavirus.

Meanwhile, the Kalsa police station has been sealed down after four of its personnel tested positive.

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Man arrested under Wildlife Protection Act for biting snake to death in Karnataka

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May 7,2020

Kolar, May 7: A 38-year-old man has been arrested for biting a snake and peeling off its skin at Mustur village in Kolar district of Karnataka.

Mulbagal range forest officer KN Ravikeerthi said forest officials nabbed Kumar, a construction worker, at Mustur on Wednesday and booked him under the Wildlife Protection Act. He was under the influence of alcohol.

Ravikeerthi said Kumar's offence is non-bailable and attracts a jail term of up to three years. The remains of the snake were collected and sent to a lab to ascertain its species. Forest officials said the snake Kumar bit was not a viper as was reported earlier but a rat snake.

On Tuesday, Kumar was riding back home after buying liquor when the snake ca me under his bike's wheels. He tossed the injured snake around his neck, bit it and peeled off its skin. Kumar said the snake had troubled him in the past.

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