II PU paper leak: 3 persons including Minister's PA arrested

April 4, 2016

Bengaluru, Apr 4: A Karnataka minister's Personal Assistant and two others were arrested today in connection with Class 12 Chemistry exam question paper leak last week.pu-board

The first arrest comes four days after the leak of Pre-University Course Chemistry paper for the second time within 10 days that had affected over 1.74 lakh candidates and triggered strong protests from parents and students.

"Three persons including PA to Medical Education Minister (Sharan Prakash R Patil) have been arrested in the leak of Chemistry question paper of Class XII," Sonia Narang, DIG of CID which is probing the case, told PTI here.

The accused have been identified as Oblaraju, Manjunath and Rudrappa, and were arrested today, she said.

"Oblaraju is a government employee and PA to the minister, and Rudrappa is employed as office manager at PWD. Manjunath is a PT teacher, working at Cambridge College. He is also an LIC agent," Narang said.

Protests over cancellation of exams had turned violent as a section of agitated students pelted stones which damaged glass windows of the Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) building. The paper leak had taken place in two different locations in Karnataka.

Earlier, the March 21 Chemistry exam was cancelled and rescheduled for March 31 after a II (second) PU science student alerted the authorities about the paper leak.

After the student blew the lid off the paper leak, the state government had handed over the investigation to CID.

The issue also had rocked the Assembly, where Opposition BJP members staged a dharna, demanding Primary and Secondary Education Minister Kimmane Ratnakar's resignation.

Under fire from all quarters, Ratnakar had said earlier that if there are any more lapses, he would resign.

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Mohammed SS
 - 
Tuesday, 5 Apr 2016

it is very bad indeed, All of them have to be hanged in public, they should not be spared who play with carrier of the school children

Ramnath
 - 
Monday, 4 Apr 2016

Severe punishment should be given to these people if proved guilty

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July 25,2020

Dharward, Jul 25: In a shocking incident, a man reportedly killed his wife and daughter by feeding them poison and ended his life by hanging in his house. The incident took place in Dharwad on Saturday. 

The deceased have been identified as Mounesh Pattar (36), his wife Arpita (28) and their four-year-old daughter Sukruta. 

Mounesh was working in a private company in Dharwad and was depressed from the last one week fearing job loss. 

It was alleged that he might lose his job as the management decided to remove more than 40 employees due to covid -19 lockdown.

On Friday late night, he reportedly gave poison to his wife and daughter and later committed suicide by hanging self. The incident came to light on Saturday morning.

A case is registered at Sub Urban police station and further investigation is on.

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June 15,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 15: A father and his four-year-old son were killed when their motorcycle was hit by a lorry from behind at Bakampady junction on the outskirts of the city.

The Police said the deceased has been identified as Abdul Bhasheer, a resident of Krishnapura and his son Shayan. 

On Sunday evening, Bahseer was going from Mangaluru to Krishnapura by the motorcycle along with wife and son when a speeding lorry "dashed into the motorcycle from behind and knocked them down''.

The four-year-old son died on the spot while Basher and his wife were rushed to the hospital. However, the husband succumbed to injuries at the hospital on Monday. Local police registered a case in this connection.

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March 27,2020

Mysuru, Mar 27: A 35-year old man from Mysuru, Karnataka was tested positive for coronavirus infection on Thursday, taking the state-wide count to 52 altogether.

This new case could be an indication that Covid-19 has entered into the third stage of community transmission in Karnataka, as the infected person neither has any travel history nor have been in contact with Covid-affected persons.

The patient works in the quality assurance section of a pharmaceutical company in Nanjangud in Mysuru district, and has been in continuous contact with medical care professionals.

Mysuru DC Mr Abhiram G Shankar informs that detailed investigation is under process.

He is currently undergoing treatment at an isolation ward in a designated hospital in Mysuru. So far his seven primary contacts have been traced and they are under home quarantine, Mr Abhiram Shankar said.

A 35 year old Mysurean, and another 46 year old Keralite, both who had come from Dubai, were the first and second cases tested positive for Covid-19 in Mysuru. They are also currently kept under isolation.

Mysuru district administration has identified 898 international passengers in Mysuru district including 152 in the taluks. Among them, while 149 persons have completed home quarantine period by now, the rest are still in isolation.

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