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Mangaluru: Gulf returnee abducted; Rs 1.5-cr ransom demand

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August 22, 2016

Mangaluru, Aug 22: The family of a youth, who was kidnapped a gang of miscreants from Manjanady on the outskirts of the city 11 days ago, has received a ransom demand of Rs 1.5 crore.

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Mohammed Arif (29), who worked in a Gulf country for several years before returning hometown recently, was allegedly abducted on August 11 near his house. Since then, the family members couldn't contact him.

Abdul Rahman, a kin of the kidnapped youth, in his complaint to Konaje police, has claimed that the family received ransom calls from an unknown foreign number.

“The family received ransom calls several times in past 10 days. On Saturday someone called and demanded Rs 1.5 crore amount for safe release of Mr Arif,” the complainant said.

He said that a few local residents had claimed that a black car had been suspiciously moving near Mr Arif's house on the day of kidnapping.

Konaje police suspected involvement of Kerala based gang in the case. Inspector Ashok said that they were trying to trace the culprits.

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Althaf
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Monday, 22 Aug 2016

Mr.Suresh... Why thier relative has to go through that pain , when someone has done something wrong let him take that pain... if u have did something wrong .. should they kidnap ur dad or brother.. will u accept it.. dont try blame others...

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August 3,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 2: A total of 5,532 new cases of COVID-19 and 84 deaths were reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, the state's health department informed on Sunday.

With this, the Karnataka's COVID-19 tally now stands at 1,34,819 positive cases, including 74,590 active cases and 57,725 discharges.
So far, 2,496 deaths have been reported from the state.

India's COVID-19 count on Sunday crossed the 17 lakh-mark with 54,736 positive cases and 853 deaths reported in the country.

"The total COVID-19 cases stand at 17,50,724 including 5,67,730 active cases, 11,45,630 cured/discharged/migrated and 37,364 deaths," said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry.

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June 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 29: A 99-year-old woman has successfully recovered from coronavirus in Bengaluru, leaving the medical fraternity and her family elated.

The woman had contracted the pathogen after coming in contact with her grandson and was hospitalised on her 99th birthday on June 18.

The woman was taken to the government Victoria Hospital along with her 70-year-old son, daughter-in-law and grandson.

"While we three developed symptoms like cold, cough and fever, my mother remained asymptomatic," the woman's son said.

The family members are still wondering how they got infected by the virus as all except the woman's grandson, were confined to their home most of the time.

Her 29-year-old grandson was the only one who went out to buy groceries.

Initially, the family approached a private hospital nearby for treatment, but they refused to accept COVID-19 patients.

Left with no option, the family got admitted to the Victoria hospital.

"We had reservations about Victoria hospital, but it turned out be a good one.

We did not spend a penny since the day we were admitted and my mother and son fully recovered," the woman's son said.

According to Dr Asima Banu, nodal officer of the Trauma Care Centre at the Victoria hospital, the woman was reluctant to get treatment at the hospital.

"With moral support from doctors and nurses at the Trauma Care Centre, she recovered very fast. She is always positive in life," the doctor said.

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August 2,2020

Mangaluru/Udupi, Aug 2: The twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi witnessed sporadic movement of vehicles and relatively less commercial activities today in spite of the withdrawal of ‘Sunday lockdown’ by the state government. 

After the central government announced guidelines under Unlock 3.0, the Karnataka government has removed the complete lockdown concept on Sundays and done away with the night curfews too. So from today (August 2), there will be no lockdown on Sundays.

KSRTC operated its buses as usually. However, compared to other days, today the number of private and city buses on the roads in Dakshina Kannada was limited. 

In Udupi, city buses remained off the roads as the number of passengers was less. However, KSRTC and NARM buses were seen transporting passengers.

In containment zones ban on movement of people will continue till August 31 in Udupi. The Santhekatte market used to function on Saturdays, as there was Sunday lockdown on earlier Sundays. Now the market will be open on Sundays only.

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