Mangaluru: Sex racket busted; four held, 2 women rescued

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October 14, 2017

Mangaluru, Oct 14: The City Crime Branch of Mangaluru City Police on Saturday busted a prostitution racket by arresting two agents and two clients from an apartment in Kadri in the city.

The police also rescued two women, who were used in the business by the agents.

Acting on a tip-off that prostitution was being carried out on the fifth floor of an apartment in Karangalpady here, the CCB police raided the flat and nabbed the accused.

The arrested are Santhosh Kumar, 32, a resident of Kavalapadooru, and Asha G, 23, of Davanagere, who were allegedly running the racket. Meanwhile, police also arrested clients Deepak, 26, of Bejai - Kapikad, and Naveen, 40, from Permannooru.

A sum of Rs 31,500, seven mobile phones and two two-wheelers, totally costing Rs 2,06,100, have been recovered. Police said Asha had housed women for the business at the flat in question and ran the racket with the help of Santhosh.

The arrested and valuables seized from them have been handed over to the Mangaluru East police for further investigation.

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Sunday, 15 Oct 2017

Police Dept must take strict action and for the sake of our district and Tulunadus DIGNITY and RESPECT book them all under non bailable act if reuqire oublich their photographs in all avaiable news paper and in media.

We at SOUTH KANARA not require such dirty atmosphere.

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May 6,2020

Bengaluru, May 6: Karnataka has reported 20 new cases of coronavirus taking total number of cases in the state to 693.

The state health department said in a bulletin on Wednesday that 20 new cases have been confirmed for COVID-19 in the state. "The total number of cases in the state is 693," it said.

The count includes 354 patients who have been discharged and 29 patients who succumbed to the disease.

Out of the remaining cases, 303 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals while six patients are in ICU. The bulletin has also reported one death due to non-COVID cause.

The number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached 49,391, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday morning.

This includes 33,514 active cases and 1,694 deaths due to infection so far.

A total of 14,182 persons have been cured and discharged so far, according to the Health Ministry. One patient has migrated.

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April 15,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 15: For the convenience of the public during the lockdown period, the Department of Posts has been providing essential services to the public at its various branch offices which are functioning from 1000 hrs to 1400 hrs.

Medicines and other essential items can be sent via parcel from any town to any place in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.

Arrangements are also being made to extend this facility to nearby districts. In case of sending medicines and other essentials to other states from Mangaluru, the transportation has to be done via Bengaluru and can be expedited if a request for urgency is made, says a press release from the Senior Superintendent of Posts of Mangaluru Division on Wednesday.

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February 18,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 18: Customs at International Airport here have seized Rs 58.95 lakh worth gold in two incidents and arrested two smugglers, Customs Commissionerate said on Monday.

According to the department, two men have been arrested by the customs officials in two separate incidents last evening for attempting to smuggle gold into the country valuing over Rs. 58.95 Lakhs.

In the first incident, Muhammed Swalih Chappathodi, 22, hailing from Malappuram, Kerala who arrived from Dubai by Spice jet flight concealed capsules containing gold in paste form inside his rectum which upon purification resulted in the recovery of 797 gm of 24 karats valued at Rs.32,35,820.

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