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Mangaluru: Three youngsters held for demanding hafta

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July 18, 2016

Mangaluru, Jul 18: Three associates of a notorious criminal have been arrested by the sleuths of City Crime Branch (CCB) in Mangaluru on charges of executing his demand for protection money (hafta) from a local resident.

53259802The arrested are Preetham (22) from Aakash Bhavan, Rithesh (19) from Malady Road, and Vishal Kumar (22) from Kunjathbail, Kavoor.

Mangaluru city police acted on a complaint lodged by the resident with Barke police station, and city police chief M Chandra Sekhar handed over the case to CCB police inspector Sunil Y Naik.

Among them Preetham is also wanted in a case of illegally entering a hotel in Mangaluru East police station limits and damaging its property.

The three were alleged associates of Gaurish, an accused in a murder case and presently in judicial custody. Gaurish had alleged y called the complainant on July 11 and demanded 'hafta' of Rs 25,000.

He also got his associates to call the complainant and reiterated the demand and also sent out a warning that he would be murdered if the demand was not met. The CCB team, which followed up the leads, arrested the trio.

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Monday, 18 Jul 2016

Encounter all the three n close the chapter. No one should come to ask such things.

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February 3,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 3: The Karnataka government on Monday ordered high alert across border districts after neighbouring Kerala reported the second confirmed case of dreaded n-CoV Coronavirus. District administrations in Kodagu, Mangaluru, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru that share boundary with Kerala have been put on high alert over the movement of people with suspected cases.

In a statement released on Monday, the Health and Family welfare department said that these districts have been directed to immediately report to the State Surveillance Unit (SSU) if they come across any suspected cases of people infected with Coronavirus.

Currently, about 51 people who returned from Coronavirus-affected regions have been identified and 46 are under home isolation across Karnataka. So far, 44 samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune for analysis and out of which 29 samples have revealed negative results. Yet, the state government has put in all possible measures to check the spread of the virus in any part of the state.

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February 29,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 29: The state general assembly (SGA) of Karnataka unit of the Popular Front of India was held from February 27 to 29, 2020 at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district wherein new functionaries were elected for the next two years.

Yasir Hasan was elected president of the state unit of the organisation while Nasir Pasha was elected general secretary. Ayub K Agnady, Mohammed Sharief and Shahid Nasir were elected vice president, secretary and treasurer respectively.

The state executive committee members are: Abdul Khader, Abdul Majeed, Sharief Kodaje and Mohammed Tafseer.

The SAG commenced with the hoisting of flag by outgoing president Muhammad Saqib on February 27. The three day meeting analyzed the growth and activities of the PFI for the past two years. It was observed that the organization has received positive acceptance among the society.

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February 20,2020

New Delhi, Feb 20: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the non-bailable warrants issued against the state Director General of Police (DGP) and Inspector General of Police (IGP) by the Karnataka High Court.

A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde stayed the non-bailable warrants while hearing a plea filed by the Karnataka government.

Earlier today, the apex court had agreed to hear the matter today itself after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta mentioned the matter before it.

Tushar Mehta had pointed that Home Secretary has been asked by the High Court to execute the non-bailable warrants and said that this order is "unusual".

Karnataka High Court had earlier issued non-bailable warrants against the top cops in a case.

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