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Mangaluru youth abducted by Rajasthan gang rescued; family thanks UTK, police

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August 3, 2016

Mangaluru, Aug 3: The family members of Richard Marian Lazrath, a Mangaluru resident, who was rescued within a couple of days after his abduction in Rajasthan-Uttar Pradesh border, have thanked Minister for Food and Civil Supplies U T Khader and city police for their timely effort.

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The city police with assistance and cooperation from their counterparts in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are now hunting for the abductors of Mr Lazarus who was kidnapped by the gang from Bharatpur in Rajasthan on July 30 and rescued on August 1.

It is learnt that following an internet call that four generators are available at Bharathpura in Rajastan at low rate, Arun D'Souza had sent his assistant Mr Mr Lazrath to purchase the generator on July 28. He has been carrying out this business deal the last two months.

Mr Lazrath reached Bharathpura on July 30. The man who had promised to give the generator took him to an unknown place, called Arun and demanded Rs 10 lakh to release Mr Lazrath safely. Arun, with the help of Youth Congress leaders Prakash Pinto Kerebail and Pavan Raj Kolya appraised U T Khader of the situation.

The minister immediately spoke to City Police Commissioner M Chandra Sekhar, who contacted IGP of Bharathpur, Alok Vasista. A team of police personnel from Mangaluru reached the location on August 1, and with the help of IGP, traced the phone location of Mr Lazrath. The location showed Basthan, a place bordering UP and Rajasthan.

When police searched Basthan, they were able to nab a local gangster Ijaz and two others of his Mubarik gang'. However, Mr Lazrath was not in their possession. When the news of arrest of Mubarik gang spread, the actual abductors panicked and dumped the Mangaluru youth at Goverdhan and fled the place.

Mr Chandra Sekhar told media persons on Wednesday that the after police team started raiding various gangs, the gang that had kidnapped Mr Lazrath had shifted him to seven places in and around Bharathpura and Mathura. The police have credible information on the gang and are confident of arresting them at the earliest.

It is learnt that Lazrath was tied in a field and was allegedly assaulted by the gang. According to Lazrath, 12 persons were in the gang that had kidnapped him.

The top cop called upon the public to be careful before making any business deal after getting a call from unknown persons. Such incidents are common in Bharathpur, and on border of Mathura. Earlier, the modus operandi was that the gang would call rich influential business men on the pretext of selling gold bricks at cheap rate and later abduct them and demand money for their release.

The city police commissioner said that a team of police officers with ASI Vijayraj and Head Constable Mohan are in Rajasthan with Richard Lazrath and another team has left for Rajasthan. He thanked the support of Bharathpur zone IGP Alok Vasishta, Agra Zone IGP Durgacharan Mishra for their support in cracking the case.

Prakash Pinto Kerebail, who is with the police team from Mangaluru, has thanked the timely intervention of the minister, which motivated the police to expedite the rescue operation. He also thanked City Police Commissioner M Chandra Sekhar, DCP Shantharaj, ACP Shruthi and Bharatpura IG.

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Sahil
 - 
Thursday, 4 Aug 2016

Khader bhai u r the man... Disagreeing person here is not a man :D

Suleman Byari
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Wednesday, 3 Aug 2016

Khader Bhai rocking........!!!

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June 30,2020

Ballari, June 30: A video clip of dead bodies of covid-19 victims being disgracefully thrown into a pit said to be in Karnataka’s Ballari has gone viral on social media triggering outrage from netizens.

Ballari Deputy Commissioner SS Nakul ordered a probe. He told media persons that the veracity of the video is still under question and that it still needs to be established if the video was taken in Ballari.

In the video, a pit is seen which appears to be disinfected. The video features masked men covered in body suits bringing dead bodies from a black hearse van in black body bags one by one and throwing the dead bodies into the same pit. In all, three dead bodies are thrown into the same pit in the video.

"We have assigned an Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) to enquire and verify the same. We are awaiting reports. We don't know yet if it (the video) is from Ballari or not," Nakul said.

The district which has so far reported around 800 cases in the last three months has also witnessed around two dozen deaths.

Twitterati on Tuesday raised questions about the handling of the bodies. "Even dead have some respect and they deserved a decent burial," said a social activist from Ballari. Similar reactions echoed on social media and some also pointed out on how the family members who have to stay away from burials feel about it.

Covid burial protocol

According to the protocol set by the Union Health Ministry for the burial of Covid-19 patients, the patients' orifices (nose, mouth and ears) have to be sealed and the body has to be wrapped in three layers of personal protective equipment (PPE). Thereafter it should be placed in a body bag. Family members should not be allowed to accompany the body in the hearse van. Covid-19 victims have to be given a deep burial. The grave should be minimum 10-feet deep.

The grave should be disinfected with bleaching powder and the area should be cordoned off so that the general public is not in the vicinity.  The vehicle used to transport the dead body of a Covid-19 victim -- ambulance or a hearse van -- has to be disinfected for 16 hours before being used again. Most Covid-19 victims in the state have had burials in the absence of family members as they are generally in quarantine for being the primary contacts of the patient.

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April 22,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 22: A staff working at the office of Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner was sent to quarantine as a precautionary measure here in the city on Wednesday.

The staff reportedly is a distant relative of a woman (native of Bantwal) who recently died due to killer Corona Virus in Wenlock Hospital, prompting the DC office to send the staff for 14-day quarantine.

According to the reports the staff had met the Doctor who was treating the woman and had inquired about her health condition on April 18.

However the staff did not meet the woman when she was in hospital as she was being treated in the ICU.

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July 29,2020

Mangaluru, July 29: Justifying the transfer of Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh, district in-charge minister Kota Shrinivas Poojari has accused Mangaluru MLA U T Khader of politicizing the issue. 

The IAS officer was transferred by the Karnataka government on July 28, a day after a saffron activist issued a death threat against her on social media after she warned of legal action against the miscreants who attack cattle traders.

Condemning the development, Mr Khader had tweeted that the state government has punished the deputy commissioner instead of punishing the culprit, who issued death threat.

Responding to Mr Khader’s tweet, Mr Poojari said that the transfer of the officer was on administrative ground. “It is unfortunate that Khader politicized a transfer carried out by the government on administrative ground. This is not Khader’s time to protect any accused,” tweeted Mr Poojari. 

It is worth mentioning here that Mr Khader was the district in-charge minister of Dakshina Kannada before Mr Poojari taking over the position. 

Meanwhile, police has arrested a person in connection with the death threat against the IAS officer.

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