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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Karnataka sees highest single-day rise corona cases as 10 people test positive; total 51

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March 25,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 25 : Karnataka recorded its highest single-day tally to date, as 10 people tested positive, taking the total number of cases to 51 in the state.

“Till date 51 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state which includes one death and three discharged," the health department said in a statement on Wednesday.

The rise in cases adding to the growing national tally of people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

The daughter of a former union minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Karnataka has also tested positive.

Bengaluru accounts for 32 of the total 51 cases recorded in the state so far,including three who have fully recovered and released.

Dakshina Kannada has five confirmed cases, Chikkaballapura and Kalaburagi has three cases each, Mysuru has and Uttara Kannada has two cases each and four other districts have one case each.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a 21-day lockdown of the country to keep people indoors and contain the spread of the virus in the community.

The government has also been trying to scale up testing.

Medical education minister K.Sudhakar on Wednesday told Mint that Karnataka will scale up testing by 10-fold with the help of government and private labs approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

A total of 2,438 people have been tested in Karnataka and 2242 have tested negative, according to state health department. 214 people are lodged in medical hospitals.

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Coronavirus: 3 foreign nationals among 2528 under observation in Kerala

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February 6,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6: The Kerala government on Wednesday said three foreign nationals were among the 2,528 people under observation in the state for the novel coronavirus infection and no new cases have been reported.

At least 93 people with minor symptoms of the virus have been lodged in isolation wards of various hospitals, state Health Minister KK Shailaja told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.

India's three positive cases for the virus has been from the state's three districts of Thrissur, Alappuzha and Kasaragod.

All the three are students of China's Wuhan university, the epicentre of the virus.

"No new cases of coronavirus has been detected in the state today. At least 2,435 are under observation at home while 93 are in isolation wards at various hospital across the state," Mr Shailaja said.

The minister also said two foreigners have been quarantined in Ernakulam district and one foreign national at Thiruvananthapuram.

"The foreigner in Thiruvananthapuram has been kept at general hospital but not because he was showing symptoms but for observation as he travelled from China," an official said.

The health status of the three patients, who had tested positive for the virus, "remains satisfactory", the minister said.

After three cases were reported, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government had declared the epidemic as a "state calamity" on Monday.

The health department has issued advisories to the education, tourism and the animal husbandry departments on taking precautions.

"The students, teachers, other staff members residing with families of Wuhan/China returnees who are already in home isolation should not attend classes...," an advisory issued to the education department read.

Rajan Khobragade, Principal Secretary (Health), said the health department has directed the District collectors to hold a meeting with the religious leaders of the district to create awareness during prayer meetings.

"We have directed district collectors to meet religious leaders and talk to them about the seriousness of the situation and create awareness among them and their followers on how to contain the spread of virus," the minister said.

Mr Shailaja also said the department got messages from some Kerala students studying in China, who returned to the state after the virus outbreak, that their Universities had asked them to return and attend classes.

"We have got some messages from the students that they were being recalled by the universities in China. We discussed the matter and it was decided that the centre will contact such universities and convey the message that it was not possible to send the students back to China until the epidemic was under control," the minister said.

Mr Shailaja also said even though there were no positive cases for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, the state needs to remain vigilant and reiterated the 28 days quarantine period for those returning from China.

Of the 2,528 people under observation, the maximum number is from Malappuram (383), followed by Ernakulam (333), Kozhikode (306) and Thrissur (241).

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