Mattennavar, who had openly admitted planting bombs in LH, acquitted by court

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June 28, 2016

Bengaluru, Jun 28: Police Sub-Inspector turned BJP activist Girish Mattennavar and two of his associates have been finally acquitted by a local court, here in 13 year old case of bomb attack attempt on Karnataka Legislators' Home.

1terrormannennaEven though Mattennavar had openly claimed to have planted the bombs after his arrest and justified his action by saying that it was an attack against corruption, Judge Chennakeshava on Monday exonerated him and two others due to lack of evidence.

Mattennavar, a 26-year-old sub-inspector with Narona police, Kalaburagi, in 2003, had come to the city for rifle-shooting training, when he allegedly planted four bombs in the fifth floor toilets of the Legislators' Home, and made a call to the police control room alerting it of the bombs.

The callers had claimed that theirs was a crusade against corruption by politicians. The police had later arrested Mattennavar, Guranna Ammapura and Girish Babu, his associates in connection with the case, and charge-sheeted them.

Even though the local media had initially treated it as a terror attack, after the arrest of Mattennavar, he was treated as a crusader against corruption.

The trial of the case that dragged on for 13 years, ended on Monday in the acquittal of all the three accused in the case by the 66th City Civil Court and Sessions Court.

Vidhana Soudha police sources said the court had acquitted all the three accused in the case on the benefit of doubt for want of evidence. The owner of the STD booth from where the group had made the call to the police had allegedly noted down the motorcycle number when they returned again to fetch the helmet they had left behind.

This formed the main evidence against the accused. However, this evidence was successfully challenged in the court after which the case fell flat, said senior police officials involved in the case.

Mattennavar, who is now a BJP activist, expressed his happiness over the acquittal. However, after the judgement he was careful enough not to comment on his involvement in the case even though he had openly confessed to the crime 13 years ago.

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Satyameva jayate
 - 
Tuesday, 28 Jun 2016

Another Hindu terrorist?

Ahmed Ali K
 - 
Tuesday, 28 Jun 2016

Court acquitted him ....
Now he is dangerous to the society and cant trust this guy anymore. He can do anything anytime anywhere.

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June 3,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 3: The district administrations of Dakshina Kannada and Kasaragod have issued standard operating procedures (SOP) for the movement of people between two neighbouring districts that fall under two different states.

Even though thousands of people used to commute between these two districts due to employment, education and other reasons every day, the travel has been banned for over two months due to covid lockdown.

Dakshina Kannada DC Sindhu B Rupesh has assured that travel passes will be issued for working professionals/students who have to commute every day.

Those who wish to travel to DK district from Kasargod have to register on https://bit.ly/dkdpermit for daily pass.

The pass applicant should mention the travel destinations, and the complete work address in DK. He/she should also upload Aadhaar card, proof of workplace. On receipt of the applications, the AC of Mangaluru division will issue the pass which will be valid till June 30.

The DC said that the pass details will be recorded at Talapady check post daily. Those who fail to report during the exit from Dakshina Kannada will be subjected to quarantine by the taluk administration and penal action will be initiated as per Epidemic Act, she warned.

Thermal screening of all persons entering DK will be conducted at the checkpost. Only those who are asymptomatic will be allowed to enter.

As per the SOP issued by Kasargod District Collector, those who wish to commute between these two districts have to register in COVID-19 Jagratha portal under the emergency pass category and the applicant has to mention the reason as “inter-state travel on a daily basis."

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April 29,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 29: As many as 11 more people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours in Karnataka, said the State's Health Department on Wednesday.

According to an official statement, 11 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from 5 pm on April 28 to 5 pm on April 29.

"With this, the total number of positive coronavirus cases in the state has mounted to 534, of which 20 deaths have been reported and 215 people have recovered," added the statement.

Of 20 coronavirus patients who died, one death was due to the non-COVID cause, the statement further said.

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May 10,2020

Bengaluru, May 10: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D K Shivakumar said that Congress will make travel arrangements for stranded Keralites in the state in order to facilitate them to reach their homes.

"On the request made by Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has appointed MLA NA Haris as in-charge coordinator to look after the Kerala citizens stranded in Karnataka," DK Shivakumar, President of Karnataka Congress said in a letter addressed to Kerala Congress.

"MLA Haris will guide and assist the Kerala citizens and make the travel arrangements for those who have obtained travel passes from concerned districts after discussing with government officials to send them to their respective places with government's approval," he added.

Shivakumar shared the contact details of MLA NA Haris and a helpline number for people to register their details.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on May 1, issued an order to extend the ongoing lockdown by two more weeks from May 4 and also allowed the movement of migrant workers, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places, by special trains, to their homes.

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