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Vittala was in touch with naxals: Infant

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April 12, 2012
Mangalore, April 12: Vittala Malekudiya, the MCJ student of Mangalore University who was arrested by Anti-Naxal Forces on charges of alleged naxal links has not been taken into custody without evidences indicating his involvement in naxal activities said A R Infant, Director General of Police (DGP), Karnataka.

Speaking to mediapersons at a press meet at the Police Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Thursday, Mr. Infant said that police does not intend to arrest anyone without a reason. “What I know from the information that I have received so far is that there are evidences against him pointing towards his involvement in naxal activities. The police have taken the step after watching his movements. He is found to have given logistic support to the naxals and attended their meetings. From his mobile phone call details it has been found that he was in touch with naxalites. But I have sympathies for him since he is a student and will look into the matter and verify the claims against him”, Mr. Infant said.

Of his visit to the ANF camps at Karkala and Sringeri, the DGP said that the morale of the personnel deployed in the regions is high and are doing a good job in the midst hostile terrains. “Our job is to provide security to the people of these naxal affected areas and our sheer presence has instilled confidence in them”, he said.

Stating that the police department intends to bring misguided youth back to the mainstream, Mr. Infant said that the police has kept its surrender policy open. “Some have already surrendered and some are in the process of surrendering themselves. We want to rehabilitate them and bring them to the mainstream. They should be able to stand on their feet. We are open to making changes in the policy too in case there is room for improvement. But those naxals who indulge in crime will be dealt with under the law and as far as they are concerned, there will be no let-up”, Mr. Infant said.

Responding to one of the queries from mediapersons about the investigation of the cache of arms that were recovered from a naxal affected area in Belthangady recently, Mr. Infant said that probe is in progress and an attempt to trace the origin of the granades is being made.

When asked about the Panjinamogaru double murder case, the DGP said that CID is investigating the matter.

He refused to comment on the Shankar Bidari episode involving the government stating that the matter is subjudice.

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January 23,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 23: City Police Commissioner PS Harsha on Thursday said that Aditya Rao, who had surrendered after planting a bomb at the Mangaluru International Airport, had studied how to assemble an explosive device online.

Speaking to media persons here, Dr Harsha said that 36-year-old Rao, who holds engineering and MBA degrees, had worked in the financial sector for some time, but left, after realising that white-collar jobs were not suited for him and turned towards blue-collar jobs.

He took up a job as a security guard of a reputed college in the district. He also worked at few hotels in the city before leaving for Bengaluru.

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May 15,2020

Mysuru, May 15: The Temple Town of Nanjangud was till now treated as one unit or a Cluster Containment Zone and was put under complete lock-down as per the containment protocol listed under COVID-19 regulations and Disaster Management Act, 2005.

However on Friday, some of the restrictions have been lifted by Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G Sankar who permitted certain activities as no fresh positive cases were reported from the cluster area. The Cluster Containment Zone was declared on March 29 following one employee of Nanjangud-based Jubilant Generics tested positive for the killer Coronavirus. As there were chances of the positive person spreading the disease to other employees of the factory, the cluster rules were enforced. Moreover, there were over 1,000 employees in the Pharma Company and a majority of them lived in and around Nanjangud.

The declaration of Cluster Containment Zone with complete lock-down and quarantining of all the Pharma Company employees proved a success to the District Administration as whoever tested positive – over 73 were later tested positive — had already been quarantined and the dangerous community spread phase was successfully prevented. To a major extent, the Corona virus curve has been flattened. As such, restrictions have been relaxed a bit on Friday.

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April 25,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 25: KPCC president D K Shivakumar, has alleged that BJP leaders from the state have sold rice that was meant to be distributed to the poor in Tamil Nadu.

Speaking to newsmen here on Friday, he stated that Congress fully supports the government’s work in the prevention of the spread of COVID-19, but maybe unknown to the Chief Minister, corrupt dealings are which we want to bring to his attention.

He alleged that 1,879 quintals of rice brought from Haryana have been illegally sold to a businessman in Hosur, Tamil Nadu.

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