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Cops nab thieves who steal in garb of devotees

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September 17, 2012

Mangalore, September 17: Police have apprehended seven persons in connection with stealing valuables from people in the garb of devotees from temples.

Addressing media persons at a press meet in Mangalore on Monday, Abhishek Goyal, SP, Dakshina Kannada, said that on September 11, Belthangady police personnel deputed on vehicle patrolling near Kanyadi in Dharmasthala stopped a Tavera car bearing registration number KA-22-3339. Seven persons and three children in the car tried to escape but were caught and interrogated and found out that they were engaging in stealing in the garb of devotees from temples.

The accused are Srinivas alias Sheenu (32), Moulana Saab (35), Suresh Soma Reddy Kodagante (28), Lakkavva alias Lakkamma (45), Sharada (24), Tippavva (35) and Kamala Parvathi (65), all hailing from Gadag district.

They would pose as devotees in prominent temples and steal cash and gold from other devotees, Mr. Goyal said. They have in the past resorted to stealing in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu as well. 4 mobile phones, Rs. 3,200 in cash and jewellery worth Rs. 7,00,000 have been recovered from the accused.

'Urudelu girl's death a murder, not unnatural'

The death of Savitha (28) whose body was found in a well near her house in Urudelu village in Belthangady on September 7, was not an unnatural death or suicide but was a murder, Mr. Goyal informed.

Savitha had an affair with Umesha, the husband of Sharada and it was suspected that he could have been behind the murder. When police interrogated him, he revealed that Savitha did indeed have an affair with him and was pressurizing him to leave Sharada, his wife and her own elder sister, and marry her. Frustrated by her constant pressure, Umesha resorted to killing her. Through a telephone call, he asked her to come out of the house and pushed her into the well, Mr. Goyal said.

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March 30,2020
Mangaluru, Mar 30: Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Natekal, has started online tele-consultation service in the constituent Kanachur Hospital & Research Centre amid fear of corona spread.
 
A statement issued here on Monday said, under this service people can contact the doctors sitting in their home. The doctors will give tele-consultation and medical advice for their health problems through WhatsApp. As per the Kanachur Hospital announcement for this purpose the specialist doctors of nine departments will give their tele-consultation from 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs.
 
The people who are not having the social media service (WhatsApp) from rural areas they can directly contact the concerned department specialists over phone by informing the disease details and obtain advises from the doctors through the hospital landline number 0824-2888000.

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June 9,2020

Dubai, Jun 9: A young NRI engineer in Dubai, who supported his pregnant spouse to file a plea in the Supreme Court of India for early repatriation from the UAE amid the coronavirus lockdown passed away in his sleep of suspected cardiac arrest.

The deceased identified as Nithin Chandran (28) and his wife Athira Geetha Sreedharan (27) had hit headlines in the past after the latter filed a writ petition seeking assistance to be repatriated to India, following the suspension of flights to the country, as she was due for the delivery of their first baby in the first week of July.

Chandran, a mechanical engineer was working at a construction firm in Dubai. According to the reports, he had stayed back in UAE after sending his wife home on the first day of repatriation from Dubai on May 7 under the Vande Bharat Mission.

The deceased was receiving the treatment for high blood pressure and a heart condition and is suspected to have died of a heart attack while asleep, his friend said. However, the exact cause of his death is yet to be known.

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April 11,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 11: Seven more people have tested positive for coronavirus taking the tally to 214 in the state.

"Coronavirus cases rise to 214 in Karnataka, with seven more people testing positive between 5 PM Friday and 12 PM Saturday," said the Karnataka health department.

According to the health department, all these seven people have a history of contact with COVID-19 patients. Five of them are workers of a pharmaceutical company in Mysuru.

"Out of the total cases in the state, six people have died while 37 others were cured or discharged," added the state health department.

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