Mangalore tops crime rate but Bangalore way ahead in incidents

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December 4, 2012

crime_rateBangalore, December 4: Mangalore city shares the dubious distinction of having the state's highest crime rate -- the incidence of crime for every 1 lakh of population - in 2011. But, Bangalore city is ahead in terms of the number of crimes, according to a study by the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB).

The good news is that there's been a decline in the overall incidence of crime in the state compared to the previous year.

The data pertain to crimes registered under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code like murder, robbery, dacoity and rape, among other things. It doesn't include crime covered by special laws like those related to dowry and money-lending, passports and arms and explosives.

The study covered the four police commissionerates and all the districts in the state. The highest crime rate was reported from Mangalore city (582.85), followed by Bangalore city (343.70), Mysore city (270.92) and Hubli-Dharwad (259.28).

But in absolute numbers, Bangalore city reported the most (32,954 IPC) cases, followed by Mysore city (3,354), Hubli-Dharwad (2,445) and Mangalore city (2821). Bangalore also accounted for 22% of the total crimes in the state.

In all, 1,37,600 IPC cases were reported from the state, a marked dip as the previous year this number was 1,42,322.

About 1,820 murders were reported from the state. Bangalore city with 232 murders topped this list, followed by Belgaum (136), Bangalore district (105), Tumkur (101), Gulbarga (93), Ramanagaram (75) and Mandya (71).

Fewer murders were reported from KGF (14), Udupi (22) and Mangalore city (22), the study said.

Of the 214 dacoities in the state, Bangalore city accounted for the most with 43, followed by Bangalore district (18), Tumkur and Ramangaram districts (13 each) and Shimoga, Hassan and Mysore districts (10 each).


KGF, Davanagere, Udupi and Karwar accounted for a dacoity each, while no such incident was reported in Dharwad and Gadag districts.

In robberies too, Bangalore city stood on the top, reporting 783 of the 2123 cases registered in the state. Following the state capital were Mysore city (196), Hassan (99), Tumkur (89), Belgaum (83), Gulbarga (83) and Bangalore district (81).

Gadag and Yadgir districts accounted for seven robberies, Dharwad six and and Karwar two.

In case of house break-in thefts (HBT) too, the pattern did not change. Of the 6,136 burglaries in the state, Bangalore city accounted for (1313), followed by Mandya (307), Hassan (290), Belgaum (284), Bangalore district (277), Tumkur (248) and Gulbarga (252).




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June 15,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 15: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan''s daughter Veena married top DYFI All India president Mohammed Riaz at the chief minister''s official residence in the presence of selected guests.

Riaz and Veena became husband and wife at a solemn function held under Covid protocols with not more than 50 people present.

This was the second marriage for both, as their first ones ended in divorce.

Riaz has two children, while Veena has a son from their respective previous marriages.

Riaz is a lawyer by profession and had contested the Kozhikode Lok Sabha seat in 2009 but lost to the Congress'' M.K.Raghavan.

Veena runs her own software company in Bengaluru.

While the marriage has already been registered recently, the wedding event was a closed door affair, with just very close relatives of the couple besides a few senior party colleagues of Vijayan.

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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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May 23,2020

Bengaluru, May 22: Police commissioner Bhaskar Rao on Friday said the next two Sundays will be ‘full curfew days’ and the city will be under complete lockdown between 7pm Saturday and 7am Monday.

Addressing the media, the top cop said all essential services will be excluded from the curfew. “People attending weddings and other ceremonies can travel. Those wanting to buy food products or medicines too can step out. However, like in lockdown 1.0, people found loitering unnecessarily will be punished,” he said.

According to Rao, city roads will be barricaded like how it was done during lockdown 1.0 and 2.0.

A senior police officer told TOI that during this period, vehicles could be seized under the Disaster Management Act-2005. “So, we request the public not to come out unnecessarily. If we find people roaming in vehicles, we shall seize the rides and owners will have to approach the court later to get them released,” he said.

The government has extended the lockdown till May 31, which includes two Sundays.
Earlier in the day, the state government allowed inter-state travel from Karnataka with the consent of the receiving state. Praveen Sood, Karnataka DG and IGP, said, “Inter-state pass is not required to go out of Karnataka as long as you have the consent of the receiving state. Due to the lockdown, migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons are stranded at different places. They would be allowed to move as usual.”

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