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City police blog disappoints visitors

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July 24, 2013
Mangalore, Jul 24: Though it was created with the intention of disseminating news about crime in Mangalore city limits regularly to interested patrons, the blog of Mangalore City Police has been irregular in its updates from some time.
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To provide information on different crimes that have occurred in the district such as murder, robbery, burglary, extortion or rape, the then-Superintendent of Police B Dayananda had launched the blog of Dakshina Kannada district police on December 8, 2005.

Then, the blog also played a role in the district becoming a pioneer in the use of modern technology in disseminating information to people.

When the Mangalore Commissionerate came into existence with the installation of Seemanth Kumar as Mangalore City Police Commissioner in 2011, a separate blog was created specifically for updating crime news occurring in city limits.

However, the Mangalore City Police blog has become inactive and lagged behind in its updates compared to its district police counterpart. Although regular so far, the city blog saw only 16 posts in the month of June compared to 31 posts in the blog of district police.

More astonishing, the city blog contains a lone post, while the district blog has regular posts numbering 24 in July, i.e. one for each day.

The city blog holds a single post for the month of July, featuring the portrait of a suspect in the recent Moodbidri Jain temple theft case, which is disappointing to say the least.

After a post was updated on June 29, the next one was dated July 7, and no posts were updated since. No information has been provided on the theft case that took place at the Jain temple in Moodbidri in which precious idols and diamonds worth crores of rupees were stolen and the subsequent arrests.

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The status of the blog in question has exposed the working of the city police department. Even the past updates in the blog have been posted after a couple of days.

Even if the department claims shortage of personnel to keep the blog active, there are some who question if it was right to stop updating information on the blog.

Expectations proved wrong

People of Mangalore were of the opinion that the working of city police would improve once the Commissionerate was formed. However, these expectations were not to be met. Even if the number of police officers in the city police department has increased, the graph of crime rate has not gone down. Crime still continues unabated in the city, with the general feeling among the public that criminals do not fear the police system in the district.

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July 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Rattled by the spurt in Covid-19 positive cases, a Karnataka minister on Wednesday said only god would save the people from coronavirus pandemic.

"Only god has to save us from the virus or the people should be made aware of the infection so that they wear mask and maintain social distancing," state Health Minister B Sriramulu told reporters in Chitradurga, 205-km northwest of Bengaluru.

Noting that the infection does not differentiate between rich and poor, police, doctors, politicians or legislators, Sriramulu said the communicable disease could rise to alarming level in the ensuing two months, as the cases were rising daily the world over.

"Who can control coronavirus? In the present situation, only god has to save us. Otherwise, the people should become aware of its (virus) consequences. If we have made mistakes, we are ready to face punishment for them," said Sriramulu, who is the ruling BJP's legislator from the Molakalmuru reserved assembly segment in the district.

Refuting the opposition Congress charge that the cases were rising in the state due to negligence by ministers, officials and legislators, Sriramulu said Karnataka was performing better than other states till the cases began to steadily rise since unlock started and the people were moving in violation of the guidelines.

A record 3,176 cases were reported from across the southern state during the day, taking the Covid tally to a whopping 47,253, including 27,853 active cases after 18,466 were discharged, with 1,076 during the day, while 928 succumbed to the virus, with 87 in the last 24 hours.

In Bengaluru, which is under 9-day lockdown since Tuesday night till July 22 morning, 1,975 positive cases were registered, taking its tally to 22,944, including 17,051 active after 5,455 were discharged so far, with 463 during the day, while 437 died of the infection, with 60 in the last 24 hours.

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January 22,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 22: Mangaluru Commissioner of Police PS Harsha said that Aditya Rao, who surrendered before Bengaluru Police after planting an improvised explosive device (IED) at the Mangaluru International Airport, is now in their custody.

"Our Investigation team arrested Aditya Rao in Bengaluru in connection with planting of an explosive device at Mangaluru Airport on January 20. We produced the accused before Bengaluru first JMFC court and court issued transit warrant," said Harsha.

"We have brought him to Mangaluru from Bengaluru, now the accused is in our custody, our investigation team will interrogate him. We will investigate all aspects. He will be produced before Mangaluru 6th JMFC Court," he added.

Rao hails from Udupi and has engineering and MBA degrees.

According to the police, the IED was recovered from a bag at Mangaluru airport on January 20. It was later defused in an open field by the personnel of the bomb disposal squad.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: An ambulance driver was thrashed by the family members of a 75-year-old COVID-19 patient who passed away on his way to the hospital in Bengaluru on Thursday.

The incident happened after the patient died in the ambulance while waiting in front of the MS Ramaiah Hospital in Bengaluru.

The driver was dragged out of the ambulance and chased around by a relative.

His clothes were ripped off and harangue were hurled at him. The relative was seen shouting and blaming the driver for the patient's death.

Speaking to news agency, the driver said that he was unable to explain the sequence of the protocol which was to be followed while getting the patient to the treatment ward.

Karnataka is one of the worst-affected states by the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the state has 67,456 active cases as of Friday.

The state government has been struggling to contain the spread of the disease as it has intermittently imposed and eased lockdown measures, especially in the capital Bengaluru.

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