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Saffron activists allegedly attack man in revenge act, victim loses fingers

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September 4, 2013

Mangalore, Sep 4: In a rather shocking incident, saffron activists allegedly cut off the fingers of a person, near Perlapu of Kadeshwalya village, on Tuesday night.saffron_copy

The incident tracks its root to a fight that broke out between two saffron groups during 'Mosaru kudike utsava' in Kalladka recently.

The victim is Prakash Kumar, a resident of Perlapu.

On Tuesday night when Prakash was on his way home from a shop, Tharanath and Roopesh attacked him.

According to the complaint filed by victim's wife Saraswati her husband was attacked to take revenge over the Kalladka clash.

She has said that Prakash was facing threat from some locals who had even in the past warned him of dire consequences.

Prakash was admitted to a private hospital in Mangalore and Batwala rural police are investigating the case.

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January 31,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 31: Four people, including a minor and a teen-aged boy, have been arrested on charges of spreading false messages on social media with in Bantwal taluk of Dakshnina Kannada District.

Police said on Friday that the arrested have been identified as Siddik (27), K Mohammed (19), Hanif (25) and a 16-year-old boy.

They are accused of spreading false news on social media using different mobile numbers in Bantwal Taluk for disturbing communal harmony, police said adding a case had been registered at the Vitla police station in this connection.

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June 2,2020

Kasaragod, Jun 2: Kumbala police on Tuesday arrested 20 persons on charges of misbehaving and obstructing a medical team who were on official duty for Covid-19.

Police sources said the incident occurred at Kumbala beach near here on Monday evening when a group of locals misbehaved and obstructed an eight-member medical team, comprising of doctors and health workers, from carrying out a survey to asertain whether there has been a community spread of Covid-19 in that locality.

The health team was on a mission to gather data of people who had interacted with expatriates after they had returned to hometown recently.

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June 10,2020

Udupli, Jun 10: A promising Kabaddi player and young businessman allegedly committed suicide inside his father’s boat today at Malpe fishing port as he had suffered heavy loss in business due to covid lockdown. 

The deceased has been identified as Bhagyaraj (27), a resident of Pavanjigudde in Badanidiyoor, Bailakere. He was working as writer for two boats owned by his father. He was a well-known Kabaddi player in Udupi district. 

It is said that he had raised a huge loan to build a house and also acquired a fishing boat. However, he suffered heavy losses in business due to lockdown. Fish famine added to his woes. 

Upset by these developments, Bhagyaraj hanged himself inside his boat that was anchored at the port. A case was registered at Malpe police station. Investigations are on.

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