People click selfies as tribal man beaten to death in Kerala

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February 23, 2018

Palakkad, Feb 23: A 35-year-old tribal man was beaten to death by local people for allegedly stealing articles from some shops at Agali here, police said.

The deceased, suspected to be mentally unsound, was identified as Madhu, hailing from Kadukumanna settlement of Attappady, one of the largest and backward tribal hamlets in the state.

The shabbily dressed man, who was living in the forest near Mukkali here for some months, used to be seen wandering in the area, police said.

He was beaten up by the local people, who accused him of stealing articles from some shops in the town, and later handed him over to the police yesterday.

Some television channels aired visuals purportedly showing people taking selfies with Madhu with his hands tied up.

Though, the police tried to rush him to the nearby Agali government hospital, he vomited, collapsed and died in the jeep itself and was declared by dead by the hospital, police said.

Agali police has registered a case and some persons have been taken into custody, they said.

"They are being interrogated and the arrest will be recorded after verification," a senior police officer told PTI.
Police said the post mortem would be conducted at the Thrissur Medical College hospital later, only after which the exact cause of the death will be known.

However, Madhu's relatives told Malayalam channels that he was suffering from a mental breakdown and was staying away from home for some months.

They also wanted exemplary punishment to the guilty.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi VIjayan condemned the incident and said stringent action would be taken against the accused.

Directions in this regard have been given to the director general of police, he said.

"Such violence cannot be accepted in a civilised society.

It cannot be accepted in anyway," Vijayan said in a Facebook post.

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Vijay
 - 
Sunday, 25 Feb 2018

Rich people Take money and run to other Countries for Hifi Life but Public is Quite, One poor man stole items just for Hunger and people Killed Him.  Very Sad :( RIP Madhu 

ABDUL AZIZ S.A.
 - 
Saturday, 24 Feb 2018

really very sad ,  people have no mercy to the poor.  its bad name for the people who have done this cruel act

Sukesh
 - 
Friday, 23 Feb 2018

He was hungry. he took for eating. Dont call him thief, because we, our society made him poor, straving, begging man and at last a thief

Hareesh Bhatt
 - 
Friday, 23 Feb 2018

Such a cruel act. Seven people beating one man by tying hands.. How can men do like that..

Mohan
 - 
Friday, 23 Feb 2018

Shocking.. #Tribals_are _also_human_beings..

Suresh Kalladka
 - 
Friday, 23 Feb 2018

It's too dangerous...If the suspicion is correct also, people dont have right to kill or harm other people. This mentality will end up in total anarchy. Should Punish them properly and warn others

Kumar
 - 
Friday, 23 Feb 2018

This is not the right way. should stop "crowd punishment". they dont have the right to punish anybody. hang the goons

Hari
 - 
Friday, 23 Feb 2018

Brutal.. Should punish them equally

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February 13,2020

Dubai, Feb 13: An Indian expatriate found to be infected with coronavirus in the UAE on February 10 is in a stable condition, the Indian Embassy told Gulf News.

“The Indian is a 36-year-old male,” an embassy official said, adding “he a resident of the UAE”.

However, the official did not say if the man had any travel history to China and also refused to divulge which state he hailed from.

On February 10, the Ministry of Health said the Indian national was found infected with coronavirus in the latest such case in the UAE. “The Indian national had interacted with a recently diagnosed person,” the ministry had said in a statement.

"All reported cases are in stable condition, except for one case, who is being put under close observation by a team of senior consultants at the Intensive Care Unit," added the statement.

The man is among the eight cases of coronavirus detected in the UAE so far. Others include six Chinese nationals and one from Philippines.

Earlier this week, the UAE announced that one of the infected patients, a 73-year-old Chinese national, Liu Yujia, had recovered.

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June 28,2020

Mangaluru, June 28: In his apparent bid to win the hearts of the people of Tulu Nadu while leaving this coastal city, Dr P S Harsha, the outgoing Mangaluru city police commissioner, today took to social media and thanked the people. The language he chose for his prolonged Facebook post and one paragraph tweet was Tulu.

“Loveable people of Kudla! I have received the transfer order after serving as the Commissioner of Police of Mangaluru City for 11 months. (During this period) I worked with utmost honesty and pro-people approach with the complete cooperation of my department. I wholeheartedly thank all those who supported me,” tweeted Dr Harsha, who is now posted in Bengaluru as the Deputy Inspector General and Commissioner of Information and Public Relations.

In his Facebook post, Dr Harsha claimed that thanks to his initiative “My Beat My Pride”, the policing in the coastal city has strengthened. 

“My only intention was to put an end to rowdyism and illegal activities. I had given priority to curb the drug mafia. ‘My Beat My Pride’ became a successful initiative thanks to public support,” he said. 

The IPS officer went on to claim that with the with the co-operation of the senior officers, the police department managed to efficiently handle situations during anti-CAA and pro-CAA agitations in the city, detection of explosives at Mangaluru International Airport and also during the covid-19 pandemic. 

However, he did not mention about the death of two people in random police firing following a baton charge during anti-CAA protests in the city on December 19.

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MP
 - 
Tuesday, 30 Jun 2020

power is not permenant. 2 innocents were killed in mangalore,  if it was in USA the cop would have been in jail.

 

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April 4,2020

Hubli, April 3: Twelve people including 5 women as well as 50 unidentified people have been booked for allegedly pelting stones at police personnel in Mantur area of Hubli on Friday.

The police were allegedly attacked for stopping people from offering Friday prayers at a mosque, during the ongoing lockdown put in place in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

"12 people including five women and 50 unidentified people have been booked for stone-pelting at police personnel in Mantur area of Hubli today. The women have been taken into custody while police are searching for the others," said Hubli-Dharwad Police Commissioner R Dilip.

The Police Commissioner further said, "Some prominent people of the community had also urged the devotees to go to their homes but they got agitated."

"Four policemen have sustained minor injuries in the incident," he said adding that "legal action will be taken against the culprits." 

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