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Real estate Rao among 5 held for armed robbery at Kateel priest's house

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October 17, 2016

Mangaluru, Oct 17: Mangaluru police have arrested five persons in connection with a two week old armed robbery occurred at a priest's residence near Kateel on the outskirts of the city.

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Among the arrested Sudhindra Rao H K alias Sushindra Rao alias Real estate Rao (33), son of Haridas Rao, from Bejai Kapikad is the main accused and mastermind in the case, said Mangaluru City Police Commissioner M Chandra Sekhar.

Rao's four accomplices – Chidananda (33) from Yekkar village, Suraj Kumar (35) from Yekkar Permude, Suresh Kumar M (40) from Adyanadka, Punacha village Bantwal and Sadashiva Shetty (49) from Yekkar – have also been arrested along with him.

Rao personally knew Vasudev Asranna, the priest and hereditary trustee of Kateel Durga Parameshwari temple, whose house was targeted by armed robbers on October 4. Besides, some of the family members of Rao are working in the same temple.

The city police chief said that Rao, who is involved in real estate business, was in dire need of money to repay a loan he had borrowed from someone. Hence, he hatched the armed robbery plan.

Interestingly, Suresh Kumar, one of the arrested accused, is a government employee and he was working as PRO for the same temple.

Mr Chandra Sekhar said that all the five were caught together when sleuths from CCB and Bajpe police station, acting on a credible information, surrounded a car near Hunsekatte bus stop on Monday. All of them were on board the Hyundai Elite i20, bearing registration number KA 19 ME 3310, he said.

The commissioner, however, said that the police are yet to arrest the seven accused who executed the armed robbery. Four teams, formed in the wake of robbery, are still in search of the robbers, he said, expressing confidence to nab all the culprits soon.

It could be recalled here that a gang of armed robbers struck at Vasudev Asranna's house located at Gidikere near Kateel and decamped with valuables worth Rs 14 lakh and Rs 30,000 cash. Asranna family is known for providing ayurveda medicine for skin diseases. The robbers had entered the house asking for a medicine to cure skin disease.

Mr Chandra Sekhar said that the police have already seized Rs 4, 25,000 cash (earned by selling some of the stolen valuables), a pendent of 3.910 gram gold, pendent with image of goddess Durgaparameshwari, 5 mobile phones and a car from the accused.

Also Read: Armed robbers decamp with valuables worth Rs 14 lakh from priest's house

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shanu
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Tuesday, 18 Oct 2016

14 Lakh without paying TAX.... Asranna...

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May 29,2020

Bantwal, Karnataka, May 29: Vitla Police have registered a case against four persons, including a Bajrang Dal leader, on charges of assaulting a boy and forcing him to chant 'Jai Shree Ram', video of which had gone viral on social media.

Police said on Friday that the accused have been identified as Bajrang Dal leader Dinesh, a resident of Kanyana, and two 16-year-old youngsters from Kolnadu village and a 17-year-old boy from Kanyana village. The victim of the assault has been identified as the first PUC student of Kudtumugaru.

On April 21, at around 11 am, four accused waylaid the boy's bike and started abusing him. They then dragged the boy to Kadumath High School grounds and assaulted and posed life threat. Besides, they forced him to chant ''Jai Shree Ram,'' he stated in the complaint.

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February 1,2020

Shivamogga, Feb 1: A three-year-old girl who fell out of a moving vehicle had a miraculous escape in Agumbe Ghat section in Teerthahalli taluk of Shivamogga district of Karnataka.

The incident took place in the early hours of Friday when 12 members from three different families were returning from a tour of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The girl was reunited with her family after 30 minutes of high drama.

The child, identified as Anavi, is believed to have fallen from the vehicle as it negotiated hairpin bends on the Agumbe Ghat road, 350km from Bengaluru. The child's parents, Binu and Lincy, from NR Pura in Chikkamagaluru district, and other family members reportedly dozed off and did not realize the child had fallen off the vehicle until they covered a distance of about 20km.

One of the family members noticed that child was missing from the seat next to the door. When the driver realized the door latch had given way, they suspected the child could have slipped out of the vehicle.

Then the family started searching along the road and learnt from a forest guard at the Agumbe checkpost that a missing child was found and it had been handed over to Agumbe police station.

An advocate who identified himself as Vinay spotted the girl child as he passed the deserted stretch minutes after the vehicle left and picked her up and handed her over to Agumbe police.

The child sustained minor injuries in the fall. She was provided medical treatment before she was handed over to the parents.

Sources said it wasn't known how the vehicle door opened. One theory is that the girl could have accidentally unlocked the door while clutching the latch in the bumpy ride on the ghat. Police did not file any complaint.

Similar incident

This incident is almost a rerun of a Kerala incident in which a one-year-old baby fell off a moving jeep and was reunited with its mother hours later in September 2019 in Idukki district.

The baby had slipped off the mother's arms while she dozed off in the vehicle. CCTV footage showed the baby, after falling on the road, crawling towards a lit-up area close by, which turned out to be a forest checkpost. Family realised child was missing after 20km.

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: With preparations underway for conducting exams for the final semester/ year students in the state, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwathnarayan on Monday directed the respective universities to conduct exams for the backlog papers as well.

"In the wake of COVID-19, it has been decided to hold exams only for the students of final semester/year courses. It has come to our notice that some universities have decided against conducting exams for final year students who have a backlog to clear from previous semesters. This is unpardonable," the Deputy Chief Minister said.

"Our intention is to see that the final year students finish their course. In the present situation, conducting only final semester exams won't help. We have to help the students in clearing their backlogs," added Ashwathnarayan, directing all universities to compulsorily conduct these exams.

Meanwhile, Ashwathnarayan thanked the staff and officials of various government departments who were responsible for successfully conducting the CET exams even amidst the difficult situation in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

"In all, 1,94,419 students had registered for the CET exams, of which 1,75,428 wrote the exams. The percentage of students who took up the exams this year was equivalent to that of the previous years, in normal times," the DCM informed.

"After we successfully conducted the exams, Arunachal Pradesh is going to conduct the Public Service Commission exams on the lines of how we successfully conducted the exams. Likewise, even our KPSC has said it will conduct the exams. We must appreciate the good work of the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA), which has set an example for others," Ashwathnarayan said.

The deputy chief minister said that 33 colleges in various districts across the state faced shortage of land and that it is the responsibility of the District Commissioners (DCs) to get the lands sanctioned for all these colleges.
In Bagalkot district alone land has not been sanctioned for six degree colleges, he said.

Reacting to this, Bagalkot DC Captain Rajendra assured to look into the matter as soon as he receives the proposal from department officials.

"Similarly, there is shortage of land for five Diploma colleges and 28 ITI colleges in different parts of the state. The DCs must immediately pay attention to this. Once they get the land, buildings will come up within no time," the Karnataka deputy chief minister said.

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