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Saffron activist held for derogatory FB post against UT Khader

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August 11, 2017

Mangaluru, Aug 11: A 36-year-old man, said to be a saffron activist, was arrested by the Mangaluru police for posting defamatory comments against Food and Civil Supplies Minister U.T. Khader on social media platform.

The accused is Divyaprasad a native of Hosamane, Daregudde in Moodbidri, who is currently a resident of Bengaluru. He was booked under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act.

The arrest was made based on a complaint lodged a few days ago by Taluk Panchayat member Jabbar and two others with the Mangaluru East police station against the a post on Facebook defaming Khader. 

The post was made using the visuals of “Hello Minister” programme of Suvarna Kannada news channel in which Mr. Khader answered several queries of people.

The police said following investigation they came to know that the post was made by Divyaprasad, who works as a supervisor in a hotel in ITPL in Benglauru.

A team of policemen from Mangaluru East police went to Bengaluru on Thursday and apprehended him. Prasad was produced before a city magistrate court here on Friday.

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Forest officials said on Wednesday the accused nabbed last night were identified as PK Dinesh from Madikeri and V Kumar from Hassan district.

Both were caught while trying to sell tusks the value of which was estimated to be lakhs.

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March 9,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 9: A person who arrived at the airport in Mangaluru from Dubai and was admitted to the isolation ward of a hospital with symptoms of coronavirus has gone missing, sources said.

The patient, who arrived on Sunday, was shifted to the district Wenlock hospital with a high fever and a few symptoms of coronavirus.

He reportedly argued with the hospital staff late in the night that he had not contracted the virus and left the hospital saying he will take treatment in a private hospital.

The hospital health officer called up the police and a high alert has been sounded in coastal districts to locate the person who has 'escaped' from the hospital.

Dakshina Kannada district health officer Sikandar Pasha had earlier said the patient will be kept under observation for 24 hours and will be discharged after routine tests.

The district health department on Monday lodged a complaint with the Mangaluru police station and investigation is on.

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