Sand labourer dies after jumping into river during police raid

October 26, 2016

Bantwal, Oct 26: In a tragic incident, a sand labourer lost his life after jumping into river in his bid to evade arrest during a police raid on an illegal sand extraction site at a remote village in Bantwal taluk on Wednesday.

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The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Sharif (30), said to be a local resident.

The incident occurred when sleuths from Bantwal rural police station raided the sand extraction site at Margadangady near Mallarapattana.

A frightened Sharif immediately jumped into river when a policeman tried to catch him. However, he went missing in the water within a few seconds.

The police immediately called fire fighters and local swimmers. After a thorough search the swimmers found dead body of Sharif in the river.

A tense atmosphere prevailed in the village after the incident. A few locals alleged that Sharif jumped into river when a policeman showed revolver and threatened to shoot him.

A group of angry residents damaged to police vehicle. Superintend of police Bhushan Gulabrao Borase paid a visit to the village for spot investigation. Security has been beefed up in the area to prevent untoward incidents.

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people don't take it as communal

Inna lillahi wa inna Ilahi rajvoon RIP, Every where suffering middle class or poor people example in Ullal there is no officer born to raid fish mill because it is running by politics and rich people, I totally agree that sand business is illegal but it won't harm any one but in Ullal it harm current generation and coming generation so divert your investigation right place.

Why no police raided mining mafia ? And fixing in department ?

Not a loss for nation ....sand jihadis must be taught a lesson . .

..instead of praising our police ...they are blaming our policee.....love u dk police ....

what he wanted he finally got, simply blaming police is not a good idea.

he deserves.

whatever this community people do, they will unite and protest whether crime or marriage.

have these are locals out of their mind? if police shoots him also no issue he is doing criminal offense he deserves to die.

There is no difference between Hindutva terrors and DK Police now a days.

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7am to 7pm conditional lockdown relief in Dakshina Kannada from May 4

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May 3,2020

Mangaluru, May 3: Dakshina Kannada in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary today announced that there will be partial lockdown relaxations in the district from tomorrow (May 4) from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The district falls under orange zone as per the classification done by the union government to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Mr Poojary said that shops can remain open for 12 hours (7 a.m. to 7 p.m.). However, this relaxation will not apply for malls, restaurants, beauty parlors, saloons and dental clinics.

Even though bars can remain open, they can only sell liquor. People will not be allowed to consume anything inside the bar.

In auto-rickshaws only one passenger will be allowed to travel apart from driver and in car two passengers will be allowed apart from driver.

The relaxations come with strict protocols, which the people need to follow, he said, adding that the relief had been provided to make life easier and not for people to come out unnecessarily.

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Corona scare: In Mangaluru alone over 2,000 people home-quarantined

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March 26,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 26: About 2,771 people are home-quarantined in the wake of the novel coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada district here, Deputy Commissioner said on Wednesday.

"Meanwhile, about 20 people have completed the mandated 28 days of quarantine, DC Sindhu B Rupesh said in a statement here.

More than 38,000 people from the district have been screened and seven are admitted and are under observation, he added.

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Mangaluru | Flight charted by KMT brings home 180 stranded NIRs from Dammam

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July 14,2020

Mangaluru / Dammam, July 14: As many as 180 NRIs from Karnataka who were stranded in Saudi Arabia amid Covid 19 crisis today reached their home country by a flight charted by a Jubail based company KMT.

The Indigo flight carrying 174 adult passengers and 6 infants took off from King Fahad Airport, Dammam at 6:30 a.m. and landed at Mangaluru International Airport at 1:30 p.m.

Pregnant women, people with serious ailments and those who lost jobs are among the passengers. KMT has provided free ticket for some of the passengers who were in dire need of support.

KMT is a company which is head quartered in Jubail, Saudi Arabia was formed by natives of Addoor, Dakshin Kannada - Shoukath, Abdul Razaq, Siddique and Abdul Rahman.

The CEO of KMT, Mr. Abdul Razaq has thanked Dr. Arathi Krishna, former president of KNRI Forum for her support to KMT in chartering flight.

He has also has expressed his gratitude to D.K district administration, director of SACO company Mr. Althaf Ullal and KMT operation Manager Mr. Sadiq Ahmed and his team for their cooperation.