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Saudi NRI techie detained at Mangaluru Airport; cops release him after realising their mistake

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December 21, 2017

Mangaluru, Dec 21: A young non-resident Indian engineer from coastal Karnataka had to land in police custody soon after he arrived at Mangaluru International Airport on Thursday after working in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for two years. In what appears to be a case of mistaken identity, the authorities detained him because they believed him to be an accused in a five year old murdered case.

Mohammad Ashfaq, son of Ahmad Bava, a resident of Kulai Vidyanagara on the outskirts of Managluru, had been to Saudi Arabia’s Dammam in 2015 after completing his engineering graduation. He was eager to meet his family members who were waiting for him at the airport on Thursday morning. However, to his shock, immigration authorities surrounded him and handed him over a court notice.

The murder case

In 2012 rowdy-sheeter Kodikere Shivaraj was hacked death by two miscreants – Dinesh and Prakash – at Kulai Kodikere. Police managed to arrest both the accused. Later, Prakash was murdered by the gang members of slain Shivaraj. Dinesh was sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court earlier this year. 

However, the police believe that one Mohammad Asfar had given supari to eliminate Shivaraj. Asfar hails from Kulai Sannangara and his father’s name also Ahmed Bava. Police suspect that he had flown to Saudi Arabia to evade arrest. They have also issued a lookout notice for him.

Finally released

After reading the passenger’s first name and his father’s name, the immigration authorities did not make any delay to detain Mohammad Ashfaq, who had come from Saudi Arabia.

Even before an innocent Ashfaq could realise what’s happening, he was handed over to the jurisdictional Bajpe police who in turn handed him over to Panambur police who are looking for Moammad Asfar.

However, after interrogation, the coups realised that they have detained a wrong person who does not even aware of Shivaraj murder case. He was released following the intervention of senior police officers of Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate.

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shaji
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Saturday, 23 Dec 2017

Thank God, Police realised their mistake soon.  Otherwise Mr. Ashfaq would have been put in jail and kept for years without any trial.  Police should give full opportunity to any one for clarification before arresting.  Innocents should not be harassed for no reason.  thanks to senior police offers of Mangalore city police commissionerate for their quick response.  

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the state's health department issued fresh guidelines for the disposal of bodies of COVID patients.

"Although an increased risk of COVID infection from a dead body to health workers or family members who follow standard precautions while handling the body is unlikely, the lack of scientific data requires the utmost care to avoid the inadvertent spread of COVID-19 during these times," the statement from the health department's press release read, emphasising on the dignity of the dead and the religious and cultural tradition.

The 23-page press release elaborated on guidelines regarding testing, handling of dead bodies and other specificities in relation to the management of COVID-19 bodies.

"Testing should not be insisted in every case of death, but only when they have a recorded history of influenza-like symptoms. The body should be handed over to the family members/ relatives in a dignified manner immediately after swab collection and hospitals should provide handouts with a list of dos and don'ts in English and Kannada laying down relevant information," the statement said.

It added, "At the mortuary, health care workers, mortuary staff and the family of the deceased body shall not come in direct contact with the dead body and must wear full personal protective equipment (PPE). If the family or relative are for any reason unable to cremate or bury the body, the local health authority shall arrange for the dignified last rites as per the religious traditions of the family."

Regarding autopsies (post mortem) on COVID-19 bodies, the state department said that they should be avoided, except in necessary circumstances.

The statement also gave detailed guidelines regarding the appropriate recording of COVID-19 deaths in line with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines.

Additionally, the health department made a statement about the admission procedure for COVID positive patients referred by other district administrations saying, "It is now mandatory for all the referrals from the BBMP admission and discharge of COVID positive patients to be done through the online COVID Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS)."

The state's count of coronavirus cases was 1,51,449 in the past 24 hours.

So far, a total of 2,804 people have died due to COVID-19 in the state, while the average recovery rate in Karnataka is 49.3 per cent.

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July 5,2020

Mangaluru, July 5: Two children died after getting trapped under the debris of a landslide which occurred at Banglagudde in Kaikamba on the outskirts of Mangaluru today.

The deceased are identified as Safwan (16) and Sahala (10).

The rescue teams including personnel from NDRF, fire service and police brought out the body after four hours of rescue operation.

According to sources, landslides occurred at 12:30 pm and of the five members, three ran out of the house. The two kids got trapped in the debris.

The heavy rain in the last two days has softened the soil of the hillock. An Auto-rickshaw, lorry and a bike too have buried under the soil.

It was said that caving in of the hillock continued even when the rescue operation was in progress, thus making the rescue operation difficult.

District-in-Charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary who visited the spot said two houses have been completely damaged and inmates of 14 houses that are facing the problem in the vicinity will be shifted to safer locations.

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February 2,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 2: A local court on Saturday remanded Aditya Rao,the suspect in the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) bomb case, to two weeks judicial custody.

Rao was produced before the Sixth Judicial First Class Magistrate Court after the 10-day police custody expired.

Rao has been in police custody since January 22 after he surrendered before the police in Bengaluru on January 21 and was later brought here.

He had allegedly planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the airport on January 20 triggering panic and later made a hoax call to the airport terminal that a bomb had been planted in an IndiGo flight.

During the last ten days, police took the accused to several places in the city and Udupi where he had frequented in the recent past.

He was also taken to the room where he stayed while he was working at a hotel in the city.

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