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Three youngsters held for murder of rowdy sheeter Pavan Raj

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July 27, 2017

Mangaluru, Jul 27: Three youngsters have been arrested by Mangaluru City Police in connection with the murder of rowdy sheeter Pavan Raj Shetty. The arrested are Bipin Jogi (29), Charan (22), and Harish Poojary (28), all said to be local residents who knew the victim personally for years.

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Pavan, son of murdered rowdy sheeter Rohidas Shetty alias Vamanjoor Rohi, was hacked death at a deserted house some metres away from his house at Kuttipalke in Vamanjoor in the intervening night of July 24 and 25.
The accused were nabbed a police team headed by H Shivaprakash, PI, Mangaluru Rural PS at KSRTC bus station in Puttur at 11.30am on Tuesday, city police chief T R Suresh said.

Acting on a complaint from Karthik R Shetty, brother of Pavan Raj, city police authorities had set up the team under the leadership of ACP, Mangaluru south sub-division. Acting on leads about involvement of people known to Pavan, police zeroed in on the assailants.
Preliminary investigation by the police had indicated personal rivalry as the motive behind the gruesome murder.

Pavan was involved in various crimes including attempt to murder at a young age. The assailants who had enmity attacked Pavan with sharp weapons at an abandoned house site and he died on the spot. They had recovered two lethal weapons used for the crime from the spot. Pavan had received injuries on neck, head and face and bled to death.

Incidentally, Pavan was killed barely 100 metres from his house in a 12-hour window from 6pm on July 24. Pavan was recently released on bail and used to spending most of the day at home. His evening was spent playing cricket at a nearby ground with his friend, a place that his rivals too used to play. Pavan identified as gangster at a young age wanted to avenge death of his father, also a notorious rowdy. He was facing trial in Nagesh Poojary murder and other cases.

Rohidas was murdered at Jyotinagar, Vamanjoor on July 5, 2009, when Pavan was in high school and entered the world of crime in 2014, when he along with two others attacked Santosh Kottari, an accused in the murder of his father at Vamanjoor check post. Pavan, then 18-years, allegedly attacked Kottari with a small knife used in cock fights. CCB sleuths arrested Pavan and two persons on charge of plotting to kill a businessman and carrying lethal weapon in 2015.

Also Read: 8 yrs after Vamanjoor Rohi’s murder, his son Pavan Raj hacked to death

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Thursday, 27 Jul 2017

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June 20,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 20: Continuing with the easing of restrictions under 'Unlock 1.0', the Karnataka government on Saturday authorised local bodies to fix timing for opening of public parks other than those in the containment zones between 5 am to 9 pm.

It has also mandated adhering to all the national directives issued to contain the spread of COVID-19 and the guidelines issued by the state government in this connection.

Noting that the government has been relaxing conditions under unlock 1.0, Principal Secretary Revenue N Manjunath Prasad, who is also the member secretary of the state disaster management authority in an order said, local bodies have been asked to set the timing between 5 am to 9 pm to open all parks that come under them and the government.

It said this would be applicable to only those parks that come outside the containment zones. Earlier in May, while relaxing the lockdown norms, the government had set 7 am to 9 am and from 5 pm to 7 pm for the opening of parks.

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March 28,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 28: A case has been registered against an Infosys employee in Bengaluru for a shocking social media post urging people to "go out and sneeze" and spread the highly contagious COVID-19 virus that has infected over 800 people across the country and claimed 19 lives.

"Let's join hands, go out and sneeze with open mouth in public. Spread the virus," the man wrote on Facebook.
"A case has been registered against the person. Further investigation on. Looking forward to get adequate support from your end during investigation," Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Bengaluru city tweeted by tagging along a tweet by Infosys.
Taking congnisance of the post by its employee, the Infosys said the post was "against the code of conduct and its commitment to responsible social sharing".
"Infosys has completed its investigation on the social media post by one of its employees and we believe that this is not a case of mistaken identity," the company said in a statement on Twitter.
"The social media post by the employee is against Infosys' code of conduct and its commitment to responsible social sharing. Infosys has a zero tolerance policy towards such acts and has accordingly, terminated the services of the employee," the statement added.

Earlier this month, the IT firm had vacated one of its buildings in Bengaluru after an employee was suspected to be infected.

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April 30,2020

In the wake of Saudi Arabia's assurance that Masjid al-Haram of Makkah and Masjid an-Nabawi of Madinah will be opened for believers after some days, a message has gone viral on social media claiming that both the holy mosques will open on Ramadan 8 (May 1).

The message which was widely circulated on Facebook and WhatsApp, also contained certain condition such as people should fetch their own prayer mats and that they should not use the washrooms in the mosques. 

Clarification

Meanwhile, the authorities of the two holy mosques, issued a clarification that the claims made in the viral post are false and baseless.

"The message being circulated about the opening date for Haramiain (two holy mosques) for public is completely baseless and false. The suspension of prayers for general public is still in effect," they said in a social media post.

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