Unable to admit son to a prestigious school, 35-yr-old techie sets himself ablaze

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December 6, 2017

Bengaluru, Dec 6: A 35-year-old software engineer, who set himself ablaze in the course of an argument with the owner of a tutorial institute, has died of burn injuries.

Ritesh Kumar, a resident of Lal Bhadur Shastri Nagar in HAL, doused himself with petrol and struck a match. The flames engulfed him. He worked for a company in Marathahalli, and lived with his wife Parul, son Dharsh and daughter Vidhi.

He had handed Rs. 2.5 lakh to Aditya Bajaj, owner of Aditya Tutorials in JP Nagar, seeking admission for his son at a school. Bajaj neither provided the child a seat nor returned the money. Frustrated, Ritesh carried a bottle of petrol to Aditya Tutorials on November 30. He died in hospital next day.

Bajaj, 35, who suffered burns trying to save the engineer, is recovering in the same hospital. "We've registered a case of abetment to suicide and cheating against Bajaj," deputy commissioner of police (south) SD Sharanappa said. "I've asked JP Nagar police to find out if Aditya has cheated other parents too."

Police said the boy's parents were keen on admitting him into a prestigious school. Earlier this year, they contacted Bajaj, who runs Aditya Tutorials in JP Nagar. He promised them a seat. Kumar paid Bajaj Rs 2.5 lakh, but he reneged on his promise. The boy is now in Class I at a school near the family's residence.

Police said Kumar began pressuring Bajaj to return his money. Bajaj returned Rs 1.25 lakh and sought time to return the rest. But Parul said in her complaint: "Aditya Bajaj told us he won't return our money even if we died before him. My husband called me at 8.10pm on November 30 and said he is going to meet Aditya. I was informed about his suicide attempt at 11pm. He died the next day."

Police said Kumar was earning Rs 15 lakh per annum. "We are investigating whether he was trying to only threaten Aditya," police said.

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Really sad, Our Indian Educatuion is reached to another Level. Some people sit on road to get Application form in St.Joseph College Banaglore. I dont understand why parents take so much pain. I would request parents to think practically, about such schools & Colleges. These institutions are not worth where they make education as business. Your kid can create wonders in other schools & colleges. Now Education beacame as business, our teachers told us " I have knowledge & i want to share without anything in return".

it was the responsibility of the the owner of a tutorial institute, to give addmission to the student after being promise by them and after tghe money was paid

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Kannadigas in UAE urge additional evacuation flights to Mangaluru

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May 13,2020

Mangaluru, May 13: Kannadigas in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have sought additional flights to return to Karnataka during a video conference with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa here on Tuesday.

Noting that most of the ex-pats in UAE were from the coastal region, they urged the state government to ensure that most of these flights land in the Mangalore International Airport.

Many Kannadigas in the UAE were left unemployed due to the lockdown. “Many of them do not have the means to return to Karnataka and the state government should aid them,” representatives of various Kannadiga ex-pat groups urged the CM.

Yediyurappa said that the government has made all arrangements to bring back the ex-pats, and assured to fulfil all their demands.

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Karnataka's highest covid-19 deaths in Kalaburgi, Bengaluru

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April 21,2020

Bengaluru: Seven fresh Covid 19 positive cases are reported in 24 hours which includes one death from Kalburgi. Of the 7 cases, Kalburgi and Vijayapura share 3 cases each and one case is from Dakshin Kannada, as per the Tuesday mid day health bulletin issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare.

The deceased has been identified as a 80 year male from Kalburgi. He was bedridden from the past 3 years and was suffering from Parkinson’s Disease since 4 years. Health officials said that he came with the complaint of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) and expired on Monday night.

Along with his death, the total death tally now stands at 17 and the total positive cases in the state is 415.

Kalburgi which recorded the first death for Covid 19 in India has so far reported 4 deaths including the above one. The first slot for recording more deaths in the state is now shared by Bangalore urban district and Kalburgi district with each recording 4 deaths each.

Kalburgi district now has 24 active cases.

All the three cases are females, reported from Vijayapura were the primary contacts of a Corona positive patient (P306), who inturn got infected from a patient with history of SARI.

Apart from the deceased male who tested positive, the other cases from Kalburgi is of 29 year old male with influenza like illness and other case is of a 61 year old male whose source of infection is yet to be traced by the health department.

The case from Dakshin Kannada district is from Bantwala region and the positive patient is a 67 year old female with history of SARI. She is getting treated at designated hospital at Dakshin Kannada.

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Flight chartered by ‘Expertise’ repatriates stranded Saudi Kannadigas to Mangaluru along with employees

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June 11,2020

Mangaluru, June 11: The Saudi Arabia based Expertise Contracting Company, which is repatriating its employees to India and other countries, today allocated around 90 seats of one of its chartered flights to Kannadigas stranded in Saudi Arabia.

The Gulf Air flight took off with around 175 passengers on board from Dammam International Airport around noon local time. It is expected to land at Mangaluru International Airport at around 7 p.m. Indian time.

In fact the company had chartered the flights only to repatriate its employees. However, due to the lack of special flights under Vande Bharati Mission, the company decided to help the other stranded Kannadigas in Saudi Arabia, who had approached Saudi Kannadigas Humanity Forum for help.

A company official said that around 2,000 employees from various countries in the Indian subcontinent are being repatriated, of which 1,665 are Indians. Already hundreds of them have reached India, and hundreds are still waiting for repatriation.

“We are grateful to Expertise for allowing to travel in the flight which the company had chartered to repatriate its own employees,” said one of the passengers before boarding the flight at the airport.

Director of Expertise, KS Shaikh said the 20-year-old Expertise group, one of the largest conglomerates in the GCC operating in petrochemical and heavy equipment sectors, has more than 10,000 employees and their family members in the Gulf, mainly in Jubail, one of the largest industrial cities.

Of these, the company has chosen over 2,000 employees for the covid-related repatriations considering various emergencies. He said 12 chartered flights have been engaged to carry out the repatriation exercise to the Indian subcontinent.