Karnataka traffic cops kick triple riding bike; 1 killed, 2 critical

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September 29, 2018

Bengaluru, Sept 29: Traffic police in Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, have landed in trouble for allegedly kicking a triple riding scooter after chasing it. While a pillion rider lost his life, two others are battling for life.

The incident took place near Hennur on Tuesday. The rider lost his balance and collided with a mini-goods vehicle when a Banaswadi traffic cop kicked the two-wheeler. While Chetan (25), one of the pillion riders, succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital on Thursday, Vinay (21), who was riding the scooter, and Kiran (22) are undergoing treatment for grievous injuries.

As the goods vehicle came to a sudden halt after the incident, another bike rider, Krishna Kumar, too collided with the mini-truck sustaining serious injuries.

According to the police, traffic policemen had barricaded a stretch of road near Gunduthoppu bus stop and were flagging down traffic offenders. The trio passed the Nagawara signal and on spotting the traffic police a little ahead immediately took a U-turn to avoid getting fined.

“Meanwhile, two traffic policemen on their bike started chasing them and one of them kicked the trio’s scooter from behind while on the move. Vinay lost control of the bike and collided with the Tata Ace,” said Venkatesh, Vinay's uncle. He said the chase has been captured in CCTV footages.

According to him, the three were heading to K R Puram MLA Byrathi Basavaraju’s house to bring him to the Ganesha Chathurthi function organised in their area.

However, the police have registered a case of accident naming Vinay as the accused and all the others including the driver and a technician of the goods vehicle and Krishna Kumar as victims. Interestingly, the technician, Manjunath, who was sleeping inside the Ace, has become the complainant.

The Banaswadi traffic police maintain that they did not chase the trio and they ran into the vehicle after taking the U-turn to avoid the policemen.

The goods vehicle driver, Santosh, “While driving my vehicle I suddenly heard a bang from the left with the sound of glass smashing. Later I learnt from the crowd that they were chased by the police.”

The crowd gathered there also informed the victim's family members of the alleged involvement of the police in the accident. When they attempted to lodge a complaint at the police station against the errant policemen, the inspector allegedly abused them. They have recorded the incident on their phones.

“We have two to three versions of the incident and we are collecting more proof to thoroughly investigate the matter. We cannot comment on the incident as it is being investigated,” said Anupam Agarwal, DCP Traffic East.

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Sundar
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Saturday, 29 Sep 2018

police knows only to follow rules but why its implemented they dont know. triple ride may kill riders

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February 28,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 28: Historian S. Shettar, 85, breathed his last early on February 28 in Bengaluru. He was suffering from respiratory problems and was hospitalised for over a week.

Shettar was known for his multi-disciplinary work, encompassing linguistics, epigraphy, anthropology, the study of religions and art history. He had extensively worked on the Jain practice of ritual death in Karnataka and Asoka edicts. He had studied and compiled early edicts in Kannada and worked extensively on the growth of Kannada language down the ages.

Born in 1935 at Hampasagara, Ballari district, he went on to study at Cambridge University and started his career as a Professor of History at Karnatak University, Dharwad, his alma mater. He later headed the National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology in 1978 and Indian Council for Historical Research in 1996. He was also a visiting professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru.

He was a bilingual historian who wrote in English for most of his career, but started writing in Kannada in later years. In the last two decades, he developed a keen interest in linguistics and wrote multiple books on classical Kannada and Prakrit. His 2007 book “Shangam Tamilagam” is considered a seminal work in the study of the early period of Dravidian languages. It won him Bhasha Samman from Central Sahitya Akademi. He later wrote two works on Halegannada, classical Kannada. His most recent work was “Prakrita Jagadvalaya” in 2018.

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July 15,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 15: Karnataka Congress Chief D K Shivakumar on Wednesday urged the Ministers in the state to visit Covid-19 designated hospitals and instil confidence among patients, doctors and medical staff there.

Noting that doctors, nurses and others were doing a great job, Shivakumar said the government has to stand with them and instil confidence in them. Speaking to reporters after visiting Victoria hospital, a major dedicated Covid hospital in the city, he said, "All the Ministers have to go to hospitals and instil confidence in the staff, patients.... they have to remove fear and tell them we will have to live with this (virus), and cannot escape from it."

Shivakumar said he believes that by instilling confidence most part of the diseases can be cured. He lauded doctors, paramedical and other staff working at the Hospital for the sake of patients, putting their own life at risk and appreciated facilities provided there.

During the visit, the state Congress President interacted with patients undergoing treatment for Covid-19, also medical staff and doctors. He said at Victoria hospital patients were allowed to use mobile phones, so that they can speak to family members, which has to an extent instilled confidence among them, and the same has to be replicated across the state.

Not wishing to comment on complaints about the quality of facility and PPE kits provided at the hospital, also alleged misappropriation on part of the government in the purchase of equipment for Covid treatment, Shivakumar said, "....let's see that at Vidhana Soudha (seat of state's legislature)." He said, "this is not the time to talk about corruption and other things, this is not the time for it....instilling confidence among patients, doctors and paramedical staff is important now."

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April 18,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 18: A case has been registered against a man for spreading communal hatred by sharing objectionable and sensitive posts on social media, Commissioner of Police Harsha said here on Saturday.

In Twitter Mr Harsha wrote, ” We have registered a case against a person claiming himself as Vishwa, Mangalore for making Statements promoting enmity and hatred between communities on social media with crime number 46/20 at the south police station under 505 IPC.”

He further warned, “We will not spare anyone trying to disturb communal harmony in the district.”

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