Kasargod Magistrate, who thrashed cops in Sullia, commits suicide

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November 9, 2016

Kasargod, Nov 9: In a shocking development, a judicial magistrate, who had allegedly assaulted an auto-rickshaw driver and policemen in Sullia town of Dakshina Kannada district, has committed suicide in Kasargod on Wednesday.

MagistrateV K Unnikrishnan, Judicial Magistrate First Class Kasargod, was found hanging at his residence in Vidyanagar at 10 am today, police sources said. He is survived by wife and two children.

A native of Trissur, 46-year-old Unnikrishnan was booked by Sullia police for his misbehaviour under the influence of alcohol in public on November 6.

On Monday, Dakshina Kannada police had written to Kerala high court registrar and Kasaragod court principal district judge seeking directions on the course of action to be taken against Unnikrishnan.

According to police, Unnikrishnan, arrived in Sullia by bus on November 6 after offering prayers at Kukke Subrahmanya temple and hired an auto-rickshaw. He said something in English to auto driver Aboobaker and then assaulted him.

The frightened driver then drove to the police station where Unnikrishnan assaulted constables and later the sub-inspector. On learning the accused was a magistrate, he was taken to the Traveller's Bungalow.

Cases under IPC sections 323, 341, 506, 332 and 353 for assault, voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from carrying out his duty and assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty were registered on the same day.

Also Read: Judge booked for assaulting cops, auto-rickshaw driver after visiting temple

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Rikaz
 - 
Wednesday, 9 Nov 2016

Whatever it is but suicide is not a solution at all.....if you are a man with good ethic face the circumstances....dont be scared....

Skazi
 - 
Wednesday, 9 Nov 2016

Hope the mastermind of abolishing the 500 and 1000 notes will not follow this step ..

karthik
 - 
Wednesday, 9 Nov 2016

what kind of judge is he..? if judge is killing himself for a small reason what common people has to do.

swetha
 - 
Wednesday, 9 Nov 2016

case is taunting something fishy.. may be judge s innocent.

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January 23,2020

Mangaluru: The sixth Judicial Magistrate of First Class court here today remanded techie-turned-bomber Aditya Rao to 10-day police custody.

36-year-old Rao, the prime accused in planting improvised explosive device at Mangaluru International Airport, was handed over to Mangaluru police by their Bengaluru counterparts yesterday.

He was produced before the magistrate court amidst tight security. The police sought for 15-day custody for interrogating him.

Justice Kishore Kumar, the JMFC court judge inquired Rao if he was subjected to police torture and if he had any lawyer to represent him in the case. Rao is said to have replied in the negative for these questions, it is gathered.

The judge finally decided to send the accused to police custody for 10 days.

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April 2,2020

The Ayodhya police booked a senior journalist on Wednesday for raising questions on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's visit to the Ram Janmabhoomi for a religious ceremony amid the lockdown over the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The FIR mentions a tweet by Siddharth Varadarajan, editor of news portal 'The Wire', where he said: "On the day the Tablighi Jamaat event was held, Adityanath insisted a large Ram Navami fair planned for Ayodhya from March 25 to April 2 would proceed as usual and that 'Lord Ram would protect devotees from the coronavirus."

Varadarajan had clarified in another tweet that it was "Acharya Paramhans, Hindutva stalwart and head of the official Ayodhya temple trust, who said Ram would protect devotees from coronavirus, and not Adityanath, though he allowed a public event on 25/3 in defiance of the lockdown and took part himself".

Taking the suo-motu cognizance, Faizabad Kotwali police station incharge Nitish Kumar Shrivastava registered an FIR under sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 505(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code for doing "disreputable" comment against the chief minister.

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Reacting to it, Varadarajan termed the FIR "politically motivated, saying that the offences invoked were not even remotely made out.

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April 6,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 6: Three more COVID-19 positive cases in the Dakshina Kannada district have been recovered and discharged on Monday.

All three are Kasargod residents and were being treated in the city’s Wenlock hospital.

A 22-year-old man Bhatkal was discharged on Monday after recovering fully from the infection.

A total of 12 cases have been found COVID-19 positive in Mangaluru till now, said B Rupesh, Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate's Office, Dakshina Kannada, on Monday.

"So far, 4 positive cases have recovered in Mangaluru, of which 3 COVID-19 positive patients have recovered and have been discharged today," said Rupesh.

He further said, "A total of 12 positive cases have been reported in the city till now."

As per the latest update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of confirmed cases in the country is 4281. 151 cases are from Karnataka.

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