Mangaluru: Driver of lorry that claimed five lives was speaking on mobile

June 12, 2016

Mangaluru, Jun 12: Eye witnesses of last Friday's ghastly road mishap at Valachil, on the outskirts of the city, wherein five persons were killed and three others suffered serious injuries, have told police that the reckless lorry driver was using mobile phone while driving.

The container lorry was coming towards the city on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway hit the median and crossed over to the other side and rammed into two vehicles and a pedestrian.

Preliminary investigations have revealed that the lorry driver was speaking on mobile phone with someone while driving violating the traffic rules.

While the lorry reached Arkula near Valachil, the mobile phone slipped from driver's hand and fell down near his seat. The driver immediately bent down to pick it up.

In the melee he lost control over his vehicle, which crashed into the road median and ran amok. It first hit a car coming from the opposition direction on the other side of the road. The impact of collision caused the container section of the lorry to overturn onto an auto-rickshaw and a pedestrian. All three persons in the auto, the pedestrian and one person in the car died.

Among the deceased Muhammad Nazeer (29), son of Yusuf, a resident of Sajipa in Bantwal was riding the auto-rickshaw. Muhammad Salam (20), Son of Siddeeq from Nandavara, Sinan (16), son of Hameed, were travelling in the same rickshaw. Abbas (40), a resident of Vittla was on board the car. Husain (20), a resident of Adyar, was a pedestrian.

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It is so sad to find many families lose their loved ones, simply because of a reckless and drunk drivers.

not only truck drivers even for car drivers also now a days its becm a trend to talk on phone while driving. they are sitting inside and troubling others. police and system should be ruthless towards them. No other driver should touch mobile while driving.

really heart wrenching incident. victims were going in the right direction and this driver came as yamaduth and taken their lives, this driver should be given maximum punishment.

first of all lorry should be barred transporting in the day. heavy traffic in between that this careless lorry drivers driving negligently.

who issued license to him? stone him death. who will take care of the families that lost their bread winners?

inattentive person, his license must be seized and put behind bar till death. this type lorry drivers if seen anyone stop the vehicle and beat them in public.

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Will give Rs 10 lakh for eliminating "pro-Pakistan" sloganeers: Sri Ram Sena leader

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February 23,2020

Bellari, Feb 23: Fringe outfit Sri Ram Sena leader Sanjeev Maradi said on Friday said that organization will reward Rs 10 lakh to the person who will 'eliminate' those who have raised "pro-Pakistan" slogans including Amulya who recently raised "Pakistan Zindabad" slogan at an anti-CAA protest in Bengaluru.

"We request both state and central government not to release them (Pro-Pakistan sloganeers) on bail. If they will be released Sri Ram Sena will eliminate them or will give a reward of Rupees 10 lakh to those who kill them," said Sanjeev Maradi.

"We condemn such slogans. This is like a virus. First, it happened in Jammu and Kashmir, then in JNU, then Mysore and then a student named Amulya raised pro Pakistan slogan in Bengaluru," he added.

A girl named Amulya raised 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogan on Thursday at an anti-CAA protest where AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi was also invited.

Thereafter, a case was registered under Section 124A (Offence of sedition) of the Indian Penal Code against the student.

Meanwhile, Imran Pasha, the organizer of the anti-CAA protest said that Amulya was not invited to the event.

"We were the organizers of the event. At around 6:45 pm on Thursday, when I and Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi were entering the stage area, we did not notice Amulya was present there. I did not invite her," Pasha told media.

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So theese guys have come out in public with supari and police department is on mute mode .

Spirit of quarter bottle and plate of Beef Sukha. Subject to HQ feeding these are awake else always with DUFF and Blind eye and now nil knowledge about our Nation. What are the nation organization institution are day by day loosing .

O God Give some education knowledge these sena soldiers to behave like human.

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1,925 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka

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July 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 6: With a record 1,925 new cases across the state during the last 24 hours, Karnataka's Covid-19 tally rose to 23,474 including 13,251 active after 9,847 were discharged till date, an official said on Sunday.

"Of the total cases across the state on a single day, Bengaluru accounted for 1,235, taking its positive tally to 9,580, including 8,167 active," said the health official in a statement.

With 37 succumbing to the disease in the state, including 16 from Bengaluru, the state's death toll increased to 372, with 145 from this tech city since March 9.

Of the 603 discharged from across the state during the day, 302 were from Bengaluru, taking its total number of cured to 1,267 so far.

Of the 243 cases in the intensive care unit (ICU) across the state, 132 are in Bengaluru, 15 at Dharwad, 12 at Kalaburagi and 10 each at Ballari and Raichur.

Of the 16,899 samples tested in the day, 14,649 were negative and 1,925 positive. Of the total 7,06,425 samples tested so far, 6,65,525 were negative and 23,474 positive.

After Bengaluru, Dakshina Kannada reported 142 positive cases followed by Ballari 90, Vijayapura 57, Kalaburagi 49 and Udupi and Dharwad 45 each.

Of the total 603 discharged, 52 were from Kalaburagi, 37 from Ballari, 36 from Dakshina Kannada and 22 each from Udupi and Dharwad.

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Ruckus in Bengaluru over shifting suspected COVID-19 persons to quarantine

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April 20,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 20: A ruckus erupted in Padarayanapura on Sunday allegedly over shifting of suspected COVID-19 persons to quarantine facility by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials.

The incident occurred in the late evening at Padarayanapura which is recognized as a 'Red Zone' when BBMP officials went to bring 15 secondary contacts of corona positive patients.

However, some people and youth created ruckus and broke the barricade and removed police post which was stalled in the area.

Soon after receiving the information, Bengaluru South Deputy Commissioner of Police reached the spot and brought the situation under control.

"Lockdown continues, please remain indoors.Tomorrow will be as it was till today. We Understand your situation and appreciate your cooperation," tweeted Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru City, Bhaskar Rao.

In Karnataka, 384 people have detected positive for COVID-19, of which 14 people have succumbed to the infection, as per the Union Health Ministry.

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