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ATS team to grill kin of Riyaz Bhatkal

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July 18, 2011

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Bhatka, July 18 : Even as Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) personnel fanned out across the country to gather clues in the Mumbai blasts case, none of them grilled Riyaz Bhatkal's relatives here till Sunday evening. They won't do so until they find evidence that somebody trained by Indian Mujahideen founder Riyaz and his brother Iqbal from Bhatkal was involved," said a central intelligence official. There's no use looking for the brothers here as they're not in the country," said the official on condition of anonymity.

He said: "Maharashtra ATS teams are in Aurangabad and Gujarat collecting and collating evidence. If they find any connection to Bhatkal, they may come here. We have been keeping a watch on Riyaz's parents' house for a long time. No one from ATS visited their house till Sunday."

Sources in the police department said there are a couple of Riyaz-trained operatives in Bhatkal and they're being closely watched. They are police informers but haven't provided anything on Riyaz's whereabouts or his plans. If the ATS team comes here, it could be for them," sources said.

Riyaz, a diploma holder in engineering, was running a construction business in Ullal area of Mangalore till October 2008, when the IM support cell was busted. Bhatkal police say Riyaz vanished from the police radar a couple of weeks before that. He was in Bhatkal during the Ramzan period (2008) when his third child was born. His wife Nasuha still lives in Bhatkal with Riyaz's aged parents. His elder brother Iqbal's wife, her three children and elder sister Zabian with her four children live in Bhatkal.

Riyaz's elder brother Iqbal, a civil engineer and also a hakim at Bhatkal, later moved to Mangalore. When both co-founded the IM, they were known as 'Bada Bhai and 'Chota Bhai' by operatives, say police.


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June 2,2020

Davanagere, Jun 2: A special pooja was performed by Honnali BJP MLA and Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's political secretary MP Renukacharya at Hirekalmatha, in Honnali against COVID-19.

A Nava Graha pooja was also performed for the betterment of those infected. Those present at the pooja maintained social distancing norms and covered their faces with masks.

The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 1,90,535 including 93,322 active cases. While 91,819 people have either been cured, discharged or migrated, 5,394 deaths have been reported.

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May 22,2020

Bengaluru, May 22: Karnataka reported 138 fresh cases of coronavirus on Friday, taking the state tally to 1743.

26 patients have been discharged on Friday and in total, 597 people have been discharged in Karnataka while total number of active cases in the state is 1,100. 41 people have succumbed to the virus, informed the state health department.

Out of the 138 cases, 111 are returnees from Maharashtra.Out of the 138 cases, 47 are from Chikkaballapura alone, 10 cases from Raichur eight cases each from Bidar and Mandya, five cases each from Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Urban, and 14 are from Hassan.

From Bengaluru Rural, three patients are returnees from Maharashtra. A fifty-five year old female from Bengaluru Rural, has contracted the virus and has been diagnosed with a history of SARI. She is currently under observation at a designated city hospital.

Five patients have tested positive from Bengaluru Urban. A 42-year-old woman tested positive in Bengaluru Urban and has been diagnosed with a history of Influenza-like Illness (ILI). She is currently under observation at a designated city hospital.

Two men, who have tested positive from Dharwad are returnees from Delhi. Both of them are currently under observation at a designated hospital in Hubli. A seventy-five year old male who has contracted the coronavirus has returned from Jharkhand.

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Bengaluru, Mar 12: Days after a video of an elephant being shot in Bandipur National Park went viral on social media, officials said that they have removed a staffer and initiated action against an employee of the Karnataka Forest Department in the matter.

According to officials, the incident took place on March 7.

"We have removed Rahim, temporary staffer, and initiated action against Umesh, a permanent employee of the Karnataka Forest Department, after an internal enquiry," Bandipur field director T Balchandra said.

While Rahim is said to have shot the charging elephant, Umesh reportedly made the video and shared it on social media.

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