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Former Mangalore Mayor among 11 arrested for illegal gold prospecting

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October 15, 2011

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Davanagere, October 15: Police have confirmed that former Mangalore Mayor Purandaradas Kuloor was among the 11 suspected illegal gold prospectors nabbed while panning for gold in a reserve forest area at Jagalur in Davanagere district.

A former policeman and sportsman, Koloor had served as the Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation during 2004-05.

Other 10 arrested have been identified as Badmanabh Bhat and Rajesh Shetty from Mangalore, Ponnappa, Jabir Mohammad and Abdul Rahman, Siddeeq from Kodagu district, Basavaraj and Mahantesh from Bellary and Rangappa from Jagalur.

Two cars worth Rs 5 lakh, and a motorbike have been seized from the arrested. Among the 15 suspected gold prospectors, four persons managed to escape during the raid, said HS Venkatesh, the Superintendent of Police in a press meet.

He said that the arrested were panning for the gold at the Rangayyana Durga Reserve Forest area at Jagalur taluk.

It is assumed that Rangappa and Mahantesh, who were suspected to be the masterminds, had brought the other people with the promise of hidden gold. Padmanabh Bhat from Mangalore had accompanied the miscreants for Ganapati Pooja during the crime.

Acting on a tip off, Harapanahalli DySP Anitha, Jagalur CPI J S Tippeswamy, PSI Imran Beg raided the spot and arrested the accused.

A case has been registered at Bilichodu Police Station in Jagalur.


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June 29,2020

Bantwal, Jun 29: Seven SSLC students, who were on their way to write the examination, were injured in a road mishap near Panemangaluru on Monday.

According to sources, the auto-rickshaw in which the students were travelling overturned causing them injuries.

All the injured were students of Shambur Government high school.

Police said the accident took place as the driver lost control over the vehicle.

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Mangaluru, Jul 1: Sudarshan Moodbidri, president of Dakshina Kannada district unit of Bharatiya Janata Party escaped unhurt after the car in which he was travelling met with an accident today on the outskirts of the city. 

The car’s front portion was completely damaged in the accident. It is not yet known who was driving the car. Sources said that Sudarshan did not suffer any injury. 

The mishap occurred when the driver lost control while trying to avoid hitting a pedestrian at Mijar near Moodbidri. The car collided with an oncoming vehicle before it veered off the road and entered the roadside sludge.

Sleuths from Moodbidri station police visited the spot as part of investigation.

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