Dalits flay delay in solving Venur cheating case

November 7, 2011

Mangalore, November 7: Dalit leaders expressed acute contempt over the delay in solving the Venur atrocities case.

During the SC/ST grievances meet held on Sunday at SP Office in presence of Superintendent of Police Labhu Ram, Dalit leader Shekar calling the incident nothing less than an atrocity said that the lady in question was cheated by a man promising her marriage. He however, abandoned her without marrying her. The lady gave birth to a baby on September 10, 2011 in a hospital in Mangalore. Though a case was filed couple of months ago, the police have not been able to nab the culprit.

Responding to the same, Investigation Officer, Additional SP Prabhakar, said that it is wrong on the part of the community members to say that the police has not done its duty or is unnecessarily delaying action against the culprit.

“We are on a look out for the culprit who is absconding since a long time now. On receiving some information, we had even sent team to Mumbai to track him down, but it was in vain,” he said adding that once the culprit is nabbed, then there is a long procedure of collecting DNA samples of both the culprit and the baby and receiving report to see if the samples match. However, collection of details is going on, said Prabhakar.

Dalit Leader Keshava said that Scheduled Caste families living on 1.80 acre land at Barya village have been left in lurch because attempts are now on to evict them from this land.

“The land was allotted for Dalits in 1979 but the sanction was cancelled in 1983. Now some vested interests are trying their level best to get the Dalit families out of this place,” he said adding that the Dalit families have the right over this land and this right must be restored.

Responding to this, the SP said that he will direct the Tahshildar concerned to take up re-survey of the land at the earliest.

Leader S P Anand said that though the grievances meet to be held by the police department is being conducted regularly, the meeting to be conducted by the Deputy Commissioner has not been held. “There are a lot of issues which needs to be brought to the notice of the DC. The relief available to the Dalits under Atrocities Act, which ranges from Rs 25,000-50,000, has been reduced to Rs 5,000. This should not have happened,” he said adding that the applications for subsidy for self employment applied to Ambedkar Welfare Board are not being issued on time to the applicants.

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Mangaluru: Red sanders worth Rs 2 cr, 3 cars seized; 5 held

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January 10,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 10: A gang of smugglers, who were planning to illegally export 4,000 kg of red sandalwood worth Rs 2 crore through New Mangalore Port, were nabbed in a joint operation by the anti-rowdy squad of Mangaluru North sub-division and sleuths of Panambur police station.

The arrested have been identified as Tabrez (36), Lohith (35), Rakesh Shetty (44), Hussain kunhimonu (45) and Farooq (45).

Commissioner of Police Dr P S Harsha said that red sandalwood worth Rs 2 crore were seized from the accused.

The other seized properties from the arrested include a Maruti Brezza, Renault Pulse, Tata Ace, two plywood boxes and seven mobile phones valued Rs 19 lakh.

Based on a tip off, the police raided a godown on the road leading to Jokatte from Baikamlady Industrial Area and seized 4,000 kg of red sanders worth Rs 2 crore.

A case has been registered under Sections 50, 62, 80, 104 of Karnataka Forest Act and 144, 165 of Karnataka Forest Rules at the Panambur police station.

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16 children among Udupi's 27 new covid-19 cases

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May 21,2020

Udupi, May 21: In a shocking development, as many as 27 fresh coronavirus positive cases were reported in the coastal district of Udupi today.

Another shocker is, 16 among 27 covid-19 patients are children. The rest are six men and five women.

Interestingly, all of them have inter-state travel history. 23 had come from Maharashtra and 3 from Telangana. Another one had come from Kerala to Manipal. More details are awaited.

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Mangaluru: No mad rush after lockdown relaxation; people line up in front of liquor shops

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May 4,2020

Mangaluru, May 4: No major crowds were seen in the coastal city of Mangaluru today except in front of the liquor shops after the district administration relaxed the lockdown norms for 12 hours a day (between 7am and 7pm).

There was no mad rush of vehicles either on city roads when the relaxed lockdown began. There were fewer people to buy essentials in front of grocery and vegetable shops as they had time till late evening.

There was no let down in the number of police pickets as well as curbs on vehicular movement across the city either.

The government has allowed sale of liquor in CL2 (standalone wine shops) and CL 11 (MSIL outlets) to mop up revenues when Lockdown-3 commenced from Monday. Compared the other parts of Karnataka, the size of queues in front of liquor shops in Mangaluru were smaller.

Like other parts of the country, the lockdown was imposed in the coastal district on March 24 to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Prior to that, a curfew was imposed in the district from March 22 midnight. The lockdown did not apply to essential services such as sale of food, groceries, milk, vegetables, fruits, and meat and fish. Gradually the district administration had to intensify the lockdown and allow those shops to remain open only between 7 a.m. and 12 noon.

With the lockdown relaxation extending till 7 p.m., Mangaluru today witnessed people and private vehicles moving freely in the afternoon for the first time in more than a month. However, only those who had to go for work and do other essential activities were seen on roads. After 7 p.m. movements of all kinds of vehicles will be prohibited.

The relaxation was to facilitate economic activities that had come to a standstill during the first two phases of lockdown. Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Dr P S Harsha, meanwhile, warned the people against misusing lockdown relaxation and venturing out without any genuine reason.