Techie goes missing after putting up his car for sale

Agencies
December 25, 2017

Bengaluru, Dec 25: A 29-year-old software engineer working in the city has been missing since last Monday after he put up his car for sale online, the police said.

Kumar Ajitabh, who hails from Patna, had listed his vehicle on online marketplace Olx for sale. Police said Ajitabh's friends suspect that he had gone out on December 18 evening around 6:30 pm to meet a prospective car buyer.

According to police, his phone is switched off. It was reportedly active on WhatsApp till about 7:10 pm that evening, they said.

Ajitabh had got through an executive MBA programme at Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata and was about to shift from the city, where he was residing with a friend since 2010.

He is said to have put his car up for sale to fund his studies.

The car also has not yet been traced, the police said, adding they are searching for him.

Ajitabh's phone was last tracked to Gunjur on the outskirts of the city.

The engineer's family and friends have also started a social media campaign with hashtag #FindAjitabh".

Comments

Sohrab Ahmed
 - 
Tuesday, 26 Dec 2017

People must be very carefull while dealing with online shopping and market. Always meet in public place and discuss. If some one offering unbelievable low price something is fishy. Donit deal infull cash. Also donit handover vehicle or documents to any one who ever it may be.

Suresh MM
 - 
Monday, 25 Dec 2017

India becaming dangerous country to live, faith, love, value of humen beeings are lost after BJP/RSS come to power, public should understand the situation and ignore the politicians and their speaches.

Kumar
 - 
Monday, 25 Dec 2017

Probe needed. I feel fishy in this

Ganesh
 - 
Monday, 25 Dec 2017

I am sure about that he bought money from money lending people and they asked for repayment. Hee couldnt arrange money. Then lenders caught him. Thats it

Danish
 - 
Monday, 25 Dec 2017

He might be searching for money in urgent

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April 5,2020

Thieves broke into an MSIL liquor outlet at Kuthar Nityanandanagara on the outskirts of Mangaluru and decamped with liquor worth Rs 1 lakh. The incident came to light on Friday morning. 

The outlet belongs to Purushotham Pilar. 

Before committing the crime, the thieves had hung a cloth in front of the shop shutter of the outlet to ensure that no one could notice the crime. They also stole DVR of the CCTV the was installed. 

On noticing that outlet was open, many people had even come to purchase liquor. The police took all those who had visited the outlet to purchase to the task and chased them away.

The thieves also stole 10 packets of cigarettes from a paan shop situated adjacent to the MSIL outlet.

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June 3,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 3: Cyclone Nisarga did not land in Karnataka and has passed its border with heavy rains and strong winds, said an official on Wednesday.

However rains continued to lash parts of coastal Karnataka. There was no report of any casualty, the official added.

"It has already passed. We have not got any reports of fatalities. A heavy rain was expected and the deputy commissioners were alerted. Fishermen too were warned," said Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) Principal Secretary T K Anil Kumar.

Kumar said Nisarga's actual landing is in Maharashtra and the warning was given for that state and Gujarat.

"In the fringe proportion (of Karnataka), high winds were expected and fishermen were warned not to venture into the sea," he said.

Kumar said the department interacted with the deputy commissioners of Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga and alerted them about heavy rains.

Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre Director Srinivas Reddy said the department has kept four National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) teams on standby in Mangaluru and Kodagu for any eventuality.

The teams have been mobilized from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.

"More rain is predicted in coastal districts. Wind speed too will be more in coastal areas," said Reddy.

According to a Met Department official, the track of Nisarga is expected to be 200-400km off Karnataka coast.

"Sudden wind speed had been reported along the coast. We had issued port warnings," said the official.

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