20-year-old charred to death as bike collides with bus in Kolar

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December 27, 2018

Kolar, Dec 27: A 20-year-old youth out on a joyride with his friends on Wednesday morning was charred to death after his high-end bike collided with a private bus off Kolar-Bangarpet Road.

When the bike toppled and hit the ground near Jain school at 7am, fuel spilled on to the road. Soon, the vehicle —a Yamaha R1 — caught fire and Neeraj from Bangarpet was burnt to death on the spot.

Circle inspector Dinesh Patil said Neeraj, a BE student of Reva engineering college, and his friends started their journey on three bikes from Bangarpet at 6.65am.

They were heading towards Kolar and it was reportedly a routine joyride. While negotiating a curve, a bus came from the opposite direction. While others moved ahead, Neeraj’s bike rammed the front part of the bus. Due to the impact, the petrol tank of the bike opened and the engine of the bus too developed a crack, resulting in leakage of petrol and oil. The bike was dragged for about 50 metres along the road and it caught fire in no time.

Vishnu, a newspaper agent, said he was on his way to Bavarahalli when he saw the youths riding at high speed. “It was quite foggy in the morning and visibility was poor. I heard a loud thud and saw the bike and the rider in flames. None dared to go near the bike, fearing the fuel tank might burst.”

Neeraj is the second son of Kumaresh, an agricultural trader from Vivekanandanagar. His s elder brother Deeraj had purchased the second-hand bike for Rs 8 lakh, which originally cost Rs 17 lakh.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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