Three including minor arrested in assault, chain snatching case

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December 22, 2014

Mangaluru, Dec 22: Pandeshwar police have arrested three accused including a minor in connection with extorting a mobile phone and gold chain from Nagesh D at Bal Bhavan Park near the service bus in the city stand last Thursday.

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The arrested are Ganesh Poojary alias Ganesh (29) from Nelacchil site in Kulavoor village in Kuppepadavu, Sheikh Mohammed Farhan alias Farhan (16) from Kolya Bypass and Mohammed Ashraf (30) from Kerebail in Ullal.

The police have seized a mobile phone, a gold chain and some cash from the accused.

According to a complaint lodged by reporter Nagesh D at Pandeshwar police station, he had been sitting on a bench in the said park last Thursday when two unknown persons approached him, verbally abused him and demanded his Samsung mobile phone. When he refused, the two assaulted him, snatched his mobile phone and pulled his gold chain weighing 8 grams worth Rs 20,000 and fled the scene.

Nagesh, who was injured in the assault, received treatment in the district Wenlock Hospital.

On Saturday, based on a tip-off, Pandeshwar police station inspector Dinakar Shetty and other personnel took custody of Ganesh Poojary and Mohammed Farhan on the footpath adjacent to Nehru Maidan.

After intense questioning, the two accused confessed to the crime. During questioning, it was also revealed that they had sold the mobile phone and gold chain at lower prices to a certain Mohammed Ashraf from Ullal. Based on this information, the police also arrested Ashraf on Saturday.

The three accused were produced before court and remanded to judicial custody.

Accused Ganesh Poojary had served a sentence in a theft case in Kadri police station limits. He is also an accused in connection with the theft case of ballot boxes from the deputy commissioner's office premises.

The police also informed that accused Mohammed Ashraf is an accused in a case regarding communal clashes in Ullal police station limits.

Ganesh Poojary and Mohammed Ashraf are kept in Mangalore Prison while minor Mohammed Farhan was sent to a remand home in Shivamogga.

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The factory is owned by the company 'Shihar Enterprises', they said.

According to the locals, the fire was first noticed at 4.45 am today, which was immediately reported to the fire department.

The fire engines reached the spot and tried to douse the fire, but it had already spread to other parts of the factory. After almost four hours of fire-fighting operation, the blaze was completely doused, officials.

The reason for the blaze is still being probed, the fire department officials said, adding that they suspect an electric short circuit could have triggered it.

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Between May 22 of last year and March 19, he handed over Rs 2.2 lakh in various phases, citing different reasons.

However, since the accused failed to provide a visa or return the money, a case was registered at the Dharmasthala police station under IPC sections 417 and 420.

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Hassan: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has announced that his son, former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will contest from state's Mandya parliamentary seat as NDA candidate.

Deve Gowda told reporters on Tuesday that the decision to field Kumaraswamy, who is also JD(S) state president, in Lok Sabha polls from the Mandya seat was taken amid mounting public demand. "People are demanding that Kumaraswamy should contest from Mandya. In the core committee meeting as well, all members suggested that he should contest from Mandya," Deve Gowda said.

The former Chief Minister's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy had lost to independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh from Mandya in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The JD(S) supremo further said that the name of senior leader Mallesh Babu has been finalised from the Kolar seat.

Deve Gowda's grandson and former Karnataka Minister H. D. Revanna's son sitting JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna will be contesting as the NDA candidate from the Hassan seat.

Earlier in the day, Kumaraswamy in a media briefing indicated that he would contest from Mandya amid mounting public pressure on him.

Congress has fielded Venkatarame Gowda popularly known as ‘Star Chandru’ from the Mandya seat dominated by Vokkaligas. Star Chandru is a close associate of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.

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