Crime and crash

Udupi, January 5: A youth was arrested in possession of ganja at Bhujanga Park here on Wednesday by the sleuths of District Crime Intelligence Bureau. The arrested has been identified as Alfaz (22), a resident of Gulvady village in Kundapur taluk. 500 gm of ganja valued at Rs. 7,000 has been seized from him. According to the sleuths he has confessed that he had brought ganja for sale. The DCIB

Bhatkal, January 4: A person has allegedly committed suicide after his wife lodged a police complaint against him. The deceased has been identified as Honnappa Manjappa Naik (48) of Jalikodi. According to his family members, Honnappa was in a depressed mood ever since his wife lodged complaint against him. Fearing arrest by police, he drank poison, they said. He died in hospital.

Sullia, January 4: An engineering student has allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at Parivarakana in Sullia on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Vanitha (21), daughter of Bhojappa Gowda and Damayanti couple. She was staying in a private accommodation at Parivarakana along with her younger sister. It was said that the girl was in one-side love with one of her lecturers at KVG

Jeddah, January 4: Saudi Arabia police on Monday detained four Indian nationals who were involved in alcohol selling. Police seized hundreds of liquor bottles from them, who have confessed their role in the in the liquor business which is prohibited in the Arab nation. Earlier, the commander of police task force in Makkah region set up a special investigation team to chase the suspected Indians

Mangalore, January 3: A youth has allegedly committed suicide at a lodge near KSRTC bus stand in Mangalore. The deceased has been identified as Nagraj Rao (30) from Bangalore, who had booked a room on December 31. On Monday morning, he was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his room.

Ambala (Haryana), January 3: Eleven children on their way to school were among 12 killed and 20 others injured when an overloaded van carrying them collided with a truck amid dense fog on Saha-Shahabad road near Ambala on Monday, police said. The visibility was poor in the morning hours due to fog and the two vehicles collided near Bhita village, about 15 km from here, they said. The children were

Mangalore, January 2: A 24-year-old youth, who had allegedly eloped with a minor girl belonging to a different community last week, was brutally attacked by a group of Bajrang Dal activists in the city on Monday. A critically injured Mushtaq, a resident of Puttur, has been admitted to Government Wenlock Hospital for emergency treatment. It is learnt that Mushtaq, had taken his girl-friend, a

Bhatkal, January 2: The Muglihonda hill near Bhatkal caught fire on Sunday destroying vegetation. Local youth swung into action and stopped the fire from spreading to other areas. Forest officials are assessing the damage caused by the fire.

Mangalore, January 1: A teenager and a youth were killed in two separate road accidents under the limits of Mangalore city police commissionerate on Sunday. Sahil, 13, who was riding pillion with his father Bharat Suvarna, was killed when their motorbike crashed into the road divider near Mangalore University College at Hampanakatta in city. A case has been registered at traffic police station in

Bangalore, January 1: The Central Crime Branch officers have arrested another person in connection with the sensational case of abduction and murder of two Hunsur students in Mysore in June this year. The suspect is Mirza Tanveer Baig, 28, a resident of Post Office Road, Club Road, Hunsur. Gathering credible information, a police team left for Pune and arrested Tanveer from Jamia Masjid at Pimpri