Kerala youth stabbed to death on Bengaluru road "for not knowing Kannada"

coastaldigest.com web desk

October 14, 2018

Bengaluru, Oct 14: A youth from Kerala who had come to the capital of Karnataka for work a week ago was allegedly stabbed to death by three men on K.G. Road in Majestic in the wee hours of Saturday owing to miscommunication over not knowing the local language.

24-year-old Gowtham Krishna, a native of Ernakulam, had come to the city on October 9 and had just found a job at a private courier firm near Halasuru Gate police station. He had taken his friends to a local bar near Majestic on Friday night and was killed on his way back.

“Krishna was returning with his friends by foot and given that the road was empty, they decided to take a selfie. At this time, two people on a bike confronted them for standing in the middle of the road. This led to a fight between them and Krishna was stabbed,” police said.

Police, quoting the complaint filed by his friend, Vishak, said: “Krishna had answered in Malayalam when they first asked about us occupying the road. Then they asked him if he didn’t know Kannada, even to which he responded in Malayalam, angering the duo. One of them pulled out a knife and stabbed Krishna.”

He was immediately rushed to a private hospital, where the doctors declared him dead on arrival. DCP (west) Ravi C Channannavar said they have formed teams to nab the accused and are checking CCTV footage to ascertain the identity of the killers.

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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 An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.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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