Land grab: Two women, man get one year in jail, Rs 5,000 fine

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February 21, 2019

Bengaluru, Feb 21: Two women were among three convicted and sentenced to one year in jail for encroaching government land by the Karnataka Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Special Court here on Monday.

Considering the documents submitted by special public prosecutor Shailaja Krishna Nayak, a special court bench, comprising judicial member RH Raddi and administrative member KR Niranjan, imposed a one-year jail term and a fine of Rs 5,000 in each of the three cases.

Shanthamma, a resident of Avinahalli in Sagar, Shivamogga district, has been held guilty for grabbing and illegally cultivating three acres of reserve forest land, while Danamma from Guttanahalli, also in Sagar, was found to illegally possess and cultivate 2.2 acres of land which forms part of Belandur mini forest.

In the third case, Phakira Hanumatha Poojari was held guilty for illegal possession of 4.2 acres of gomala land (pasture land for community use) at Basavalli in Haliyal, Uttara Kannada district.

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 An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.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