Mangalore: Photographer Dayananda Kukkaje arrested for alleged rape, blackmail

August 15, 2013

Mangalore, Aug 15: A well-known news photographer in Mangalore was arrested by police for allegedly raping a student of a prestigious girls' college in the city and blackmailing her with nude photographs and video.

Sleuths from Pandeshwar police station on Wednesday night formally arrested photographer Dayananda Kukkaje, who has been working for a Mangalore based news-portal.

According to the complaint filed with Pandeshwar women police station, Dayananda Kukkaje had added Nisha (name changed) in his facebook account and gradually took her into confidence.

The friendship bond began to strengthen slowly and the accused was dating her under the pretext of friendship and love.

Promising marriage, he reportedly took her to his office accommodation, Flat No 501, Kanachur Garden near Valencia and allegedly raped her, shot her nude with his camera without her knowledge.

When Nisha asked about marriage, he promised of marrying and getting settled in Dubai, as he has many contacts over there.

However, when the victim recently denied to continue physical relationship with Dayanada Kukkaje, the latter started blackmailing her saying that he had taken her nude pictures and videos. He threatened her to spread those photos on internet. He also threatened to ruin her life.

Based on the complaint, the police swung into action and took the accused into custody. The victim, who belong to catholic community, is studying at a prestigious catholic institution.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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