Udupi, Dec 13: A male sambar deer reportedly died after being hit by a train near the Indrali Railway bridge in Karnataka's Udupi on Monday.
Udupi deputy range forest officer Suresh Ganiga said the sambar deer was hit by a Mumbai-Mangaluru train at around 6 a.m. The animal was about five-year-old.
The forest department rushed to the spot to examine the animal after the railway police informed them.
The body has been disposed of as per the forest department rules. Postmortem reports are awaited.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday backed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over his claim that the BJP had offered Rs 50 crore each to 50 Congress MLAs in an attempt to "topple" the state government.
Addressing reporters here, Shivakumar, also the Congress state president, said, “The BJP indeed lured 50 Congress MLAs with Rs 50 crore each.”
He defended Siddaramaiah’s statement and said the Congress MLAs were briefed about the BJP’s alleged 'Operation Lotus', a term used to describe the BJP's attempts to destabilise ruling governments through horse-trading.
“Some of our MLAs informed the Chief Minister about this matter, and he, in turn, shared it with the media,” Shivakumar said.
At an event in Mysuru, Siddaramaiah reiterated the claim that "none of the Congress MLAs had accepted the offer".
He also accused the BJP of filing false cases against him in a bid to "remove him and overthrow his government".
The BJP has yet to respond to the allegations.
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