Abducted call centre woman rescued within 24 hours, estranged husband held

June 21, 2011

Mangalore, June 21: Within 24 hours of the kidnapping of a call centre woman, the Mangalore city police not only rescued her safely but also arrested six persons on Tuesday, June 21.

Philomena Serrao (25), who works in the BPO wing of MphasiS in the city, was kidnapped by a group of five people including her estranged husband Kiran Johnson Pereira of Merlapadavu at Baithurli near Neermarga on the outskirts of the city on Monday, June 20, afternoon.

Acting on a tip off a police team raided a house at Arla in Konalu village near Nelyadi and rescued Philomena, police sources said. six persons were arrested during the raid including Kiran. The Tata Safari used to kidnap Philomena was also seized.

Mangalore rural police inspector Manjunath Shetty led the operation.

Family dispute:

After their marriage six years ago, Kiran worked for sometime at Kuwait and Philomena worked for a private company in Bangalore.

According to Philomena's mother Winnie Serrao, domestic problems increased when the couple returned to Mangalore and a year after their marriage, the couple were living separately.

Kiran, without any employment, began demanding money and beating his wife. Unable to bear the physical torture, Philomena filed three complaints and harassment in rural police station.

“After the cases were filed, the estranged husband began issuing threats urging Philomena to withdraw cases filed against him” said Winnie.

Kiran Johnson Pereira

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Block, district presidents in Karnataka will be changed soon: KPCC working president

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September 14,2024

Mangaluru: The block level and District Congress Committee presidents in the state will be changed in the next one month for better reach into society and bring in organisational fortification, said Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee working president G C Chandrasheker on Saturday.

The All India Congress Committee and KPCC have a vision for bringing a change in how the party works with the last man and woman in the state, he said at a press conference here.

"We are looking at bringing development models into the state with a new vision. We are a party that likes to work with the opposition in the developmental aspects and keep all other matters away that do not relate to the development of the state.

"We have a great respect for the people of the coast who are considered to be forward-looking and perceptible, but it is also true that we do not have the numbers in the upper house and in the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)," he said.

"Our endeavour is to not only create a strong pro-development workforce at the base level by strengthening the second and third level leadership in the state," he said.

Chandrasheker, who is also a Rajya Sabha member, said that he and his four colleagues of the rank of working presidents of the KPCC are going to every district to infuse the new thinking in our workers and leaders.

"This move will get a new surge considering the party is facing byelections in Shiggaon, Chennapatna and Sandhur segments and also vacant seats in the legislative council, followed by elections to the Urban Local Bodies and Panchayats" he said.

When asked about the reason for the changes, Chandrashekar said most of the people have already lived their tenures. The party wants to reward those who have not been given tickets to contest in the 2023 state assembly elections and 2024 Lok Sabha elections for political reasons.

There are quite good leaders and hard-working ground level workers who have great potential to lead the party in the coming years, he said.

"Women will get at least one top post in all District Congress Committees and block levels. There is also a move to give responsible positions for the workers and leaders coming from different strata of society, which are deliverable. The party will not shy away from it," he said.

The other two working presidents, Dr Manjunath Bhandary and Vasanth Kumar, were also present at the press conference.

Kumar said some of the regions in the state are dominated by the BJP. "We want to end this run and defeat the divisive models of the BJP." Bhandary said the Indian National Congress was aiming at a high development phase in the state and involve the opposition parties and their leaders in the development plans in the state.

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