Miscreants snatch gold chains of two women in separate incidents

July 22, 2013

Mangalore, Jul 22: Unidentified miscreants robbed two women of gold chains under two different police station in the district.

In first instance, three men wearing monkey caps snatched gold necklace, rings and bangles worth Rs 60,000 from Beena Misquith (22) at Kallamankur near Moodbidri.

As one masked miscreant threatened Beena with a knife, another took off the gold, a third man on a bike helped them get away.

A police official said the gang had struck in at least three other places around Moodbidri recently. However, no arrest has been made so far.

In second instance, a gold necklace, estimated to be worth Rs. 1 lakh, was snatched from a woman in Kulya village in Puttur taluk on Sunday.

According to Puttur Rural police, Sujatha was walking towards her house when two unidentified men wearing helmets came on a black motorbike and snatched her chain and rode away at around 4 p.m.

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 An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.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