Illegal cylinder sales, one held

July 26, 2013

Mangalore, Jul 26: In another spot raid conducted by the Tahsildar and Mangalore rural police at Garodi in city limits on Friday, a man in his fifties was detained for illegal storage and sale of LPG cylinders at prices lower than the market price.

Taranath, a compounder from Nagori, was arrested by the police and a total of 56 LPG cylinders were seized from his possession.

Tahsildar Shivappa Lamani said that 24 large cylinders and 32 small ones have been seized from the house of the accused, along with three motors and two weighing scales. As many as 13 gas connections were found in his name. The accused operated by filling the gas from a big cylinder to two small empty ones using a convertor and selling them at a lower price, he said and added that the police had received information about the illegal sale of LPG cylinders and had conducted the raid accordingly.

Further investigation will reveal how the accused had managed to acquire the LPG cylinders, and if others are involved in the illegal trade, he said.

A case has been registered at Kankanady police station.

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 An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.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