Three arrested for robbing NRI

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August 22, 2013

Mangalore, Aug 22: Mangalore South police arrested three persons suspected of robbing a non-resident Indian of gold chain, a mobile phone and cash near Rosario Church on Sunday.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Ravi Kumar identified the accused as Sharook, Shoukat and Mohammed Hameer from Kudroli.

One among the accused introduced himself as a classmate to Valerian Charles near Rosario Church Sunday evening and took him to a secluded place near the railway level crossing, where he was joined by three other persons.

They then allegedly robbed Mr Charles of his gold chain, mobile phone and cash worth about Rs 95,000.

The police got clue of the accused from the footage of a CCTV camera installed near the place of robbery.

On Wednesday, the police caught three of the accused while they were allegedly attempting to carry out a robbery near KMC Hospital Attavar, Mr. Kumar said.

He also said that another accused in the case named Tanjeel had been absconding.

Also Read: Thief introduces himself as schoolmate, robs a man

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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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