ACP Y H Khan's wife killed in road accident in Bangalore

October 27, 2013

Bangalore, Oct 27: The wife of Y H Khan, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) attached to the City Armed Reserve (CAR) was killed in a road accident in Penukonda in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh early Saturday morning.

57-year-old and his wife Najeebunnisa alias Shabana (51) were travelling in a car from Raichur to Bangalore on NH 44.

Around 12.30 p.m. in the limits of the Chennekotta Palli police station, the car crashed into a truck. The CK Palli police said that Shabana was killed on the spot while Mr Khan was rushed for treatment to Bangalore by ambulance.

Mr Khan was admitted to the Columbia Asia Hospital, and then shifted to Hosmat hospital around 9.30 a.m. on Saturday.

Doctors at the hospital said Mr Khan had sustained fractures on the left side of his body, mainly on his arm and hip. He underwent surgery in the afternoon and is now under observation.

The doctors said that he is out of danger.

CAR officials said Mr. Khan had taken leave for three days and was to return to duty on Saturday. The police suspect that it could be a hit-and-run case and are investigating.

Shabana's body was shifted to Dharmavaram Government hospital for post-mortem.

A case has been registered at the CK Palli police station.

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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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