Udupi: Leopard strays into village, attacks woman

coastaldigest.com web desk

March 5, 2019

Udupi, Mar 5: A leopard strayed into a village near Kundapur in Udupi district from nearby forest and attacked a woman yesterday.

A 24-year-old Prema Bende when she was on her way to deliver milk to the dairy when she was attacked by the wild cat at Japti village. She was left with scratch marks on her neck, ear, and under her eye.

Ms. Prema received first aid at the Taluk Government Hospital in Kundapur and was later shifted to the District Government Hospital in Udupi for further treatment.

Only Ms. Prema and her mother Beechu Bende live in their house in Japti. Ms. Beechu normally sells the milk to the Japti Cooperative Milk Producers’ Society at 6.30 a.m. There was a religious function in their house the previous night and Ms. Prema decided to go.

The society is about a 10-minute walk from her house.

“But midway, a leopard suddenly jumped on me and I fell. Even before I knew it, it left me bruised and vanished suddenly,” said Ms. Bende, who is receiving treatment at the District Government Hospital here.

Prabhakar Kulal, Range Forest Officer, Kundapur Range, said that the Department had put up a cage to trap the leopard close to site where the attack took place.

“The leopard must have been crossing at that particular spot. Perhaps, when it was jumping to cross the path, Ms. Prema must have come in the way. It does not appear to be a targeted attack,” he added.

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 An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.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