The Karkala police on Sunday arrested seven Bajrang Dal activists on the charge of misbehaving with a woman by barging into her house at Tellar village near Karkala. Additional Superintendent of Police Vishnuvardhan told DH that the arrested forcefully entered into the house claiming it to be a slaughterhouse. However, local residents prevented them and called the police immediately. Meanwhile, a woman in the house lodged a complaint alleging that the activists misbehaved with her. Karkala Rural police have registered a case.
Student ends life A student committed suicide coming under the wheels of a train at Kolya near Thokkottu on Sunday. Nishan Kumar (26) was a student of a private engineering college. He was missing since Saturday and his family members’ search till late night proved futile. The local residents, who saw his body on the railway track, informed the railway police of it on Sunday morning. Nishan’s death note, found in his pocket, said he was responsible for his own death.
4 held The CCB sleuths have arrested four persons in connection with the attempt to murder a person reported in Surathkal police station jurisdiction in 2016. The arrested are Abdul Naufal alias Basheer (42) of Katipalla, Abdul Naseer (30) of Kunjathbail, Mohammed Shabeer (21) of Pudu and Mohammed Shabbeer (31) of Idya in Surathkal. The arrested had assaulted Prakash Poojary with lethal weapon, on February 21, 2016, when Prakash was riding his two-wheeler on Kalavaru road.
Auto on fire A miscreant under the influence of alcohol set ablaze the auto rickshaw at the auto rickshaw stand near Abharan Motors at Rajiv Nagar in Nittur during the early hours of Saturday. The auto rickshaw belongs to Sukesh and the loss is estimated to be around Rs one lakh. Sukesh had also invested about Rs 50,000 to repair the auto rickshaw recently. The CCTV footage gave a blurred image of the miscreant; a case has been filed in town police station.