Saudi: Mangaluru-based man dies in accident
Saudi, Sept 04: A man from Mangaluru was killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia's Jubail on Tuesday morning.
The deceased has been identified as the Udupi’s Brahmavara resident Zakir, who was living at Krishnapura Chokkabettu for the last four years. He was living in Saudi for over 15 years. Zakir is survived by his father, mother, wife, one daughter, and two sons.
Family sources said that he had visited the town last month for a relative's marriage and had returned to Saudi Arabia.
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3 Naxalites killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur
Bijapur, Apr 12 (PTI): Three Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday morning, police said.
The gunfight broke out in a forest in the Indravati National Park area around 9 am when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range Sundarraj P said.
Personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) from Bijapur and Dantewada districts, Special Task Force (STF), the 202nd and 210th battalions of CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action — an elite unit of the CRPF) were involved in the operation, he said.
The DRG is a unit of the state police.
The official said the bodies of three Naxalites and a cache of weapons and explosives were recovered from the spot.
The operation was underway in the area, he added.
With the latest action, 138 Naxalites have been gunned down in separate encounters in the state so far this year. Of them, 122 were eliminated in the Bastar division, comprising seven districts, including Bijapur.
