Baindur: A Yakshagana artist’s residence in Shirur Melpete was burglarized by a Facebook friend, who reportedly entered the artist’s home and made away with his belongings.

Yakshagana artist Santhosh Mogaveera (34), who was residing in his room in Melpete had become acquainted with a man named Gururaj two years ago through Facebook. On November 9, Gururaj visited Santhosh’s place of residence and stayed over. Later, on November 12, when Santhosh and Gururaj had gone to an event in Herikudru, Gururaj returned to Santhosh’s residence without informing Santhosh and broke into his room.

According to the complaint filed by Santhosh, Gururaj is said to have stolen items that were stored in a bag, including a gold chain, a finger ring, cash of Rs 11,000 from a donation box, and also a mobile phone. The value of the stolen items has been estimated to be around Rs 85,000.

A case has been registered in this regard at the Baindur police station.

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Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.

Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.

Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.

Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.

MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.

MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.

Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).