Bhatkal: Unidentified man tries to abduct infant sleeping inside home, flees after people notice
Bhatkal: In a shocking incident, an unidentified man wearing helmet entered a house in Bhatkal and tried to abduct a sleeping infant on Wednesday early morning here in the town.
According to the reports, the helmet wearing man entered the house compound at around 8.30 am and tried to abduct a one and half year old infant who was sleeping at home. The abductor reportedly carried the infant outside the house and was about to leave on his bike when the mother of the child noticed the man and called for help.
When the neighbors and people nearby responded to her call for help the abductor reportedly left the child and fled from the scene. A case in this regard has been registered at Bhatkal Police Station and investigations are underway.
The incident however is not first such incident in the town recently as several similar cases of unidentified men abducting kids and dropping them back later have been reported. The police department added that it was alert and was working on the cases to nab the culprits.
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Sportspersons winning gold in Olympics to get Rs 6 crore cash prize, says CM Siddaramaiah
‘Silver medalists to get Rs 4 crore, bronze-winners to get Rs 3 crore’
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced a cash prize of Rs 6 crore for sportspersons who win gold in the Olympics, and expressed confidence that sportspersons from Karnataka would reach the top in their respective games.
The CM, speaking during the ‘Karnataka Olympics 2025’ awards ceremony organized by the Karnataka Olympics Association, Bengaluru, on Sunday, congratulated the winners.
Assuring that the state government was supportive of sports, he said that, sportspersons who win silver would be given Rs 4 crore and bronze-winners would get Rs 3 crore as cash prize.
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Siddaramaiah added that reservation for sportspersons in appointment to government jobs is being implemented starting January 2026. “Up to 3 per cent jobs in the Police and Forest Departments and 2 per cent in the other government departments are being reserved for sportspersons. An official order will be passed in this regard in January 2026,” he said and called upon youngsters to enter the sports field in larger numbers.
The CM also lauded the contributions of the Karnataka Olympics Association in the field of sports, since 1958, when it was founded. “The Association has been even more active since MLC Govindaraj took charge as Chairperson. It is a matter of pride that just like in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, the Olympics Association in our state too functions from its own building,” he added.
