COVID-19: 183 new cases, three deaths in Dakshina Kannada on Sunday
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district on Sunday recorded 183 fresh cases of Coronavirus. The district also reported three COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours.
183 fresh cases have taken the total number of cases in the district to 28,314 while with three new deaths the toll due to the virus in the district has gone up to 631.
The district also saw 272 patients recovering from the virus, with this, the total number of recoveries in the district has gone up to 24,288.
A release from the district administration on Sunday evening added that 2,24,879 samples have been tested in the district so far, of which, 1,96,565 samples have tested negative for the virus.
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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
