FIR against Malayalam actor Jayakrishnan, two others for abusing cab driver with communal invectives
Mangaluru (PTI): An FIR has been registered against Malayalam actor Jayakrishnan and two of his associates from Kerala for allegedly abusing a cab driver with communal invectives here, police said on Saturday.
No arrests have been made so far, they said.
The trio--Jayakrishnan (50), Santosh Abraham and Vimal--had booked a cab on the night of October 9 from Bejai New Road, police said.
The cab driver, Ahmed Shafiq (32), faced verbal abuse in Hindi and Malayalam, according to the complaint filed at the Urwa Police Station on Friday, they added.
According to police, the trio booked a cab through a mobile app, giving their pickup address as Bejai New Road in Mangaluru. When the driver contacted them through the app to confirm the location, they allegedly abused him with communal invectives.
A case has been registered under relevant sections 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 353(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police said, adding that further investigation is underway.
"Digital trails identified them; statements are being recorded," a police source said.
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SWR announces special trains for passengers stranded by large-scale IndiGo cancellations
Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.
The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.
According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.
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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.
Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.
For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.
