Five held in Mangaluru gold robbery case
Mangaluru (PTI): Five people, including a juvenile, were arrested in connection with alleged abduction and robbery of a gold shop employee who was carrying a gold bar on a scooter, police officials said here on Monday.
The arrested have been identified as Farish (18), Safwan (23), Arafat Ali (18), Faraz (19), and a juvenile in conflict with the law, they said.
According to police, the incident occurred on September 26 near the Venkataramana Temple on Car Street, when two assailants intercepted the employee, Mustafa, before others in a car forced him inside, assaulted him, and later dropped him off in Ekkur after making away with the gold bar kept in his scooter.
Citing the investigation, a senior police officer said that the conspiracy was hatched with the help of a former employee of the same jewellery store who had passed on information about the victim's movements.
A scooter used in the crime has been seized, while efforts are on to trace the car and recover the stolen property, he said.
The case is being investigated under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police said.
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Indigo crisis: Shivakumar urges Centre to act immediately, bring situation under control
Bengaluru (PTI): With large scale flight cancellations by Indigo airlines leaving passengers stranded, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday urged the Centre to act immediately and bring the situation under control.
He called the IndiGo fiasco a the direct result of the govt's monopoly model.
Taking to social media platform 'X', Shivakumar said India is witnessing the worst aviation meltdown in its history. "Thousands of flights cancelled - leaving our people stranded everywhere".
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"The IndiGo fiasco is the direct result of the govt's monopoly model. And as always, it is ordinary Indians who are paying the price," he said.
Shivakumar said that the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, which is India's 3rd busiest airport with nearly 40 million travellers a year, is in complete chaos.
"This is hurting families, businesses and our national reputation. I urge the Union Government to act immediately and bring this situation under control. Our people deserve better," he added.
Domestic carrier IndiGo cancelled over 800 flights on Saturday, the fifth day of the ongoing crisis, even as the government imposed a cap on airfares and directed the airline to process all refunds by Sunday evening.
