Mangaluru: In a heart-warming incident, a five-year old boy has donated his money box to the Chief Minister’s COVID-19 relief fund in Mangaluru.

Five-year old Ata-ur-Rahman is the son of Umer Farooque Manegar of Shiroor and grandson of Dr. Mohammed Haneef Shabab of Bhatkal. He hails from Bhatkal and studies in the M02 grade of The Yenepoya School in Mangaluru.

Ata-ur-Rahman reached the Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner’s office on Wednesday afternoon and handed over his piggy bank to the DC Sindhu B Rupesh.

Sindhu Rupesh accepted the donation from Ata-ur-Rahman and lauded his efforts and spirit to support the noble cause of the administration in fighting the deadly Corona Virus’ spread.

When asked why he was donating his piggy bank by Sindhu Rupesh, Ata-ur-Rahman added that he wanted to help the authorities in fight against the Corona Virus and that it was his contribution for the cause.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, MJ Roopa also was amazed by the spirit of Ata-ur-Rahman and thanked him for his contribution towards the cause.

 

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Bhopal (PTI): Police have registered a case against seven persons and arrested three of them for allegedly kidnapping, assaulting and urinating on a 22-year-old man in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, officials said on Thursday.

The incident occurred during the intervening night of April 26 and 27 in an area located under the Hanumanganj police station limits, an official said.

One of the accused urinated on the face of the victim and captured a video of the act, which was later circulated on social media to humiliate him, he said.

"A complaint in this connection was lodged by Jaswant Markam (22), a resident of Kamla Nagar, based on which a case was registered against seven persons under sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and police have arrested three of them, including one Prem Thapa," Bhopal Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said.

Three police teams have been formed and the remaining suspects will be apprehended soon, he said.

During the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, Markam was at the local bus stand with a friend when around 4 am, the accused took him away on the pretext of discussing something with him. They asked him about his neighbour and friend Aniket. When he refused to provide any information, they started assaulting him, the police said.

The accused then took him to a forest in Karond area, where he was stripped and severely thrashed, they said.

When the man began to lose consciousness, one of the accused urinated on his face and made a video of the act, which was circulated on social media to humiliate him and spread terror, according to the police.

The accused called Markam's friend around 5 am to inform him about his condition. The victim was subsequently admitted to a hospital, the officials said, adding that the viral video was also being investigated.

Responding to a query, Hanumanganj police station in-charge Awdhesh Bhadoria said if the victim was found to be from the tribal community, then relevant sections will be invoked against the accused.

At present, the police are probing the incident and search is on to arrest the remaining accused, he added.

In 2023, a man had urinated on a tribal youth in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh. A video of the incident had gone viral on social media platforms and created a controversy.