Former Karkala MLA Gopal Bhandary passes away while traveling on bus
Mangaluru: Congress leader and former MLA of Karkala constituency Gopal Bhandary passed away due to a heart attack on Thursday when he was reportedly travelling on bus from Bengaluru towards Mangaluru.
The 66 year old leader boarded the bus from Bengaluru at 2.pm on Thursday. However, when the bus reached Mangaluru the conductor of the bus suspected something to be wrong with Bhandary as he did not wake up even after reaching the destination.
The conductor of the bus informed the police about Bhandary not responding, the police reached the spot and confirmed that Bhandary was no more.
His body was then shifted to Wenlock Hospital.
Bhandary won the assembly election for the first time in 1999 but lost the election in 2004 to again win his constituency back in 2008. He however lost the previous two elections in 2013 and 2018.
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Teen dies in car stunt accident in Kerala, driver held
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): A man was arrested on Monday after a 14-year-old boy was killed when a car overturned during a stunt-driving incident at Chamakala Rajiv Road beach in Chentrappinni here, police said.
The arrested accused was identified as Shajeer alias Saddam (36), a native of Kurikkuzhi in Kaipamangalam.
According to police, the incident occurred around 6 pm on Sunday when the accused allegedly performed dangerous drifting manoeuvres with an open-top Gypsy vehicle at the beach, without following any safety norms.
The accused picked up three minors — Mohammed Sinan (14), Mohammed Shafeer (14) and Ameer (12) — who were playing at the beach, and made them sit at the rear of the vehicle before driving recklessly.
While performing the drifting stunt, the vehicle went out of control and overturned, trapping Sinan underneath.
He suffered severe head injuries and succumbed to the impact, police said.
Based on a complaint, Kaipamangalam police registered a case under Section 105 (culpable homicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
After completing the preliminary probe, police arrested Shajeer on Monday.
He was later produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody, police said.
The accused is involved in 11 criminal cases.
