Four rowdies banished from Dakshina Kannada ahead of Lok Sabha polls
Mangaluru: Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil on Monday has banished four rowdy elements from Dakshina Kannada district ahead of Lok Sabha Election.
Arjun, Kaushik and Ashraf in the rouges’ list of Kankanady Police Station and Ranjit, on the list of Urwa Police Station have been identified as the four who have been banished.
Arjun has been sent to Kumaraswamy Layout Police Station limits, Kaushik has been sent to Udupi and Karkala Police Station Limits, Ashraf has been sent to Kolar District while Ranjeet has been sent to Bengaluru’s Hebbal area. They have been asked to report regularly to the respective police stations.
The order was passed by the Commissioner of Police based on recommendation by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP).
Meanwhile, the department is also in process of deporting seven more rowdy elements listed by several police stations of the city. The process has been initiated based on reports submitted by the ACPs to the DCP. The DCP will now seek approval from the Commissioner followed by which they will be banished.
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Death toll in Mundathikode fireworks explosion rises to 16
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
