GP by-poll: Irvathur goes to Cong, Amtadi to BJP
Bantwal, June 17: Both Congress and BJP-backed candidates have won one gram panchayat seat each in a by-election held two gram panchayat seats in the taluk.
The election was held for one seat each in Irvattur and Amtadi gram panchayats on Thursday and counting of votes was held today.
Congress-backed candidate Sudhindra Shetty won the Irvathur seat and BJP-backed candidate Surendra Poojary won the Amtadi seat. The counting of votes of both the seats was held at the Mini Vidhana Soudha on BC Road under the guidance of tahsildar Y Ravi and election staff.
Amtadi seat was vacant due to the death of its member Chandravati B Bhandari and election was held at SVS Temple school at Bantwal. Chandravati was backed by CPI, but committed suicide a few days ago. Two candidates contested in the seat. Surendra Poojary won the seats with 332 votes, while his opponent Babu Bhandari, husband of Chandravati, backed by CPI got 315 votes.
In Irvattur gram panchayat, the election was held for Mudupadukodi-1 seat. Congress-backed candidate Sudheendra Shetty got 391 votes against his opponent BJP backed candidate Janardhan Shetty who got 302 seats. As the previous gram panchayat member Sundar Shetty was absent from the gram panchayat meetings continuously, he was disqualified.
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Man appointed as home nurse steals jewelry worth nearly Rs 75 lakh from house in Udupi
Udupi: A man who had been working as home nurse at Badagubettu village of Udupi taluk is suspected to have stolen jewelry worth lakhs of rupees from the house on Sunday.
Prasad, a resident of the village, had called Deeksha Home Healthcare in Parkala two weeks ago, asking for the services of a home nurse to look after his father. Siddappa K Kodli was appointed as home nurse on the occasion.
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On Sunday, Kodli allegedly stole a pair of diamond earrings weighing 6 grams and worth Rs 43,800 from a glass bureau in the hall of Prasad’s house. He is also accused of stealing 427 grams of other jewelry worth Rs 31 lakh from the locker of the cupboard in the bedroom. The worth of the stolen jewelry amounts to nearly Rs 75 lakh.
Udupi Town Police have filed a case based on a complaint filed by Prasad and are investigating the case. Kodli is learned to be absconding at present.
