Man held in Mangaluru for threatening, assault of businessman
Mangaluru: City Police have arrested a man from Belthangady who had assaulted and issued a death threat to a businessman from the city.
The Bunder Police officers arrested Dinesh Shetty (55) on charge of threatening the owner of a fire cracker store recently.
The arrested Shetty had called Muralidhar Pai, who owns a store in Bunder, asking for fire crackers worth Rs 5 lakh. He had also asked Pai to get the crackers to a hotel. Since Pai refused, Shetty, along with four accomplices, visited Pai’s store and threatened to kill the store owner if the latter refused to give him the fire crackers as demanded.
Shetty and his friends are accused in the police complaint of assaulting Pai before leaving the store.
Shetty had been an accomplice of the absconding criminal Ravi Poojary. He was involved in several criminal activities, including murder, in coastal Karnataka.
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Seven killed as govt hospital’s compound wall collapse due to rain
Bengaluru (PTI): Seven people, including three children, were killed when the compound wall of a hospital collapsed here on Wednesday, police said.
The incident occurred in the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, they added.
When the heavy rains, coupled with strong winds, battered the area, the seven victims were taking shelter near the wall, which suddenly came down crashing, police further said. All seven people were killed on the spot, they added.
According to police sources, the victims were street vendors.
Police and emergency services personnel rushed to the spot with an earthmover to bring out the bodies from the debris with the help of residents.
