Mangaluru: DK SP rubbishes media reports linking missing Uppinangady man to terrorist organization
Mangaluru: Superintendent of Police of Dakshina Kannada district, Sonawane Rishikesh on Thursday rubbished the media reports linking the missing man from Uppinangady with terror organizations.
Owner of ‘A to Z’ garage Mohammed Rafiq Khan, a resident of Nekkiladi in Puttur Taluk, who went to get some spare parts of a car to Bengaluru on July 12 had reportedly gone missing. His wife had filed a police complaint in this regard on August 6.
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The SP stated that police had carried detailed investigations into the matter and had found Rafiq to be staying in North India. He further added that the police had closed the case after proper investigation.
“Recently reports emerged that Rafiq was a member of a terrorist organization. And these reports were carried by local newspapers, News Channels, and social media platforms. These reports are far from the truth and nothing of this sort was revealed in our investigation” the SP stated.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
