Mangaluru: In a horrific road accident reported on Friday afternoon on NH 75 near Adyar in the outskirts of the city, two people died while another person sustained critical injuries.

According to the reports, the Omni car in which the trio was traveling rammed into a tanker parked beside the road when the car driver lost control over the wheels. They were heading towards Firangepete from Mangaluru when the incident took place.

The deceased youngsters have been identified as Dawood (22) a resident of Pudu village and Unais (27) of Kunjathkal. Another person on the car has sustained critical injuries and has been shifted to a hospital for treatment.

All three are said to be working in the fisheries business at Mangaluru Bunder.

Local police rushed to the spot and registered a case in this regard.

 

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Imphal (PTI): Security forces have destroyed 23 bunkers illegally constructed in Manipur's Ukhrul and seized 18 IEDs in Tengnoupal district in separate operations, a police statement said on Saturday.

The bunkers were destroyed on Thursday in the hill villages of Mongkot Chepu, Shongphel, Mullam, Sirarakhong and Ringue in Litan police station area, it said.

A 12-bore pump action gun, 17 cartridges of different calibres and 111 empty cases of fired bullets were also seized.

At least seven people have been shot dead in different firing incidents and more than 30 houses have been torched since violence broke out between Tangkhul Naga and Kuki communities in Ukhrul district in February this year.

Meanwhile, in a separate operation on Wednesday, security forces seized a cache of arms and explosives in T Bongmol village in Moreh police station area in Tengnoupal district.

Two single-barrel rifles, four 9mm pistols with magazines and 18 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were seized. The explosives were destroyed on the spot, it added.