Missing mentally challenged person from Rajasthan found in Mangaluru, reunited with family
Mangaluru: A 32-year-old mentally challenged man Mahesh, who was wandering on the streets of Mangaluru for the last few years and was causing a nuisance to the general public on the streets, was recently reunited with his family from Rajasthan by a local NGO.
Mangaluru North (Bunder) Police Station, over the last three years, had received several complaints about the man and his behavior on the streets but had failed to catch him as he used to escape every time the police would try to take him under the custody.
A local resident of Car Street in the city, Narayan on July 27 informed about the man to Asif 'Apadbhandawa', who runs a rehabilitation center in Mulki. Asif reached Car Street with Salam and Aftab. They took the mentally challenged man into confidence, cleaned him, and gave haircut and shave. They also dressed him neatly before shifting him to their rehabilitation center. Unknowing of his identity, Asif named him 'Raju'.
After a month-long psychiatric intervention at 'Maimuna Foundation Apadbhandawa Psycho Rehabilitation Cente', Mahesh recovered. He said he knew his parents' phone number and asked the caretaker to dial. Over a phone call, when he said "I'm Mahesh", his father began weeping listening to his voice after over three years, Asif said.
Mahesh hails from Luni village of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan. According to his far-relative, Mahesh is a well-educated person and had been appointed as an officer in the Railways. As his mental health deteriorated, he went missing from Mumbai in 2017 and landed in Mangaluru. Since then he has been roaming the streets, throwing stones at people, and causing trouble to locals.
As soon as his family was informed of his whereabouts, they informed the Patel community including his far-relative in Mangaluru. His family is about to reach Mangaluru by flight today to take him home. Due to delay in the flight connection, Mahesh was handed over to his far-relatives in the presence of Circle Inspector Govind Raju B and representatives of Anjana Patel Samaj at Mangaluru North (Bunder) Police Station on Thursday, September 10.
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Kharge has put 'full stop' to leadership speculation in Karnataka: Minister Parameshwara
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Friday said AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge has put a "full stop" on the issue of leadership change in the state.
Kharge's statement has a lot of significance and there ends the matter for now. Everyone in the party should respect and accept this, he said.
Parameshwara was referring to Kharge's statement on Thursday that there was no chief minister change in Karnataka "for now" and that the leadership issue in the state will be resolved soon.
Kharge's statement came amid speculation within the party and political circles about a possible decision on leadership change and cabinet reshuffle after May 4, once the results for assembly elections in four states and one union territory, along with bypolls to two assembly segments in Karnataka, are announced.
"Mallikarjun Kharge is our party's national president. He has a lot of experience. Several people, including me, have said that in the case of change (in leadership), if he (Kharge) comes (as CM), no one could speak in front of his experience and everyone would accept it. While replying to it, Kharge said that there is a chief minister now, and there is no question of change as of now," Parameshwara said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "I welcome his (Kharge) statement because I feel he has expressed his opinion after a discussion involving him, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, K C Venugopal and Randeep Singh Surjewala (both AICC general secretaries). I may be right or wrong. I feel that his statement has a lot of significance. So that matter ends there for now."
Responding to a question on repeated statements by several party leaders regarding leadership change, the home minister said, what the AICC chief has said on the matter is final. It should be respected and accepted by all in the party. There is no meaning in interpreting it further.
"I cannot respond to what others say, but I can say my opinion. In my opinion, the AICC chief is the supreme authority in the party. He, along with Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, are our high command. If the high command has said something, we should both respect and accept it. There ends the matter," he said.
Kharge has put a "full stop" on the issue, he further said, adding that, "When he has said there is no change. It is a full stop."
Responding to a question on Parameshwara's recent statement about Kharge becoming chief minister, the AICC chief on Thursday said, "You (media), he (Parameshwara), and people at the top say that it is better if I become CM. But more than fate, as per my ideology and my service to the party so far, Sonia Gandhi makes decisions regarding me."
He had further said, "But that question does not arise now. There is already a CM here. If Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and I together have to take any decision in that direction, it will take some time. Let's wait and see."
Kharge on Friday too said no date has been fixed yet to discuss a possible leadership change in Karnataka.
Supporters of Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar have been insisting on his elevation in line with a reported power-sharing agreement with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah when the party won the 2023 Assembly elections. Some have even claimed that "sweet news" is expected by May 15, which is Shivakumar's birthday.
The leadership tussle within the ruling party has intensified amid speculation about a possible change of chief minister after the Congress government completed the halfway mark of its five-year term on November 20, 2025.
The speculation has been fuelled by a reported "power-sharing" arrangement between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar at the time of government formation in 2023.
