More than 10 passengers injured as private bus overturns near Nelyadi
Uppinangady: More than 10 people were injured, two of them seriously, as a private bus overturned after the driver lost control of it while traveling near Nelyadi early Thursday morning.
The bus was traveling from Bengaluru to Kumta traversing Mangaluru, when the accident occurred.
The two passengers who were seriously injured in the accident are being treated in Puttur while two others were taken to Mangaluru.
The other passengers, who had minor injuries, were admitted to a private hospital in Nelyadi.
Further information on the incident is awaited.
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Bengaluru: KAS officer, driver caught in Rs 30 lakh bribe case
Bengaluru: Lokayukta police have arrested a KAS officer and his driver for allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs 30 lakh bribe to pass a favourable order in a pending RRT case.
The accused have been identified as Nagaprashanth (KAS), serving as Special Assistant Commissioner (North) and Special Land Acquisition Officer-1, KIADB, and Kumar, a driver associated with his office, Deccan Herald reported.
Based on a complaint by Ravi Kumar, a resident of Attur in Yelahanka, Lokayukta team laid a trap.
According to investigators, the accused had demanded Rs 30 lakh, of which Rs 15 lakh was allegedly collected earlier by the driver on the officer’s instructions.
On Wednesday, the driver was caught red-handed while accepting the remaining Rs 15 lakh, leading to the arrest of both him and the officer.
Both accused have been taken into custody, and further investigation is underway.
