Udupi : International master athlete Jyothi Shetty dies in accident
Udupi, June 10: International master athlete Jyothi Shetty Kodavur (50) who sustained severe injuries in a road accident that occurred near Ambagilu on Saturday, succumbed to the injuries at Manipal hospital here on Sunday.
While going with her brother Srinivas Shetty in a two-wheeler as a pillion rider, she fell down from the scooter as her brother applied break suddenly and sustained severe head injury. Later, she was admitted to the Manipal hospital, but breathed her last on Sunday evening.
Jyothi Shetty had entered the athletics as master athlete in 2011 and has won more than 100 medals from state, national and international athletic tournaments. In 2017, she got two medals in Asian Master Athletics in Hurdles and Relay held in China.
In 2016, he had participated in World Master Athletics Championship held at Australia and won a medal in a Master Athletics tournament held in Sri Lanka. She also got various prizes in marathon events held in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. She was preparing to participate in World Master Athletic Championship to be held in Spain in next September.
Being a social worker, she also worked as a physical education teacher at a private school in Udupi. She is survived by husband Uday Kumar Shetty, one daughter and a son. A case has been registered at Udupi traffic police station.
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Minor girl kidnapped and raped; main accused and two cafe owners held
Latur (PTI): A minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by an 18-year-old man in Latur, leading to the arrest of the main accused and owners of two cafes where the crime occurred on December 4, police said on Saturday.
Police traced the girl within hours of registering the complaint. The accused, identified as Rihan Gulab Shaikh, was arrested based on the girl's complaint. Two others are owners of two cafes where the crime occurred, police said.
Police registered a case under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), POCSO Act, and the Prevention of Atrocities Act, an official said.
