Udupi: Uproar over timings of city buses: Three injured, complaint registered
Udupi: On Jan. 19, around 11 pm, there was a commotion among the bus crew regarding the timing of city buses on the occasion of the Paryaaya Mahotsava, in which three people were injured due to stabbing. A complaint has been filed in Udupi City Police Station regarding this.
City bus drivers Santosh Kumar (30) of Rajeevnagar, Nittur and Shishir Palan (31) of Thottam Badanidiyur were on their way home after work on their scooter when Sudeep, Burhan, Shahrukh and Tanvir came in a rickshaw in front of Bannanje Naveen Garage in Udupi and attacked Santosh and Shishir with knives and beer bottles. It has been alleged that they tried to commit murder.
A case has been registered in the Udupi City police station as per the complaint filed by Santosh Kumar that the accused assaulted him because of his complaint regarding the dispute between the TMT and JMT buses on the night of January 17.
Counter Complaint: It is alleged in the complaint that a City bus driver Muhammad Burhan (29) of Malpe Balarama Nagar was going to Bannanje Jayalakshmi silk shop in an auto rickshaw along with Satish and Sudeep when 4-5 bikers Shishir, Ganesh, Vikyat, Santu, Chetu, Sarath and others blocked the rickshaw and hit them with their hands and tried to kill them by stabbing them with a knife and beer bottle.
On the night of January 17, there was an altercation between the staff of TMT and JMT buses at the city bus stand regarding Udupi's Paryaaya Mahotsava.
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Fan tries to die by suicide over Nikhil Kumaraswamy's bypoll loss
Bengaluru: Channapatna JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who lost the byelection to C.P. Yogeshwar of Congress, on Sunday consoled a fan who reportedly attempted to end his life and requested him not to repeat such acts.
Manjunath, fondly called Abhi, had even penned a letter before taking the dangerous step. Nikhil, who called on Manjunath at the latter’s home in Kudloor in Channapatna, expressed shock and sadness over the incident.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy reassured Manjunath, expressing his support during the difficult time. He told him that he was deeply troubled to learn of this incident and emphasised that he would stand by him. Nikhil also promised to offer assistance in any way he could, including helping him secure employment opportunities in the future, as reported by the Deccan Herald.
He also reminded Manjunath of the importance of his children’s well-being, urging him to focus on their future. “Please, look at the faces of your growing children. Even I have a three-year-old son. The children are young, let us take care of their future also. I will arrange some job opportunities for you. I might not be an MLA but this is a challenge. I will get you employed,” he said.
Nikhil told media persons that he is extremely hurt more by Manjunath’s attempt to die than by his loss in the election. “At 7:30 a.m., we got a message that in Valetoopu, Manjunath had consumed poison yesterday. In Channapatna, our workers and leaders have built this party with zeal. Let the admiration be there in your hearts but if it crosses the line, your families get hurt and we get very pained by it,” he was quoted as saying by the publication.
Speaking of his byelection loss, Nikhil reiterated that the JD(S) had got its traditional votes, but that the votes of a particular community went against the party.
“Deve Gowda gave reservation to a community. We tried our last attempt to take that community into confidence. But they conveyed to us that they do not require us. In future, we will take other communities into confidence,” he remarked in a veiled reference to Muslims.
Nikhil lost the election by a margin of 25,413 votes to Congress candidate C.P. Yogeshwar.
