Three persons drowned and another was hospitalised after being pulled into the Arabian Sea by strong currents at Gopadi Beach near Kundapur on Sunday, police said.

Two men were arrested for allegedly trying to run over policemen who tried to stop them near the Hejamadi toll plaza, police said on Saturday.

Chinnayya, the complainant and key witness who had earlier claimed that several bodies were buried in Dharmasthala, has been remanded to 14 days of judicial custody.

A West Bengal-based man, Lakshman Mandal, also called Lakhan, has been arrested by Surathkal Police in connection with the death of a 27-year-old man, Mukesh Mandal, from an estate situated in Mukka recently.

A case has been filed at the Belthangady Police Station based on a complaint given by Kusumavathi, mother of Sowjanya, who has accused 13 people of posting defamatory and obscene messages about her and Sowjanya movement activists on their social media accounts.

The Bantwal Rural Police have registered a case against a man identified as Narasimha Shetty Mani for allegedly spreading false information and attempting to disturb communal harmony through a provocative video.

A case has been registered against BJP leader and president of the management committee of Rattadi Shriratteshwara Temple, Naveen Chandra Shetty Rattadi, on charges of sexually harassing a woman representative of the Dharmasthala Self-Help Group. The complaint was lodged at Amasebailu Police Station.

Serious allegations have emerged that organised efforts are being made to weaken the functioning of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged mass burials, disappearances, and suspicious deaths in Dharmasthala. A complaint has been submitted to judges of the Karnataka High Court seeking registration of a suo motu case in this regard.