The Surathkal police have arrested four persons in connection with a knife attack on two youngsters following a trivial dispute.

Amid the investigation of the Dharmasthala mass burial case by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the government, the Dharmasthala Gram Panchayat has issued a statement that it has no records in relation to the payment made to the KS Hegde Medical Academy Hospital, Mangaluru, to keep unidentified bodies in the hospital mortuary.

Mangaluru Police Commissioner Sudheer Reddy has issued a stern warning to citizens, cautioning that those seen associating with individuals involved in criminal cases will also face police action.

Police have registered a case against two men for allegedly threatening and extorting firecrackers from shop owners in Bajpe. The accused have been identified as rowdy-sheeter Prashanth alias Pacchu, a suspect in the Fazil murder case of Mangalpet in Surathkal, and his associate Ashwith.

Southern Railway General Manager R.N. Singh has directed officials to make provisions for additional railway tracks at Mangaluru Central station to handle future growth in train traffic and ensure smoother operations.

The police team investigating the stabbing of two men by a group at a bar in town on Thursday has reportedly identified four suspects, with one of them found to be a member of the Sangh Parivar.

In a late-night incident on Thursday, two youngsters were stabbed by a gang of four near the Kana petrol pump under the Surathkal police station limits. One of them sustained serious injuries while the other suffered minor wounds.

An alert police team led by Sub-Inspector Naveen Naik from Bhatkal Town Police Station raided an illegal gambling spot near the Jali Telageri cricket ground on Saturday evening, arresting one person while several others managed to flee the scene.