‘Special 21’ commando force on the move in Mysuru
Mysuru: The new team Mysuru District Police 'Specila 21', is now cracking down on offences across the district under direct supervision of Superintendent of Police Ravi D. Channannavar.
D-SWAT – District Special Weapons and Tactics, a trained commando force – has begun working here since February 7. The 21-member force, with an inspector and sub-inspector in the team, has been specially trained in counterterrorism, anti-sabotage, VVIP security, rescue operations and much more.
The members, who were handpicked from the police force, have been trained at the Centre for Counter-Terrorism at Kudlu in Bengaluru.
Mr. Channannavar told that only personnel who were interested had been picked up for the force and all of them underwent a rigorous training.
Special 21 will move across the district from one taluk to another in mufti and attend to such complaints. In two days, the team arrested nine people in a liquor-related case and 16 people in various other cases.
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Tumkur: 24-year-old rider killed in car-bike head-on collision in Tiptur
Tiptur: A 24-year-old rider was killed on the spot in a head-on collision between his motorbike and a car near Bidiregudi of Kasaba hobli in the taluk.
The deceased rider, Vijay Kumar, was a resident of BL Koppalu Basaveshwara Nagara in Kasaba hobli, Arsikere taluk.
He was reportedly returning home after work at a welding factory near TM Manjunath Nagar Gate, Tiptur, when a car coming from the opposite direction collided with his bike near Bidiregudi. Vijay Kumar is said to have died at the spot due to the impact of the collision.
Locals have blamed the lack of signboards and other precautionary measures amid the construction of a four-lane national highway in the area, mainly between Bidiregudi and Konehalli. They have said that the carelessness of the National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI) has led to frequent accidents in the region.
“A meeting of officers from various government departments, including the police, was held recently under the chairmanship of the local legislator, but several NHAI officials were reportedly absent. Despite the meeting, officials appear careless in implementing safety measures, leading to a rise in accidents,” the locals said, demanding immediate action from the concerned authorities.
