15 vehicles worth Rs. 1.8 crore seized for violating Election Code of Conduct: Dakshina Kannada DC
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner and Election Returning Officer Sasikanth Senthil on Tuesday informed that 15 vehicles worth Rs. 1.08 crore and another 31 lakh rupees have so far been seized by the authorities in different cases in the wake of violating election Code of Conduct in the district.
Speaking at a press conference organised to brief about the preparations for the elections in the district the Deputy Commissioner also informed that 84,885 litres of illegal liquor worth over 94.5 lakh rupees was also seized during the period since election code of conduct was put into effect.
8920 personnel will work at 1861 polling stations in the district and 668 vehicles have been arranged for their transportations and commutations, he informed.
“Election campaigning will be banned from Tuesday 6.pm. No campaigner from outside the district can stay within the district. Supervisors have been deployed to keep a check on this. They will also check hotels and lodgings to make sure no campaigner from outside the district is staying here” Senthil said.
Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Laxmi Prasad was also present at the press conference along with Senthil.
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Two people killed as poultry vehicle rams into parked truck in Belagavi
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Two people were killed, and another was severely injured after a goods vehicle transporting poultry birds allegedly rammed into a stationary truck on a national highway in Belagavi in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Wasim (28) and Mubarak (22), both natives of Shivamogga district, they said.
The driver of the vehicle, Basavaraj Eerappa Hanchinamani (37), suffered critical injuries and has been admitted to a hospital, police said.
According to police, the accident occurred when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, allegedly due to drowsiness, and crashed into a truck parked along the highway.
The goods vehicle was en route from Kolhapur to Sorab in Shivamogga district, carrying poultry. Several chickens were also killed in the impact, a senior police officer said.
Police personnel from the Hirebagewadi Police Station visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
Injured people and the bodies of the deceased were shifted to a hospital, police added.
