Mangaluru: First Additional District and Sessions Judge Sharada B. on Friday granted anticipatory bail to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat in a case related to alleged provocative speech at a cow shelter in Konaje police station limits.

On a complaint filed by flying squad officials of the Election Commission of Mangaluru Assembly Constituency, the Konaje police registered a case against Mr. Bhat for allegedly making an inflammatory speech at Amurthadhara Go Shala in Kairangala on April 6.

He was booked under Section 153 (A) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 125 of the Representation of the People Act 1951.

Mr. Bhat filed a petition before the District and Sessions Court on April 13 under Section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

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Vijayapura (Karnataka), Oct 23: A 21-year-old woman died of head injuries after falling off a ranger swing ride at an exhibition ground here, police said on Wednesday.

They said it happened around 7 pm on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nikitha Biradar.

Biradar had gone to the exhibition ground with her mother and some friends.

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According to police, the victim fell off the ride from a height after her safety bar broke and the safety belt she was wearing ripped.

She sustained severe head injuries and was pronounced dead at a hospital, a senior police official said.

He said a case has been registered against the event manager and the ride operator under section 106 (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

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