Assault, murder attempt case: Five accused held
Bantwala, June 27: The local police arrested five accused on charges assaulting and attempting to murder a youth at Nalkumarga on Bantwala by-pass recently, here on Wednesday.
The accused have been identified as Bhuvith Shetty alias Bhuvith (27), Vasanth Kumar (32), Kamalaksha (21), Jitendra alias Jeetu (32) and Abhijith alias Abhi (22) of Bantwala.
Police said that the accused would be produced before the court.
Background
On June 10 at 9.15 pm, a group of accused who came in motor bikes at Nalkumarga on Bantwala bypass, barged into a salon shop and assaulted a youth called Dheekshit with lethal weapons and tried to murder him. Later, the accused snatched the mobile phone and Rs 10,000 cash and damaged the shop before fleeing the scene. Seriously injured Dheekshit was admitted to a hospital and Bantwala police registered a case against Bhuvith and his associates. On a tip-off, Bantwala and Uppinangady police arrested the accused, according to SP Ravikanthe Gowda.
Bantwala SI Chandrashekar, personnel Harish, Yallappa, Uppinangadi SP Nandakumar MM and staff HC Suresh, Murugesh, Udaykumar, Jagadeesh, Umesh, Maliq Saab, Zameer, Avinash, Kedar, Prashanth, Mohan, Basavaraj, Paramesh, Sampath participated in the operation under the guidance of the SP.
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Mangaluru: Special trains to Chennai for Vishu festival
Mangaluru: To clear extra passenger rush during the Vishu festival, the Southern Railway has announced special train services between Mangaluru Central and Chennai Egmore.
According to an official release, Train No. 06126 Mangaluru Central-Chennai Egmore Special will depart Mangaluru Central at 4:00 pm on April 6 and 13, reaching Chennai Egmore at 10:30 a.m the next day.
In the return direction, Train No. 06125 Chennai Egmore-Mangaluru Central Special will leave Chennai Egmore at 2:00 pm on April 7 and 14 and arrive at Mangaluru Central at 6:50 am the following day.
The train will have two AC two-tier, eight AC three-tier, six sleeper class, four general second class coaches, one Divyangjan-friendly coach, and one luggage-cum-brake van.
In a seperate announcement, the southern railway also announced special service between between Bengaluru Cantonment and Dr. MGR Chennai Central to manage the extra rush of passengers.
Train No. 06545 will depart from Bengaluru Cantonment at 08:05 am on Thursday, 9th April and is scheduled to reach Chennai Central at 3:00 pm on the same day. The return service, Train No. 06546, will leave Chennai Central at 4:45 pm on the same day and reach Bengaluru Cantonment at 11:00 pm.
