Attempt to kill youth at Gantalkatte: Three arrested
Mangaluru, October 03: The city police arrested three persons on charges of attempting to murder a youth of Gantalkatte.
The arrested are identified as Dhanaraj Poojary alias Dhanu (25) of Thokur Kodikere in the taluk, Dinesh Poojary (38) of Sasihithlu near Haleangadi, and Shashwath Shetty alias Shashwath (23) of Honnakatte Kulai near Surathkal. The police are looking out for remaining accused in the case.
Victim Muhammad Imtiyaz is running a tea stall at the masjid building. As usual, when Imtiyaz was at his tea stall on September 24, a team of four-five persons who came in a car, attacked him with lethal weapons and fled the scene. Imtiyaz sustained severe injuries on his head, hand and back and was admitted to a private hospital in the city.
The group also attacked hotel staff Ibrahim (23) who tried to avoid the attack on Imtiyaz. He also sustained minor injuries in the incident and Moodabidri police registered a case.
Three teams to trace accused
The police have formed three teams, comprise the police personnel of Moodabidri, Mangaluru CCB and Mangaluru City North Sub-division Panamburu Anti-rowdy Squad, to trace the accused.
Accused Dhanaraj alias Dhanu has been facing various cases like murder attempt at Karkala police station and posting derogatory comment in WhatsApp at Surathkal police station. Dinesh Poojary has been facing murder attempt case at Padubidri police station.
Panambur anti-rowdy squad police inspector Rafeeq, Mulki police inspector Ananth Padmanabh and staff, CCB police inspector Shantaram and his staff, Moodabidri police inspector Ramachandra K. Nayak and Anti-rowdy squad ASI Muhammad, staff Kushala Maniyani, Sathish M, Vijay Kanchan, Issaq Ahmed, Radhakrishna, Sharan Kali and Shylendra participated in the operation.
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
