Bantwal: Police teams led by SP combing near Farangipet to find missing youngster Diganth
Bantwal: The Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Yateesh N-led police team started combing Farangipet and the nearby areas starting Saturday morning, to find the 19-year-old boy Diganth, who has been missing for more than 10 days.
Diganth, who is a resident of Kidebettu near Farangipet in Ullal taluk and studying in 2nd PUC, is reported to be missing since February 25. With the boy’s mobile phone and footwear with blood stains were found on the railway track in Farangipet, the Bantwal Rural Police Station filed a missing case and are searching for Diganth.
Over the last 12 days, however, the search efforts of more than 40 police personnel have gone futile. SP Yatheesh has now stepped in for the search and taken charge of the combing operation to look for the missing boy.
The inspectors of nine police stations under the Bantwal Sub-division, police station heads and more than 100 police personnel have been searching for Diganth since Saturday morning. Thirty DAR police personnel, Railway police personnel, fire brigade staff member, staff of the Forensic Sciences Laboratory have joined and the dog squad and the drone cameras are being used for a search over a 5-km span. In addition, a search for Diganth is being conducted in the waters of River Nethravathi.
SP Yatheesh, Additional SP Rajendra, Deputy SP Vijayaprasad, Inspectors Shivakumar, Ananthapadmanabha, H Nagaraj, Sub-inspectors Nandakumar, Prasanna, Avinash, Harish, Udayaravi, Ramakrishna, Kishore, Samarth, Arjun, Muralidhara, Anand and Kaushik are among those present in the 10 teams searching for Diganth.
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Tension in Koppal village over Ambedkar flag during fair; five arrested
Koppal: Tension prevailed in Halwarti village of Koppal taluk after a clash reportedly broke out between members of Dalit and upper-caste communities over the hoisting of an Ambedkar flag during the Beeralingeshwara fair.
According to police, a verbal argument between youths from the two communities escalated into a physical confrontation, leading to unrest in the village.
In a related development, it has been alleged that members of the upper-caste community entered the house of a Dalit youth, identified as Gavisiddappa Hosamani, damaged the door and vandalised the front portion of the house.
As a precautionary measure, additional police personnel have been deployed in the village to maintain law and order.
Police said a complaint has been registered at the Koppal Rural Police Station and five persons have been arrested in connection with the incident. Further investigation is under way.
