Bantwal: The body of a local youngster, who was working in South Africa and died in harness unexpectedly, was brought back to his native village Narikombu in Bantwal taluk and the funeral rites were completed on Tuesday.

The deceased youngster, Rajath (25) was the son of Ravi Sapalya, a resident of Narikombu, and had been working in South Africa for some time. Rajath is learned to have died unexpectedly on April 5.

Family sources have said that Dakhina Kannada MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta and MLA Rajesh Naik Ulippadiguttu had helped the family get Rajath’s body, by contacting the officials of the Ministry of External Affairs.

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Jaipur: The official website of the Rajasthan Education Department was hacked on Tuesday morning by a group identifying itself as Pakistani hackers. The attackers defaced the homepage with a poster declaring the recent Pahalgam terror attack an “inside job” allegedly orchestrated by the Indian government.

The message on the hacked website read, “Pahalgam was not an attack. It was an inside job... The next strike won’t be with bullets, but with a digital assault. No borders. No warnings. No mercy.” The poster also included a viral image labeling a woman as a “paid actor” in the aftermath of the Pahalgam incident.

Following the breach, the department’s IT team took the website offline and launched recovery operations. Education Minister Madan Dilawar stated that no sensitive data appears to have been compromised and a full investigation is underway.

This is the latest in a series of cyberattacks targeting Rajasthan government websites. On Monday, similar breaches were reported on the websites of the Department of Local Bodies (DLB) and Jaipur Development Authority (JDA), where hackers posted pro-Pakistan propaganda. Those websites have since been restored.

Cybersecurity agencies are actively tracking the group behind the attacks, with initial indications pointing to a group calling itself the ‘Pakistan Cyber Force,’ according to NDTV.