Drivers of cattle transporting lorry assaulted; Judicial custody of accused extended
Karwar police took accused to Bhatkal
Bhatkal, June 26: The local court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of all 13 accused who were arrested on charges of assaulting the drivers of a lorry carrying the cattle. All the 13 accused were produced before the First Judicial Magistrate Court. After hearing the arguments, the judge extended the judicial custody.
Incident
Total 14 cows and 14 calves were being transported from Gujarat to a milk dairy in Kerala for dairy farming belonging to a brother of an MLA in Dakshina Kannada when the accused waylaid the lorry at Murudeshwara Basti on May 21, 2018 and assaulted the drivers. Some things of the drivers were also missing at the time. The drivers lodged a complaint at Murudeshwara police station against this incident. Police have arrested 13 persons and put them behind bars in Karwar jail. The court also rejected their bail application. Now, the court once again extended their judicial custody.
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Ruskin Bond hospitalised in Dehradun due to leg problem
Dehradun (PTI): Author Ruskin Bond has been admitted to a hospital in Dehradun due to a leg problem, a close friend of the writer said here on Sunday.
After visiting Bond at the hospital, well-known Dehradun-based publisher Upendra Arora said the elderly author was unable to walk properly, following which he was admitted to a private hospital here on Saturday.
The 91-year-old Bond, a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, lives in the Landour area of Mussoorie.
Arora said Bond is undergoing physiotherapy under medical supervision and is expected to be discharged from the hospital in two to three days.
"There is nothing serious," he said.
Bond has written more than 500 short stories, essays and novels, of which 69 books are for children.
He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra.
