Two killed as tipper rams scooter on NH 66 in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Two people on a scooter died as a tipper collided with their two-wheeler at Nanthoor Circle on National Highway 66 on Saturday afternoon.
The deceased have been identified as Samuel Jesudas, 66, who was a resident of Sulthan Batteri, and his relative Bhoomika, 17, said the police.
They were waiting near the signal at Nanthoor Circle at around 12:15 pm on Saturday, when the tipper, which was traveling from Pumpwell Junction, hit them. Both Samuel and Bhoomika are learned to have fallen off the scooter and were run over by the heavy vehicle.
The grievously injured duo was taken immediately to the District Wenlock Hospital, but both riders are said to have died on the way.
Following the accident and deaths, the locals thrashed the tipper driver Satish Gowda Patil and also stoned the vehicle, damaging the glasses.
The driver has been accused of overspeeding and driving the tipper recklessly, which allegedly caused the disaster.
Traffic (East) Police have filed a case and also took the tipper driver, Patil, into custody.
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ED raids in case against former Punjab Police DIG Bhullar, linked entities
Chandigarh (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted searches at multiple locations in Punjab as part of a money laundering probe against former state police DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and entities linked to him, officials said.
They said about 11 premises in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Patiala, Nabha and Jalandhar linked to the accused, his associates and suspected benamidars (the owner in whose name a benami property is held) are being covered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case registered against Bhullar on allegations that he sought illegal gratification through a middleman for settlement of a criminal case, along with detection of assets disproportionate to known sources of income.
The searches aim to trace further proceeds of the alleged crime, identify benami assets and gather evidence related to money laundering, ED officials said.
Bhullar, who was serving as the deputy inspector general (DIG) of police (Ropar Range), was arrested by the CBI in October 2025 after a scrap dealer alleged that bribe was demanded from him through an intermediary to settle a case.
