Mangaluru: Minister UT Khader urged the Union Civil Aviation Ministry to take the incident of slipping of flight from the runway in Mangaluru airport seriously and conduct a high-level probe into it.

Speaking to the Ministry and Director General of Civil Aviation, he said that a probe should be conducted to know whether it was the fault of the flight, pilot or airport system. Care should be taken for the safe journey of the passengers, he said urging the authorities to respond to it immediately.

Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.



Khandwa/MP (PTI): A man arrested in connection with the murder of a local journalist escaped from police custody by jumping off a train in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa while being taken to Uttar Pradesh on a transit remand, police said on Saturday.

The absconding accused, Jamiruddin Qureshi, is one of the five persons booked for their alleged involvement in the murder of a journalist in Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh on May 13, said assistant sub-inspector Anni Lal of Khandwa Government Railway Police (GRP).

Following the murder, Qureshi fled to Mumbai, and the crime branch of the Thane police apprehended him, he said.

Two UP police personnel were bringing him to Jaunpur on transit remand on May 15 and were travelling on the Gorakhpur Weekly Express, the official said.

The train reached Khandwa station around 2.40 am on May 16, and when the train started leaving the platform, the accused sought permission to go to the toilet, he said.

As the two policemen started taking him to the toilet at the entrance of the coach, the accused jumped off the train, the official said.

The police have lodged a complaint, and a search has been launched for the accused, he said.