Karkala: In a horrific road accident, at least 9 people died on the spot while several others sustained critical injuries when a bus coming from Mysuru rammed onto a rock beside the road on Mulnur Ghat in Karkala of Udupi District.

According to the reports, the bus belonged to a private company in Mysuru and was plying staff of the company of tour when the bus driver lost control over the wheels on Mulnur Ghat here on Saturday evening and rammed the vehicle on the rock.

As an impact of the accident, seven passengers died on the spot while 2 others succumbed to their injuries when they were being taken to the hospital.

Reports add at least 20 others have sustained critical injuries in the accident.

 

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Mysuru (PTI): A Congress leader was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband in Mysuru, police said.

According to police, Vidya was found murdered in her house.

Her husband Nandish was not reachable raising suspicions about his involvement in the crime, they said.

The couple has two daughters.

Vidya, a resident of Srirampur, Mysuru, was Congress' Mysuru city secretary. She had also acted in a few Kannada films, sources said.

There was discord between the couple and both would often quarrel. It is said that they had a bitter spat on Monday night following which Vidya was allegedly murdered at Turganur here.

Police have launched a manhunt for the husband.