IAS officer begins probe into St. Gerosa School row
Mangaluru: IAS officer Akash Shankar has started the probe into the recent controversy at the St. Gerosa Higher Primary School in the city, on Monday.
The Karnataka Government had on Saturday appointed Akash Shankar, who also serves as the Additional Commissioner of the department of school education and literacy, Kalaburagi Division to conduct a probe into the matter.
Speaking to the media after having a discussion with officials at the Deputy Director of Public Instruction office (DDPI) at the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat building, he said that he has already collected preliminary information about the incident.
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“Investigation into the matter will be done step by step, and an investigation report will be submitted to the government soon,” he added.
Earlier this month, an English teacher of the St. Gerosa Higher Primary School was accused of making disparaging comments about Hindu religious practices and political leaders. The row futher sparked, with pro-Hindutva outfits and local BJP MLA’s staging a protest outside the school in Jeppu.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
