Lorry cleaner electrocuted at Kolnadu
Vittla: A lorry cleaner died after he came to contact with live electric wire. The incident took place at Padaru junction near Kudtamugeru in Kolnad village on Wednesday.
The deceased has been identified as Dushyanth, son of Ningaraju, resident of Singategere in Aloor taluk of Hasan district.
Dushyanth was working in a KMF feed transportation lorry. The lorry was on its way to Punacha after downloading some KMF feed bags at Madakatte milk dairy.
As the lorry driver stopped his vehicle at Padaru junction to enquire about the road to Punacha, Dushyanth climbed the top of the lorry to remove his shirt. He came to contact with live wire that was passing over the lorry and died on the spot as he was thrown on the ground.
The dead body has been kept in the mortuary of Vittla government hospital. Vittla police visited the spot and collecting the details.
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Bomb threat at Mangaluru RTO turns out to be hoax
Mangaluru (PTI): A search operation was carried out at the Regional Transport Office here on Monday after the office received a bomb threat email, which later turned out to be a hoax, police said.
The email was received on Sunday night but came to the notice of the authorities only on Monday afternoon, following which immediate precautionary measures were taken, they said.
According to police, the RTO office staff were evacuated as a safety measure, and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad was pressed into service to conduct a meticulous search of the building.
Police personnel and the dog squad were also deployed at the spot.
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“The email claimed that bombs were kept in the RTO office. The Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad checked the premises thoroughly and no suspicious object was found. It was a hoax email,” a senior police officer said.
Officials said the authorities are treating the incident seriously and have launched an investigation to trace the source of the email.
“A case has been registered at the South police station in this regard and further investigation is underway,” he added.
