Mangaluru: 13-year-old boy bags two gold medals at national level Karate competition
Mangaluru: Ismail Nameer Ruknuddin, a 13-year-old student in Mangaluru, has secured first place in the kata and kumite categories at the national level competition organized by Guru Goju Ryu Karate Academy India. The competition, held in Mangaluru, featured Nameer in the 13-14 age category.
Nameer, currently in the eighth grade at Huda Islamic School in Mangaluru, originally hails from Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district. The son of Nisar Ahmed Ruknuddin, Nameer has been residing with his family in Mangaluru for the past few years.
This accomplishment is not Nameer's first in karate. In 2019, he secured the third place at the 24th Asian/International WFSKO Open Karate Championship organized by World Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Organisation in Mumbai.
In 2020, he clinched the first place in the Kata category and secured the third place in the Kumite category at the 5th National level Open Karate Championship – 2020. The event was organized by Shorin – Ryu Karate Association, Moodbidri, in collaboration with M K Ananthraj College of Physical Education, Moodbidri.
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Bengaluru Police ask Darshan Thoogudeepa to surrender his firearm, actor yet to comply
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru police have directed murder accused Kannada film star Darshan Thoogudeepa to deposit his licensed firearm at the nearest police station. However, the actor has yet to comply.
A police source said that the Rajarajeshwari Nagar police sent a request last month to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Administration), seeking cancellation of Darshan’s firearm licence. The request followed the Karnataka High Court granting him bail in the Renukaswamy murder case.
The police expressed concerns that Darshan, who is out on bail, could threaten witnesses using the firearm. Therefore, a notice was issued for the safe deposit of the weapon.
The case involves the murder of Renukaswamy, a native of Chitradurga, whose body was found near a stormwater drain in west Bengaluru’s Sumanahalli in June last year. The police arrested Darshan, his close friend Pavithra Gowda, and 15 others for the crime.
The High Court granted conditional bail to Darshan on December 13, who was already out on interim bail on medical grounds.
