Mangaluru Airport explosives case: No contact with Adithya Rao for last three years, says brother
Mangaluru, Jan 22: Adithya Rao, who is suspected to have planted an explosive device at Mangaluru international airport, was kept out of the family three years back after he started indulging in eccentric acts like hoax bomb calls, his brother Akshath said on Wednesday.
Talking to reporters at his home in Chilimbi here, he said despite several pleas from his father and other family members, Adithya refused to mend his ways.
"So we kept him out of the family and we have no contact with him for the last three years," he said.
Akshath said the family cannot be held responsible for what he does and that even they are living in fear.
The family came to Mangaluru six months back and is staying at a rented accommodation.
Akshath, who is working in a state-owned bank, said the last time the family contacted Adithya was when his mother died.
He was at Chikkaballapur prison at the time and was informed, but did not come for the funeral though jail authorities were willing to let him perform the last rites.
Akshath said he came to know that his brother was working in Mangaluru only through the media.
Adithya had earlier been arrested for making a hoax bomb call to Bengaluru airport in 2018 and was jailed for six months.
A 'live' explosive device was found in an unattended bag near a ticket counter of the departure gate of the international airport in Mangaluru on Monday and later defused at a nearby open ground.
Adithya, who surrendered before the Bengaluru police on Wednesday, is being questioned, according to sources.
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
