Mangaluru, Feb 5: A team of officials led by City Corporation Commissioner Muhammad Nazeer locked the shops which violated norms without paying the commercial tax, on Tuesday.

During the raid, the officials served notices to such shops along with warning. Many shops at Rama Bhavana Complex at Kodialbail, Attavara, Casa Ground and other places were raided and it was came to know that some shops were not taken trade licences.

The officials also found that some flats also evaded water tax and the Commissioner has taken it seriously, sources said.

Raid on every week

The city corporation will conduct raids on every week in the city on trade licence violation and no one could escape from it. Action would be taken against those who do business without trade licence, the Commissioner said.

One week deadline to pay pending tax

Action would be taken against the violators. Those who have not renewed their trade licences should pay their tax. Notices were already served to many shops which have not paid their taxes. The shops which were served notices should pay their tax dues within a week. Otherwise, legal action would be taken against them, the Commissioner said.

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Belagavi (Karnataka), Nov 28: A CCTV footage of a nurse being attacked by a man inside a private hospital in Karnataka went viral on social media platforms on Thursday.

The incident, reported to have occurred on October 30, was captured on CCTV camera of the hospital in which the man who has been identified as Prakash Jadhav was seen attacking the nurse with a machete he was hiding in his bag.

The video clip shows the person entering the hospital and at the reception counter, he caught hold of the nurse and attacked her with the machete for allegedly refusing his romantic advances.

She was treated in the hospital for her injuries, police said, adding that the suspect was arrested in the case.

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According to police, Jadhav was her neigbhour. He had been harassing the nurse for a while, persistently pressuring her to marry him but she rejected her proposal every time.

Upset over repeated rejection, he later approached her father with the proposal but he also rejected his marriage proposal and warned him to stay away from his daughter.

Her father became traumatised and stressed by the incident. Subsequently, he died.

"A case was registered against Prakash Jadhav and he was arrested in connection with the incident," a senior police officer said.

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