Mangaluru: Detective sniffer dog Sudha laid to rest
Mangaluru, Jul 24: A sniffer dog named Sudha, which had assisted police investigations for a decade in the region, passed away due to cancer on Saturday, police sources said.
The canine's funeral ceremony was held with police honours in the presence of city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar and DCP Hariram Shankar.
The detective dog had served Mangaluru city police commissionerate for ten years and had helped solve over 700 cases.
Born on March 15, 2011,the Doberman Pinscher joined the police force as a one-year-old puppy on April 2, 2012.
The dog developed a cancerous tumour a few months ago, and over the last week, her condition had worsened. She had stopped eating two days ago and died Saturday morning.
Sudha was part of a dog squad that was highly effective in investigations conducted by the police force.
The canine had helped crack murder cases as well as other offences that need crime spot inspections, police said.
City police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said there are five sniffer dogs with the city police force, out of which two are in training and one has passed away.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
