Heavy overnight rains leaves roads, houses inundated in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Heavy rains lashed the city and parts of Dakshina Kannada district since Thursday night, inundating low-lying areas and flooding several places.
Water entered houses and shops in areas like Kottara Chowki, Jeppinamogaru, Alake, Padil, Barke, Pumpwell and Nanthur in the city. Water-logging at many places hindered the movement of vehicles.
Mangaluru Mayor Divwakar Pandeshwar visited the affected areas in Jeppinamogaru.
Heavy rains were also reported from Sullia, Belthangady, Puttur, Moodbidri and Kadaba taluks in Dakshina Kannada district since Thursday and continued on Friday.
The meteorological department sounded a red alert on Friday and Saturday in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, and an orange alert on September 13 and predicted heavy rainfall along with thunder and lightning during the days.
Heavy rains were also reported from some taluks in Udupi district.
Deputy commissioner G Jagadeesha has asked all district and taluk-level officers to remain in headquarters to prepare for managing emergency situations in the wake of the red alert issued in coastal districts.
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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
