Mangaluru: The Mangaluru police has issued a nationwide lookout notice to locate the accused lawyer in hiding K.S.N Rajesh Bhat, who is accused of sexually harassing a female law student in his chamber earlier last month
The notice has been issued to all the airports, railways stations in the country, the lookout notice will be given to all the police stations in South India. Additionally, the Mangaluru Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar will reportedly be directing the law enforcement to display notices in various public places such as bus stops, hotels, and surrounding areas of various police stations asking the public to notify the nearest police station if the accused in question is sighted anywhere.
Apart from this, the bank accounts belonging to the accused lawyer Rajesh Bhat will also be seized by the police, sources in the police revealed.
Reportedly, the lookout notice has been issued by the police to foil the accused’s prospective plan to flee abroad using his influence and connection. Suspecting that the accused lawyer has been constantly on the move hiding from the police, and frequently changing his SIM card, the police have undertaken the operation to locate him and thus issued the lookout notice to nab him, it is learned.
On October 18, corresponding to a case being registered at the Pandeshwar Women’s police station, the police learned that the accused lawyer Rajesh Bhat had been moving about town while hiding from the police.
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Bhubaneswar (PTI): Heatwave conditions scorched Odisha on Tuesday, with the IMD forecasting that hot and humid conditions would continue in parts of the state.
The IMD’s Bhubaneswar centre said Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati districts were likely to experience hot and humid conditions on April 22.
It also predicted thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface winds in parts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada and Koraput, among others.
On Tuesday, 18 places across Odisha recorded maximum temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius or above. The industrial town of Jharsuguda was the hottest in the state at 43.6 degrees Celsius.
Sambalpur and Titlagarh recorded 42.5 degrees Celsius each, followed by Hirakud at 42.4 degrees, Bolangir at 42.2 degrees and Angul at 42.1 degrees.
The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack recorded 37.9 degrees Celsius and 38.8 degrees Celsius, respectively, with relative humidity levels remaining above 70 per cent.
Meanwhile, the state government directed all district education officers to conduct a Summer Learning Programme for students till class 8 in government schools during the summer vacation.
Officials said students would be given practice assignments along with audio-visual learning content.
Subject-wise assignment sheets have been prepared, while related digital material will be shared through school parents' WhatsApp groups using a chatbot system, they said.
