Mangaluru: In an incident that occurred on Wednesday night, a man was stabbed to death with a knife because of a trivial issue at Carstreet in the city. The murder scene was reportedly recorded in the CCTV camera located in an apartment complex.
The murder victim has been identified as Vinayak Kamath, resident of Veera Venkatesh Apartment near the Mahammaayi Temple at Carstreet. He was the manager of a Travels agency at Karangalpady, it is learned.
Vinayak Kamath’s wife, Amani Kamath has reportedly identified the accused as the residents of the same apartment, a man named Krishnanand Kini and his son Avinash Kini, in her complaint registered at the Bunder police station.
The road in front of the apartment complex where the victim lived had been recently repaired by the Manapa. The accused Krishnanand Kini and his son Avinash Kini had fought with Vinayak Kamath concerning the matter of others driving their car over the newly repaired area, it is learned. On Wednesday night around 11, the accused had gotten into a fight with Vinayak Kamath in the apartment’s parking lot and during the altercation, Krishnanand Kini reportedly stabbed Vinayak with a knife. The victim had suffered from severe blood loss in the aftermath of the stabbing and was taken to the hospital with the help of other residents in the apartment. However, the treatment proved to be ineffective and he passed away, the complaint reveals.
A case has been registered in this regard at the Bunder Police Station.
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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.
