Mangaluru: Muslim Development Committee, Dakshina Kannada District, on Saturday organised a silent protest outside the office of Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner against the growing incidents of mob lynching and hate crimes in the country.

The protesters wore black masks around their mouth to signify their silent protest while carrying placards and posters against mob lynching and communalism.

Leaders of Muslim Development Committee Ameer Ahmed Thumbay, Rafiuddin Kudroli, Ali Hassan, Zakir Ullal, Rafiq Panel, Khalid Ullal, Wahab Kudroli and others were present during the silent protest.

 

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Mandya (PTI): Three members of a family, two of them women, were killed when the car they were travelling in overturned and fell into a ditch on Sunday, police said.

The driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a bridge on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway at Nagamangala in Mandya district, police added.

The deceased were identified as Chandregowda (62) and Sarojamma (57), both residents of Chikkamagaluru. They were returning to their hometown when the accident occurred, police sources said.

In another incident near Agaralinganna Doddi in Maddur taluk, a private bus overturned on a service road, injuring more than 30 people. Locals helped rescue the passengers after the accident.

The passengers were travelling to Bengaluru after visiting the Shimsha Maramma temple in Malavalli. The injured were taken to hospitals in Mandya and Maddur for treatment.