Mangaluru: Seven college students held in two saperate cases for ragging
Mangaluru, Mar 5: Seven students have been arrested in connection with two saperate cases of ragging of a junior at a private institutions here, police said on Friday.
Four students were arrested for ragging junior students at Srinivas college of Engineering in Mukka.
The arrested are K U Shameel (22) from Mukka, Mohammed Bazil (22) from Baikampady, Sambhram Alva (20) from Mulky and Ashwin Johnson (21) from Kulashekara.
In another case, three students were arrested in connection to an incident of ragging from Yenepoya Degree College in Mangaluru.
The arrested are Mohammed Adil (20) and Mohammed Nizammudin (20) from Kannur, and Mohammed Riyaz (20) from Calicut.
Talking to reporters, city Commissioner of Police N Shashi Kumar said the students in the second year reportedly ragged the first year student of the same college at Srinivas college in Mukka.
The accused have been suspended, he added.
Crackdown on Ragging at Mangaluru continues. 7 arrested for indulging in ragging at 2 separate private colleges in Surathkal and Kankanady. We are committed to weed out this menace from campuses. Request all victims to come forward and lodge complaints.
— N. Shashi Kumar CP Mangaluru City (@compolmlr) March 5, 2021
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Three injured in accident after private bus hits car in Karnataka's Mandya district
Mandya (Karnataka) (PTI): Three people were injured after a private tourist bus allegedly rammed into a car from behind in the early hours of Monday in Mandya district, police said.
The accident occurred around 4.30 am on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway near Budanur, within the limits of Mandya Rural police station.
According to police, the Kerala-bound bus was en route to Bengaluru via Mandya when it allegedly hit the car moving ahead, injuring its sole occupant, identified as Duraiswamy. Two passengers on the bus also sustained injuries. Following the accident, the bus allegedly crashed into a roadside barrier. All the injured were shifted to a hospital for treatment.
A case has been registered at Mandya Rural police station, and the bus has been seized. Further investigation is underway, police added.
