Manipal: 26-year-old cook on his way to serve at temple feast dies as bike rams into divider on NH
Manipal: In a tragic incident, a 26-year-old motorcyclist lost his life after colliding with a divider on National Highway 66 near BM School in Manipal on Wednesday morning.
The victim has been identified as Akshay Bhat, a resident of Hiriyadka and a professional cook.
According to reports, Bhat was en route to Indrali to work at a temple during the public feast for Navarathri festival on Wednesday morning. Unfortunately, he lost control of his motorcycle near BM School, leading to a collision with the road divider. The impact threw him off the bike, resulting in severe head injuries.
Despite immediate efforts by Manipal Police officers and social activist Nithyananda Olakadu, who rushed the injured rider to the hospital, Bhat succumbed to his injuries.
The Manipal Police have registered a case related to the incident, and an investigation is currently underway.
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Excise officers seize more than 200 boxes of Goan liquor stored illegally in Karkala house
Udupi: The Udupi Excise Department seized more than 200 boxes of Goa liquor, worth lakhs of rupees, which had been stored illegally in a house owned by Avinash Malli in Bola village of Karkala taluk.
The excise officers conducted a raid on the two houses owned by Malli in the village under suspicion that a liquor racket was functioning from there. They found and confiscated the 200 boxes of illegal supplies of Goan liquor in one of the houses, during the raid.
Further investigation on the matter is on.
