Mangaluru: Two miscreants on bike damage flexes congratulating UT Khader; Police reviewing CCTV footages

Ullal witnessed an act of vandalism on Friday night as miscreants damaged several flexes that had been put up in town to congratulate MLA UT Khader on his appointment as Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly.

Supporters of UT Khader had displayed these flexes along the main road and on the road divider between Thokkottu overbridge and the Abbakka Circle in Ullal. However, the flexes were discovered damaged and torn on Saturday morning. In addition, a flex outside the Mahatma Gandhi Rangamandira in Ullal, which had been installed for a felicitation event honoring the new Speaker, was also damaged and torn.

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Authorities reviewed CCTV footage from the area and identified two individuals on a two-wheeler as the culprits responsible for destroying the flexes. However, no formal police complaint has been lodged in relation to the incident thus far, according to officials.

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Mangaluru: Kadaba police rescued 20 cattle that were being allegedly transported in an unlawful manner and registered a case against three individuals in connection with the incident, Deccan Herald reported.

Acting on a tip-off in the early hours, a team led by Police Sub-Inspector Jamburaj Mahajan intercepted a container lorry near Kanvare in Noojibalthila village. The vehicle was reportedly travelling from Periyashanthi towards Mardhala.

During inspection, police allegedly found the cattle tightly packed inside the container under poor conditions. The driver was identified as Irfan (26), a resident of Belur in Hassan district. During questioning, he failed to produce any valid permit for transporting the cattle and admitted that the animals were being transported from Hassan to Kerala.

Police seized the vehicle along with the cattle.

A case has been registered at Kadaba Police Station under Sections 4, 7, and 12 of the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, 2020, and Sections 4 and 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.

Further investigation is underway.