Navy, Coast Guard's joint rescue operation save 9 people struck in sea on tug boat at Kaup beach
Kaup: On Monday, the Navy began its rescue operation to save the ‘Koramandal Express Tug’, which was in imminent danger after being caught at sea near the Kaup lighthouse. The 9 staff members who were on board the stranded vessel were successfully rescued in a joint rescue operation conducted by the Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.
The 9 staff members - who were working on the ‘Koramandal Supporter 9’ shuttle belonging to the KEI R.S.O.R Company, which had received the contract to connect an underground Pipe for crude oil from Mangaluru’s M.R.P.L Company – were rescued by in the joint operation carried out by the Indian Coast Guard and Navy on Monday morning.
The rescue operation was conducted using a speed boat, shuttle, and helicopter. Two of the stranded staff members were rescued through the helicopter, while the remaining 7 were rescued using the speed boat, and taken to the N.M.P.T port on a Coast Guard’s Shuttle-ship. A team of doctors were stationed at N.M.P.T, ready to conduct an overall medical examination of the rescued staff.
The 9 staff workers belonging to the tug which cooperates, aides in the arrival and departure of boats from the new Mangaluru port at Panambur, had crashed into a boulder 5 Nautical Miles away from the Kaup Lighthouse and inadvertently become stuck between the boulders. Adverse weather conditions had hindered rescue operations on Saturday. The rescue operations could not be undertaken even on Sunday. In the background of this, on Monday morning, the helicopter belonging to the Navy arrived from Kochi and aided in the rescue of the 9 stranded staff members, it is learned.
The staff on board the stranded vessel, Captain Mullah Khan, Second Captain Gaurav Kumar, Shantanu A.V, Rahul, Deepak, Prashant, Tushar, Lakshmi Narayan, and Rood Ahmed, are the rescued individuals.
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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
