New DC of Dakshina Kannada Ravi Kumar takes charge
Mangaluru: Ravi Kumar M R took charge here as the new deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada on Wednesday.
Dr Kumar, chief executive officer of the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, handed over the charge to the new district administration head.
The CEO had additional charge as deputy commissioner of the district since the transfer of Dr K V Rajendra of Mysuru.
Ravi Kumar had been serving as the registrar of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. The state government issued an order on October 31 transferring him as the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada.
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Gujarat: Woman taluka panchayat member attacked over 'affair', hair chopped off; one held
Tapi, Oct 20: A woman taluka panchayat member was thrashed and her hair chopped off by a group of people over an alleged affair in Gujarat’s Tapi district following which police arrested one person, an official said on Sunday.
Urmila Gamit of Songadh taluka panchayat was attacked by a woman and three men and beaten with a hockey stick on Saturday evening. The assaulters also cut her hair, said the official from Songadh police station.
The woman was targeted in a public place when she was going home on a two-wheeler with her daughter, the police official said. One of the attackers, identified as Sobhna Gamit, accused Urmila of having illicit relations with her husband.
The men who accompanied Sobhna, including her son, hit Urmila with a hockey stick, causing a fracture in her left arm and injuries in her waist and head, the police said. They also snatched her gold pendant and fled, the police said.
Urmila was taken to a local hospital. On her complaint, police registered an FIR and arrested one accused, the official added.
