Police foil planned highway robbery at Kudremukh junction
Mangaluru: Panambur police arrested a gang of three robbers that was looting cash and gold from the passengers and drivers of vehicles by brandishing lethal weapons, near Penambur-Kudremukh Junction on Friday.
The arrested are Pradeep Kumar alias Pradeep Mendon (47), a resident of Ambalpady, Udupi, Sunil (20), a resident of Kudroli Bengre and a Bolar resident Charan Shet.
According to police, Bharath and Naveen allegdly escaped during the operation.
Police have confiscated swords, chilli powder, and rope from the arrested.
Recently Shivaraj, the elder brother of Bharatesh, was murdered by Aneesh and his accomplices in Thannirbavi.
It is learnt that in a conspiracy to kill members of Aneesh's team, who killed Shivaraj. To gather the money required for this crime, the gangsters were looting the vehicles. This fact was unearthed by the police during the interrogation.
Based on specific information received at 3:30 a.m., Police Inspector Umesh Kumar conducted the operation at around 4.10 a.m. All the culprits tried to escape as soon as they saw the cops, but the police team managed to catch three of them.
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CM Siddaramaiah to withdraw all cases against pro-Kannada activists
Bengaluru, Jan 27 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on Monday that all cases registered against pro-Kannada activists will be withdrawn.
The CM was addressing a gathering at the unveiling of the 25-feet-tall bronze statue of Bhuvaneshwari, the goddess who represents the Karnataka state identity, on the premises of the Vidhana Soudha.
The statue of Bhuvaneshwari, which was sculpted at an approximate cost of Rs 21.24 crore is 41-feet-tall including the pedestal, and weighs around 31.5 tonne.
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While speaking at the event, although he acknowledged that one must love and embrace all languages, the CM said, in Karnataka, Kannadigas should follow the culture of speaking and interacting with “their brothers and other speakers” in Kannada.
“Instead of speaking incorrectly in other languages, we should speak our own language. In all our neighbouring states, the language spoken by the people of the respective state is sovereign. This should be practiced here, too,” said Siddaramaiah.
Insisting that everyone in the state should develop respect for the Kannada language, culture and art, the CM called for more learning and teaching of reading and writing Kannada.
“Only then will Kannada become the sovereign language,” he added.
