Police looking for Udupi man Aditya Rao in Mangaluru Airport explosives case?
Mangaluru: Mangaluru Police investigating the explosives found at the ticket counter of Mangaluru International Airport on Monday has reportedly zeroed down on the suspect.
According to information, Aditya Rao (40), who is a resident of Manipal in Udupi District is on the police radar in the investigation and that two teams have been formed to trace him. Although the police have officially not confirmed the reports, it is believed that Aditya has emerged as their main suspect in the case.
Aditya has a criminal history and was arrested in August 2018 for making threat calls at the Kempegowda International Airport and Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station in Bengaluru claiming that bombs were planted at the two spots. He was sent to jail in the case.
An Engineering and MBA Graduate, Aditya had allegedly applied for the job of security personnel at the Bengaluru Airport. It was then alleged that he made the hoax calls to avenge his non-selection for the applied position.
Reports further add that the investigating team has matched the face of suspect’s CCTV image and Aditya Rao while also matching his voice samples of the calls made by Aditya to Bengaluru Airport and the call received by Mangaluru Airport authorities on Monday.
The police is also reportedly investigating the involvement of another person in the case suspecting that another person arrived at the airport before Aditya and checked the positions of CCTV cameras and gave a blueprint of the camera positions which might have helped Aditya to avoid getting caught clearly by any of the cameras at the airport.
The investigating teams are probing the matter from various angles and have so far questioned various people and have also interrogated the auto-driver who was hired by the suspect to reach the airport. Police have also called on people to help the investigation if they have any inputs or information regarding the case.
A team of Mangaluru Police also reportedly visited Manipal, assisted by the local police, visited Aditya’s house in Manipal where they failed to find any clue about him and locals informed them that Aditya’s mother had passed away and his father lives in Mangaluru.
The police team then tried to look for Aditya at Udupi bus stops and lodgings but was unable to get any traces of him before returning back to Mangaluru in the evening.
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
