Punjalkatte: Illegal transportation of explosives in two-wheeler found
Explosive materials worth lakhs recovered along with accused
Mangaluru, September 24: Acting on a tip off that explosives are being transported illegally in a two-wheeler, police arrested an accused and recovered the materials worth lakhs at Keddalike in Punjalkatte police station limits on Monday.
The accused is identified as Chinna swamy (70) of Basavanagudi in Punjalkatte. The police have recovered 15 gelatine sticks, 99 detonators and the scooter, total worth Rs 1,05,000 from the accused. SP Ravikanthe Gowda said that the accused and the materials were handed over to the Punjalkatte police for further action.
Operation details
DCIB inspector Sunil Nayak and his team was in rounds at Punjalkatte. At around 11.30 am, he got the information that someone was illegally transporting explosives in a two-wheeler from Nelligudde to Punjalkatte and stopped the vehicle at Keddalike government school and found explosives. The police arrested the accused and recovered the explosives, the SP said.
Under the direction of SP Ravikanthe Gowda and guidance of ASP Sajith, Inspector Sunil Y Nayak, Personnel Narayan, Vasu Nayak, Lakshman, Iqbal, Uday Gowda, Uday Rai, Praveen, Taranath, Shon Shah and Suresh Kumar participated in the operation.
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Five suspects held for alleged murder of Congress activist Ganesh Gowda in Chikkamagaluru
Chikkamagaluru: Five activists of BJP and Bajrang Dal were arrested by the Sakharayapatna Police for alleged murder of Congress activist and Sakharayapatna Gram Panchayat member Ganesh Gowda (38) on Friday night, following a fight over a banner.
Three of the arrested men, Sanjay, Bhushan and Mithun, are known to be BJP members.
An argument broke out between two groups in Sakharayapatna of Kadur taluk two days ago regarding a banner for observation of ‘Datta Jayanti’. The argument continued and intensified into a fight on Friday night near a bar in the village. Shortly later, at around 10:30 pm, a group of eight miscreants on motorbikes is learned to have stopped Gowda, who was traveling in a car on the Kalmurudeshwara Mutt Road and attacked him with lethal weapons.
A seriously injured Gowda reportedly died on the spot.
One of the suspects, Sanjay, was also injured in the attack and is being treated at the Chikkamagaluru Mallegowda District Hospital.
Sakharayapatna Police have registered a case and are investigating.
Chikkamagaluru Superintendent of Police Vikram Amte has said that, as precautionary measure, security has been beefed up in the village.
“While four special teams have been formed for investigation, five of the suspects have already been taken into custody. We are still probing the incident,” he added.
