Robbery by fake ED officers: UT Khader visits house in Vitla, assures of quick probe into case
Vitla: UT Khader, Karnataka Assembly Speaker and Mangaluru (Ullal) legislator, paid a visit to the residence of the beedi company owner in Bantwal taluk, following allegations of raid on the house and robbery by a group of miscreants, pretending to be Enforcement Directorate (ED), recently.
Khader visited the house, situated at Narsha of Bolanturu in Bantwal taluk, and met the businessman Sulaiman Haji on Wednesday morning. “The police officers are using hi-tech methods of investigation to hasten the probe into the case, but will require the support of the residents of the house and the neighbours to get vital information,” he told the house owner.
“There are 4 teams led by the Deputy Superintendent (DySP) investigating the matter, and collecting information from Kerala and other places. We are confident that the robbers will soon be held.”
Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police (SP) and DySP Vijay Prasad held a confidential meeting with Sulaiman and his son Iqbal on the incident.
Bantwal Jamiatul Falah President Rashid Vitla, Vitla Police Inspector HE Nagaraj and Sub-inspector Vidya were among the other present on the occasion.
On Friday night, a group of six men arrived at the house of Sulaiman, who owns the ‘Singari Beedis’ company for several years, unexpectedly. Convincing the residents that they were officers of the ED, the men conducted a mock raid on Sulaiman’s house and looted the beedi company owner of a huge amount of money. The mobile phones of the residents, which were also taken away by the men, were found on a rack on the ground floor of the house, on Tuesday.
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Two people killed as poultry vehicle rams into parked truck in Belagavi
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Two people were killed, and another was severely injured after a goods vehicle transporting poultry birds allegedly rammed into a stationary truck on a national highway in Belagavi in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Wasim (28) and Mubarak (22), both natives of Shivamogga district, they said.
The driver of the vehicle, Basavaraj Eerappa Hanchinamani (37), suffered critical injuries and has been admitted to a hospital, police said.
According to police, the accident occurred when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, allegedly due to drowsiness, and crashed into a truck parked along the highway.
The goods vehicle was en route from Kolhapur to Sorab in Shivamogga district, carrying poultry. Several chickens were also killed in the impact, a senior police officer said.
Police personnel from the Hirebagewadi Police Station visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
Injured people and the bodies of the deceased were shifted to a hospital, police added.
