Terrible accident in Kokkada: Two die on spot
Belthangady : Two passengers were killed on the spot in the crash between a car and a bus at around 9:30 pm near Kokkada village within the limits of the Uppinangady police station.
The deceased have been identified as Dinesh P (32), son of Veerappa Malekudi, a resident of Dharmasthala; and Sandesh (30), a resident of Dharmasthala.
The accident occurred at Paripikal near Kokkada when they were on their way to Dharmasthala in Maruti 800.
A KSRTC bus proceeding from Dharmasthala to Bengaluru hit the car. Following which, the vehicle has completely damaged. Dinesh and Sandesh, who were seriously injured, died on the spot.
Residents Sharif Bolad, Khalandar Kokkada, Arif, Nawaz, Shaffan, Raja Tipu Sultan, Lateef Boladabailu and others struggled and took off the stranded persons in the car and admitted them into Nelyadi Hospital.
Uppinangady police have registered a case in this regard.
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Chinese national detained; was visiting J-K, Ladakh without permission: Officials
Srinagar (PTI): An unusual chatter on the Internet intercepted by the army alerted security agencies in the Kashmir valley, leading to the detention of a Chinese national who had entered Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir without permission, officials said on Sunday.
Hu Congtai, 29, arrived in Delhi on November 19 on a tourist visa, which permitted him to visit Buddhist religious places in Varanasi, Agra, New Delhi, Jaipur, Sarnath, Gaya and Kushi Nagar.
However, leveraging his resemblance to locals, he boarded a flight to Leh on November 20 and did not register at the Foreigners Regional Registration Office counter located at the Leh airport.
During his stay, he toured the Zanskar region for three days and visited places of importance in the Himalayan town before landing in Srinagar on December 1, the officials said.
A search of his phone history showed that he was looking for the deployment of CRPF in the valley, the officials said, adding he was being questioned by various agencies.
According to the officials, he had arranged for an Indian SIM card from the open market.
While in Srinagar, where he stayed in an unregistered guest house, the Chinese national went to a Buddhist religious place at Harwan, a place where an encounter had left one Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist dead last year.
According to the officials and data extracted from his phone, he had also visited Awantipur ruins in South Kashmir, which is located near Victor Force headquarters of the army in South Kashmir.
During his stay, he had also visited different areas of Srinagar, including Shankracharya hills, Hazratbal, and Mughal Garden along the Dal Lake.
His phone history showed searches related to CRPF deployments and Article 370 of the Constitution which was abrogated in August 2019 to end the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, the officials said.
Hu has completed his graduation in Physics from Boston University and has claimed that he likes to travel. His passport shows that he has visited various countries, including the US, New Zealand, Brazil and Fiji, and Hong Kong.
The officials said that he had violated the visa regulations and, at best, they could deport him back to his country.
