Udupi kidnapping case: Police join forces with Bhatkal, Kumta police to nab accused; child rescued
Udupi: Local police on Sunday nabbed the kidnappers of a child who was abducted from Udupi and rescued the child in less than 24 hours. The child was kidnapped earlier in the day near Karavali bypass.
The kidnapper identified as Prashu, a resident of Bagalkot was reportedly caught by the police at Kumta railway station with the help of the local police on Sunday night. The 2.5-year-old abducted child named Shivraj and the accused were both brought back to Udupi by the police on Monday.
According to the details, Prashu travelled on a city bus on Sunday morning and was last seen by eyewitness boarding a red bus with the abducted child. Working on tip-off Udupi Police Inspector Pramod Kumar led a team of officers and initiated investigations into the case.
The police team traced the bus which Prashu boarded and contacted the bus operator. The operator revealed the accused had got off the bus with the child in Bhatkal.
The police then informed the Bhatkal police force about the developments of the case.
The Bhatkal, Kumta, and Karwar police forces then pooled resources and joined investigation of the case and the Kumta police successfully nabbed the kidnapper on Sunday night.
The accused had reportedly kidnapped the child of a Bagalkot-based couple on Sunday morning, the complaint registered at the Udupi city police station states.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
