Unlock Udupi: Bus services resume with fewer passengers
Udupi: Following the orders of District Administration, restrictions over district borders has been eased, fewer private and State-run buses have begun operation inside the city from today.
Since this morning, two buses to Kundapur, Karkalla, Hebri, and one to Hejmadi would be operating from KSRTC bus stand. From Kundapur, KSRTC busses will commute to Udupi, Manipal, and Byndoor. Similarly, a handful of private busses also started operating from Udupi service bus stand to Kundapur, Karkalla, Hebri, and one to Hejmadi. As lockdown continues in Dakshina Kannada, inter-district express buses have restricted their commute for today.
City buses limited their services in the morning, at around 11 am one bus began its journey to Manipal, but to other places city bus services haven’t resumed yet. Though Private and state-run buses have begun to operate but have to suffice with a handful of passengers.
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Shivamogga tense after boy murdered outside school
Shivamogga (PTI): A 16-year-old boy was murdered outside a government school in Sulaebailu here, sparking tension in the area, police said on Tuesday.
Following the incident, a large police force was deployed in the city.
The incident occurred after Sanketh (16), an SSLC student of the Government High School at Uragadooru, attended a special class ahead of examinations.
Superintendent of Police Nikhil B told reporters that Sanketh intervened in an argument involving a group of boys outside his school.
“Some friends who were known to him — they had earlier studied in the same school — were involved. They are also minors. They hit him with their hands. Immediately after being struck, he collapsed. After he fell, by the time he was taken to the hospital, we came to know that he had died,”
"... he was struck near the chest. Due to that blow, he collapsed on the spot,” the SP said.
Two minors have been taken into custody in this connection.
“We are also gathering information about others involved in the incident. Whoever is found to be involved, we will initiate legal action against them as well,” the official added.
On the possible motive, the SP said the exact cause is yet to be ascertained.
“We do not have complete information about that. Once we conduct a detailed inquiry, we will know. Some people are saying it may have been over a trivial matter. However, we cannot confirm that at this stage,” he said.
The incident took on a communal undertone, prompting authorities to deploy heavy police reinforcements across the city to maintain order and prevent escalation.
BJP MLA from Shivamogga, S N Channabasappa, also visited the hospital.
