Rameez Raaz and Abdul Khader Haris were reportedly arrested by the Mangaluru CCB police near Mudipu for illegal transport of ganja. The police confiscated 132 kg ganja from the arrested men.

The priest of a temple in Thumbay was arrested by the Bantwal Rural Police recently, on charge of sexually abusing his stepdaughter, who is a minor, and leading the girl to become pregnant.

The driver and two passengers in a car are said to have been injured as a tanker rammed their car from behind on the national highway near Kumbhashi on Friday morning.

Kasaragod (Kerala): A 31-year-old man was arrested for lifting a minor and flinging her to the road without any provocation in Manjeshwar in this district on Thursday, police said.

The youth, who had been severely injured in the head after his motorbike skidded and toppled on the road, hitting the divider, more than a week ago, died here on Thursday.

A 19-year-old girl was killed in Ucchila on Wednesday as a tipper rammed the motorbike she was riding pillion on; the bike rider was injured in the accident.

Sullia: In an incident reported on Tuesday, two men, in their forties reportedly died after falling into river and drowning here near the bridge on the Subrahmanya-Yenekal Main Road on Monday night.

A teenage boy passed away after being struck by thunder on Monday night at Saanuru Padavu in Kariyangala village in Bantwal taluk.