Mangaluru Municipal Corporation, under the police security, launched an operation against hawkers and roadside vendors to clear the space at the city’s highly-populated area near State Bank on Wednesday.

The postmortem report of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt reached the police on Monday. But keeping pending the opinion for the reason for the death, it was mentioned about the report of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL).

In a joint operation, Mangalore CCB police and Kavoor police conducted a raid at the massage center located near Kottara Chowki in Kavoor police station limits and arrested a woman.

Theft is reported at Basrur Mahalingeshwara Temple on Sunday night. Silver masks of Durgaparameshwari Devi and Ganesh have been stolen from the temple.

Miscreants stabbed the owner of Seventh RC club at Zepta Lang building on Manipal-Perampalli road to death at Manipal on Sunday at 1pm.

The victim was identified as Guruprasad Bhat (44), son of late Sridhar Bhat of Subramanya Nagar in Puttur. In a lightning operation, the police arrested three accused at Kandlur check-post in related to the incident.

A person from Kokkada in Belthangady was arrested by police in Gauri Lankesh murder case, here on Sunday, sources said. But the police have not yet confirmed the arrest.

A group of miscreants barged into a club near Manipal and stabbed a businessman to death on Sunday.

The victim is identified as Guruprasad Bhat of Puttur. When Guruprasad Bhat was in the club, the miscreants came in a car, entered the club and stabbed him. Later, the miscreants fled the scene in the same car. Though Guruprasad Bhat who sustained severe injuries, admitted to the Manipal hospital, he breathed his last.

AICC president Rahul Gandhi condoled the demise of political stalwart, former union minister and Congress leader BA Mohidin who died recently.