Bike-Car collision in Bangarpet: Death toll rises to five

Vartha Bharati | 05-03-2025 | 15:26:00 IST

Kolar: The death toll in the collision between a motorbike and a car, which occurred on the new Chennai-Bengaluru Corridor Highway near Kuppanahalli in Bangarpet taluk on Sunday night, has risen to five.

The car owner, Santhosh’s three-year-old daughter Udvitha, his 60-year-old mother Rathnamma, his 55-year-old father-in-law Mahesh, and the biker, identified as Shrinath from Doddur village in Bangarpet taluk, had died in the accident earlier.

Santhosh’s wife, Sushmitha, who had been grievously injured, was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bengaluru but succumbed to her injuries. It is also learned that Sushmitha was pregnant, and the foetus died on the spot due to the impact of the collision.

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Rajasthan: ACB court sends former IAS Subodh Agarwal to 2-day police remand in JJM scam

13-04-2026 ¦ 13-04-2026 IST

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Jaipur (PTI): Retired IAS officer Subodh Agarwal, arrested in connection with the alleged Rs 960-crore Jal Jeevan Mission scam, was produced before an ACB court on Monday, which sent him to two days' police remand.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau had sought a three-day remand for further questioning in the matter, but the court granted two days' custody.

The order was passed by the ACB Court-1.

A team from the ACB arrested Agarwal on Thursday in connection with the multi-crore Jal Jeevan Mission corruption case.

He was sent to a three-day police remand on Friday. On completion of the remand period, the ACB produced him in court.

Agarwal was serving as the additional chief secretary of the public health engineering department when the alleged scam took place.

Some firms had allegedly secured tenders by submitting forged completion certificates in connivance with officers. Last month, the ACB arrested nine persons, including senior engineers and retired officials, in connection with the scam. Earlier, the ACB had arrested contractors.