Car in Karnataka CM's convoy rams into vehicles, two injured
Bengaluru, Dec 31: Two people were injured after a car in Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's convoy rammed into a truck before hitting an auto rickshaw on Tuesday at Yeshwantpur here, police said.
The chief minister was heading towards Tumkur on Tuesday morning when the incident occurred, they said.
Behind him in the convoy was the car allotted to Yediyurappa's secretary S Selva Kumar.
Kumar was in the Chief Minister's car when the accident took place.
The driver of the car lost control of the vehicle and crashed against the road divider before colliding with a truck and an auto rickshaw, they added.
"No casualties, but the auto driver and car driver sustained injuries. The car is mangled," said a police officer.
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Security forces destroy 23 illegal bunkers, seize 18 IEDs in Manipur
Imphal (PTI): Security forces have destroyed 23 bunkers illegally constructed in Manipur's Ukhrul and seized 18 IEDs in Tengnoupal district in separate operations, a police statement said on Saturday.
The bunkers were destroyed on Thursday in the hill villages of Mongkot Chepu, Shongphel, Mullam, Sirarakhong and Ringue in Litan police station area, it said.
A 12-bore pump action gun, 17 cartridges of different calibres and 111 empty cases of fired bullets were also seized.
At least seven people have been shot dead in different firing incidents and more than 30 houses have been torched since violence broke out between Tangkhul Naga and Kuki communities in Ukhrul district in February this year.
Meanwhile, in a separate operation on Wednesday, security forces seized a cache of arms and explosives in T Bongmol village in Moreh police station area in Tengnoupal district.
Two single-barrel rifles, four 9mm pistols with magazines and 18 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were seized. The explosives were destroyed on the spot, it added.
