COVID-19: 16 new cases confirmed in Karnataka; nine in Bengaluru Urban alone
Bengaluru: Sixteen new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of infections in the state to 443, the Health department said on Thursday.
"Sixteen new positive cases have been reported from last evening to this noon....Till date 443 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed. This includes 17 deaths and 141 discharges," the department said in its mid-day situation update.
Among the 16 new cases, nine are from Bengaluru urban, who are contacts of a 54-year old man, a labourer with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), who tested positive on Wednesday.
Of the rest, two each are from Vijayapura, Hubballi in Dharwad district and Mandya; and one from Bantwala in Dakshina Kannada district.
Fifteen of the 16 cases reported are contacts of patients already tested positive, while contact of a women from Vijayapura is being traced.
Among the positive cases reported today, 11 are men and five women.
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Mangaluru: Absconding accused in theft, cattle slaughter cases held after eight years
Mangaluru: A special police team has arrested a man who had been absconding since 2018 in connection with theft and cattle slaughter cases registered under various police stations in the city police commissionerate, Deccan Herald reported.
Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H said the accused has been identified as Aboobakkar Siddiq, also known as Kapri Siddiq, a resident of Paivalike in Uppala, Kasaragod district. He said three non-bailable warrants (NBWs) issued by the court were pending against him in separate cases registered at Ullal, Konaje and Kankanady police stations.
The accused is involved in theft cases registered at Ullal police station and cases under the Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act at Konaje and Kankanady police station limits.
The commissioner said the accused had been evading arrest and failing to appear before the court for the past eight years. A special team was formed to trace absconding warrants accused in the city.
Based on information about his movements, a team led by PSI Siddappa arrested him. He was handed over to Ullal police station for further legal procedures and later produced before the court, which remanded him in judicial custody.
