Mysuru: In a tragic incident that occurred on Sunday night, here at Lalit Mahal hotel road, Two constables of the Karnataka State Reserve Police died on spot following a major accident involving their bike and a jeep.

The deceased has been identified as P. Mahesh (23) a resident of Kumbarakoppalu Layout, Mysuru and Amarnath Talikote (24) a resident of Jamkhandi Taluk, Bijapur district. Both the constables belonged to the 5th Battalion of Mysuru.

The incident reportedly happened, after having a meal on Food Street near Siddhartha Layout in the city, when they were riding their Pulsar bike towards the Karnataka State Reserve Police Battalion center, a speeding Mahindra Thar vehicle coming from the opposite direction reportedly collided forcefully with their bike.

Due to the impact of the collision, the Pulsar bike skidded nearly ten meters before throwing both riders onto the ground. As a result of this, they sustained severe head injuries and suffered bleeding, and died on the spot.

Following the incident, the driver of the Thar attempted to flee the scene with his vehicle. However, alert locals followed him and intervened and surrounded his vehicle, near Ring Road, close to Alanahalli, and later handed him over to the Siddharth Nagar Traffic Police, who registered a case against the Thar driver.

Subsequently, both the constables' bodies were taken for post-mortem examination at K.R Hospital Mortuary on Monday. Meanwhile, the bodies of the constables were handed over to their respective families following a tribute.

“Amaranath's body has been sent to Jamkhandi through an ambulance, one inspector and two constables have been deployed," informed Karnataka State Reserve Police 5th Battalion Commandant Janardhan.

While Mahesh's final rites were held on Monday evening, the last rites of Amaranath Talikote are scheduled to take place on Tuesday.

Janardhan further stated that the families of both Mahesh and Amarnath are entitled to all benefits offered by the government, such as Job for a member of the family, 20 Lakhs Insurance money, 25 Lakhs to 30 Lakhs relief money from the state government, funds from the Karnataka Government Insurance Department.

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Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.

It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.

"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.

"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.

The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.

Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.