Kodagu : Rain gives respite, rescue operations pick up
Madikeri, August 18: As the rain gave respite on Sunday, Kodagu district is receiving moderate rainfall. Rescue operations picked up. Army and NDRF teams have been toiling to rescue people in the district which was battered in the rains and landslides.
It is believed that more than 175 people, who have climbed up the hills to protect themselves from flood at Makkandur and Muklodu villages are still at large. Rescue teams have been trying to trace the people despite rains.
Meanwhile, KSRTC has resumed bus service from Mysore and Bengaluru to Madikeri from Saturday. Buses are playing from Mysore and Bengaluru to Madikeri via Kushalanagar and Virajpet via Gonikoppa. Still the service to Madikeri from Mangalore is not possible due to landslides on the road.
Rescue team has protected a two months old baby trapped in flood in a critical situation.
Opposition leader BS Yeddyurappa in Sunday visited flooded Kushalnagar and taking stock of the situation. MPs Shobha Karandlaje and Pratap Simha accompanied Yeddyurappa.
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ED arrests Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora in fresh PMLA case
New Delhi/Chandigarh (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora in a fresh money laundering case against him and some entities allegedly linked to him, officials said.
Arora was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after raids were conducted at his official residence in Chandigarh since early morning, they added.
Officials claimed Arora (62) was "non-cooperative" during the probe. He is expected to be produced before a local court on Saturday, where the agency will seek his custody for a detailed interrogation.
The ED carried out the searches at five premises across north India as part of the action.
The raids also covered two premises in Delhi and that of a company named Hampton Sky Realty Ltd in Gurugram's Udyog Vihar.
The searches were launched after the central agency registered a fresh case under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the officials said.
