Kolar: IGP (Central Range) Dr. BR Ravikanthe Gowda has said that Kolar police have taken into custody two of the accused in the murder of 17-year-old Karthik Singh in Kolar after shooting them in the leg as the duo tried to attack the police officials to avoid being detained.

Addressing a press meet in Kolar on Thursday, the IGP said that the injured youngsters are undergoing treatment at the SNR Hospital in town.

Karthik Singh was murdered in the town on November 3 with seven of the suspects, including Sonu alias Srinivas, Udaya Kumar, Prashanth and Yashwanth alias Bheem, being arrested, while one of the suspects is absconding. Four of the arrests are juvenile offenders, said IGP Gowda.

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Shivamogga: In an accident reported from Circuit House Circle here, two medical students were killed in a head-on collision between their motorbike and a milk transport vehicle on Wednesday morning.

The riders, Aditya of Udupi and Sandeep of Honnali, are said to have been 3rd Year MBBS students. They reportedly sustained severe injuries in the accident and died on the spot. The bodies have been moved to the mortuary of the McGann Hospital for a post-mortem test.

Due to the impact of the collision, the milk packets in the transport vehicle burst open, with the milk spilling out on the street.

Traffic Police (West), under whose jurisdiction the accident occurred, are investigating the matter.