Sand mafia: Lorry driver arrested for moving down village accountant
Raichur, December 23: Manvi police on Sunday arrested a lorry driver on charges of moving down a village accountant for stopping the lorry carrying sand illegally.
The arrested has been identified as Rangappa. On Saturday, village accountant Saheb Patel (45) was killed after moving him down.
After registering the case, police have intensified the operation. Based on the Complaint registered by Irfan Ali against the driver of the lorry belonging to Sharanaiah Gouda, police have arrested the accused.
About incident
It is said every day, hundreds of loads of sand was being transported to Hyderabad and Bangalore by lifting the sand from Tunga bhadra river bed at Cheekalaparvi village in Manvi taluk in Raichur district. In Saturday, when Village accountant Saheb Patel stopped the lorry carrying sand near Buddinni in the taluk to check it, the lorry driver moved him down and killed, it is said.
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Teen killed after being hit by private bus in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): A 16-year-old boy was killed after he was allegedly hit and run over by a private bus while crossing a road here on Friday, police said.
The deceased was identified as Varun, they said.
According to police, the accident occurred around 11:30 am on the Hennur–Bagalur main road.
The boy who crossing the road on foot when he was allegedly struck by the bus and came under its rear wheel, leading to his death on the spot.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
Following the incident, family members and locals staged a protest by blocking the Hennur–Bagalur road, resulting in heavy traffic congestion in the area.
The driver of the bus has been detained, and further legal action is being initiated, a senior police officer said, adding that an investigation is underway.
