Pandavapura: Melukote Police have arrested a man on charges of sexually harassing minor girls on the pretext of teaching them sports and arts. The Police have produced the accused before a Court which remanded him to judicial custody. The arrested accused has been identified as Yogesh alias Yogi, a resident of Amruthi village in Pandavapura…
Female foeticide case: One more woman arrested
June 11, 2024Pandavapura: Melukote Police have arrested one more woman in the sex determination and female foeticide case that rocked the taluk recently. The arrested woman is 50-year-old Asha Shivaraj, a resident of Bemangala village in Nagamangala taluk. She was arrested on Saturday. On May 30, one Malashree, wife of Ravikumar of K. Shettahalli village in Srirangapatna…
Fight over water to agri field: Man kills sis-in-law, her son
April 28, 2023Pandavapura: A fight over drawing water through a pump set to agricultural field resulted in a man hacking his sister-in-law and her son to death using a sickle at Heggadahalli village in Pandavapura taluk on Wednesday morning. The deceased have been identified as Shanthamma (45), wife of Shankaregowda and her son Yashwanth (17). The accused…
Melukote puja row: FIR against Bhashyam Swamiji and brothers
December 17, 2017Melukote: Melukote Police have registered an FIR against Prof. Bhashyam Swamiji and his brothers Sheshadri and Srinivasan. The case has been registered following a complaint by Melukote Yoganarasimha Swamy Temple head priest Narayana Bhatta, who has accused the trio for trespassing into the temple, abusing and threatening and snatching away his mobile phone. Bhashyam Swamiji,…
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