Mysore/Mysuru: Students, organisations and political parties staged protests at various places in city this morning demanding immediate arrest of rapists who had targeted an MBA student at the foot of Chamundi Hill. Students under the banner of Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) protested near Ramaswamy Circle. Pointing out that the incident had brought a black…
Tuesday night horror triggers outrage
August 26, 2021Girl student gang raped near Chamundi foothills as helpless friend watches Wooded area at Lalithadripura a haven for drunkards, anti-socials after dark Mysore/Mysuru: In a heinous incident reminiscent of the infamous Nirbhaya gang rape case in New Delhi that rocked the nation years ago where a 23-year-old paramedic student was gang raped in a moving…
Minister questions efficacy of Police, security measures
August 26, 2021Law and Order in Mysuru has collapsed: Siddharamaiah Mysore/Mysuru: S.T. Somashekar, Minister in-Charge of Mysuru, convened a meeting with senior Police officials and elected representatives last evening and gathered information about the gang rape and also the shootout incident. Sources told Star of Mysore that during the meeting, questions were raised on the efficiency of…
Vidyaranyapuram Dacoity Case: One arrested in Mumbai? Mysuru Police tight-lipped
August 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The City Police’s move to circulate photos and videos of the dacoits, who had looted Amruth Gold and Silver Palace in Vidyaranyapuram on the evening of Aug. 23 and shot dead 24-year-old bystander Chandru while escaping, seems to have paid off as one of the suspects have been reportedly detained in Mumbai. The Police…
Teams of 25 Officers, 80 Cops to crack Vidyaranyapuram dacoity case
August 25, 2021Police announce Rs. 5 lakh reward for information about robbers Mysore/Mysuru: The City Police have intensified their operations to arrest four dacoits who had looted Amruth Gold and Silver Palace in Vidyaranyapuram on the evening of Aug. 23 and shot dead 24-year-old bystander Chandru while escaping from the spot. Apart from announcing a reward of…
Daring robbery
August 24, 2021Jewellery store in Vidyaranyapuram looted Innocent customer shot dead The Story So Far CM assures compensation of Rs. 5 lakh to victim’s family Police hunt for criminals with some basic clues about identities Hotels, lodges, tourist places under watch Criminals, wearing blue shirts, arrive at the shop by foot Images of dacoits circulated all over…
Police open One Stop Service Centre to help women
August 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another step towards stopping harassment of women and providing better disposal of their complaints, the City Police have opened a one-stop service centre. With this, the Mysuru City Police have achieved one more milestone that will go a long way in mitigating crimes against women, the first one being opening of a…
Chain-snatching back after a lull
August 6, 2021Elderly woman targeted on Narayana Shastry Road Mysore/Mysuru: After taking a break due to the raging COVID pandemic, chain-snatching gangs are back in the city and today early morning, a gold chain of an elderly woman was snatched in a busy locality. Usually, bike-borne miscreants wearing helmets target elderly citizens. This time, however, the criminal,…
33 foreigners overstaying in city; only 11 traced
August 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The issue of foreigners illegally overstaying despite the expiry of their visas in Mysuru city has come to the fore again after the alleged custodial death of a Congolese man in Bengaluru recently and the subsequent clashes between African students and the Police. In Mysuru, 22 foreigners remain untraceable whose visas have expired. Police…
Footpath encroachment clearance drive
August 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing their drive against footpath encroachers, Devaraja, Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja, Siddarthanagar and V.V. Puram Traffic Police, who conducted the drives at their respective jurisdictions yesterday, have issued 25 notices against footpath encroachers besides registering cases and collecting spot fines from the offenders. During the drive conducted on Jayaram Pandit Road, Mission Hospital Road, Ramavilas Road,…
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