Mysuru: Traffic ACP G.N. Mohan has strictly warned owners and drivers of vehicles ferrying school children that they would not be allowed to carry more than the seating capacity of vehicles, violating Supreme Court guidelines. The vehicle owners and drivers at a meeting held on Friday at VV Puram Traffic Police Station auditorium requested the…
Echo of Police action against overloading School vehicles: Over 500 city auto drivers stage protest
June 26, 2019Mysuru: Over 500 auto drivers, who ferry school children in their vehicles from various areas in city, staged a protest at Oval Grounds this morning against the Police action on them for carrying extra school children (more than the capacity of the vehicle). It may be recalled here that on June 22, the City Police…
Police sensitise auto drivers on guidelines
June 26, 2019Mysuru: Soon after autorickshaws ferrying children to schools staged a protest at Oval Grounds this morning against the penalties levied by the Police for overloading their vehicles with children, the City Police held a meeting at City Police Commissioner’s Office to educate these drivers on the Department’s and Supreme Court guidelines. The meeting was chaired…
Police barred from giving statements to media
June 26, 2019Mysuru: A decision to ban Police officers from making unauthorised public statements and to maintain secrecy of work has been issued by the City Police Commissioner K.T. Balakrishna under the instructions from the Director General and Inspector General of Police, Bengaluru. The decision stipulates that members of the Police force, whether uniformed or civil, are…
New SP C.B. Rishyanth assumes charge
June 19, 2019Mysuru: C.B. Rishyanth, a 2013 batch, Karnataka Cadre IPS officer took over charge as the Superintendent of Police (SP) from Additional SP P.V. Sneha at his office in Nazarbad here yesterday. The post fell vacant following the transfer of his predecessor Amit Singh. Rishyanth was born and brought up in Bengaluru. After serving in Chikkanayakanahalli…
‘Operation Wheel Lock’ by KR Traffic Police
June 10, 2019Mysuru: Following the withdrawal of ‘Tiger’ vehicle, which was used to lift two-wheelers and tow four-wheelers parked in ‘No Parking’ zones, City Traffic Police have commenced ‘Operation Wheel Lock’ by locking the front wheels of two-wheelers parked in ‘No Parking’ zones in their respective jurisdiction. Yesterday morning, K.R. Traffic Police conducted ‘Operation Wheel Lock’ on…
Operation Fast Track: Two-wheeler lifter, mobile phone thief arrested
June 6, 2019Two scooters, three mobile phones worth Rs.1.18 lakh recovered Mysuru: Ashokapuram Police, while conducting Operation Fast Track on Hunusemara Road in Srirampura 2nd Stage on June 4, took into custody a person on a Honda Activa scooter, who was moving in a suspicious manner for questioning. During interrogation, the man, identified as 24-year-old Prasanna of…
Shoot-out: Gangster’s family members in city
May 18, 2019Family records statement before Magistrate, Additional Tahsildar Mysuru: The family members of Sukhwinder Singh alias Durgesh from Faridkot in Punjab arrived in city this morning and recorded their statements before a Magistrate and Additional Tahsildar. Sukhwinder was shot dead by Vijayanagar Inspector B.G. Kumar near S.V. Apartments on Hebbal Ring Road on May 16. Sukhwinder’s…
Confidence-building measures in Mysuru, Hunsur
April 16, 2019Mysuru: To build confidence among voters and to warn anti-social elements, the City Police, under the leadership of DCP (Law and Order) M. Muthuraj, conducted Route March yesterday and today. The areas covered are NR, Mandi, Udayagiri, Vijayanagar, Ashokapuram, Vidyaranyapuram and Kuvempunagar Police limits. Apart from the jurisdictional Policemen, personal attached to the Commando Force,…
Police take out Route March in city
April 15, 2019Mysuru: With the LS polls just three days away, the City Police, in a bid to instil confidence among the people, took out a Route March in sensitive areas coming under Devaraja Sub-Division limits this morning. The March commenced at 8 am from D. Banumaiah Polytechnic in Udayagiri and passed through M.G. Road, Udayagiri Circle,…
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