Mysore/Mysuru: VV Puram Police, on June 24 at about 8.45 am, have found a body of an unidentified man near Lakshmi Venkateshwaraswamy Temple at Vontikoppal and have shifted the body to the mortuary. The deceased is aged about 75 years, 5.5 ft. tall, oval faced, oily red complexioned, normal built, bald and was wearing a…
Rowdy-sheeter’s murder at Vontikoppal: Five more accused arrested; Total arrests go up to 12
May 23, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Police team, which had arrested seven accused in the murder of rowdy-sheeter Chandru, who was hacked to death in front of a tailor shop in Vontikoppal on Thursday evening, have arrested five more accused at a village in H.D. Kote taluk in the early hours of yesterday. With this, the Police have arrested…
Rowdy-sheeter’s murder at Vontikoppal: Seven arrested; four still on the run
May 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police have made a breakthrough in the investigation into the murder of rowdy-sheeter Chandru (45), also known as Chandu, in Vontikoppal. In the early morning hours of yesterday, a seven-member gang of suspects was arrested at a farmhouse in Yelwal. However, four other individuals involved in the case are still at…
Rowdy-sheeter hacked to death
May 19, 2023Murder takes place in front of a tailor shop on Kalidasa Road Mysore/Mysuru: A 45-year-old rowdy-sheeter was hacked to death in front of a tailor shop on the second cross of Kalidasa Road (K.D. Road) in Vontikoppal here last evening. The victim has been identified as Chandru alias Chandu. He was chatting with the tailor…
Reason for murder under probe: City Top Cop
May 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: City Police Commissioner B. Ramesh has said the reason behind the murder of Chandru can be ascertained only after the arrest of the accused involved in the case. Following his recent acquittal in murder cases, Chandru had attended two to three parades of rowdy-sheeters, conducted in the run up to the recently concluded Assembly…
Two missing from city
December 4, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, two persons have gone missing from city. In the first case, 59-year-old N. Venkatesh, who left his house in Vontikoppal at about 3.30 pm on Aug. 13, saying that he was going to visit his friend admitted at a private hospital in city has since gone missing. Venkatesh is 5.5 ft….
V.V. Puram Traffic Police avert disaster waiting to happen
July 20, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Following publication of the letter in ‘Voice of the Reader’ column titled ‘Disaster waiting to happen?’ in yesterday’s Star of Mysore, V.V. Puram Traffic Police, this morning, swung into action and regulated the movement of vehicles besides streamlining parking of vehicles. In the letter, the reader had highlighted traffic menace on 2nd Main Road…
Youth commits suicide at Vontikoppal
August 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A debt-ridden youth has committed suicide by hanging self at his residence in Vontikoppal yesterday afternoon. The deceased is Dinesh (26), who was running a photocopy shop at Vontikoppal. It is learnt that the deceased had taken loans and following COVID-19 lockdown, he was unable to repay the loans. Depressed over mounting loans, Dinesh…
Entry restricted to Vontikoppal Temple on Shravana Saturdays
July 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Due to rising number of Corona cases in city, the District Administration has decided to restrict entry of devotees to Sri Lakshmivenkataramanaswamy Temple (Srinivasa Temple) on KRS Road, Vontikoppal, in city on Saturdays in Shravana month. In a press release issued by Mysuru City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta, the entry to the temple is…
Pathetic condition of the road next to Cheluvamba Park in Vontikoppal
December 9, 2019Mysuru: While driver errors such as speeding, distracted driving and drunk driving are among the leading causes of road accidents, dangerous road conditions like poor physical condition and lack of regular maintenance too contribute to accidents. Various Government agencies are responsible for maintaining roads and ensuring they are safe for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. Maintaining…
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