Udupi : After serving at various police station in Udupi district and presently carrying out his duties at Karkala police station as Crime division ASI, B Laxman (58), breathed his last on Sep 4th at a private hospital in Mangaluru. He was suffering from illness. The deceased officer is survived by his wife and son.

Starting off his career as a constable, he achieved promotion phase by phase and was presently serving in the capacity of an ASI. He was transferred to Karkala police station during the last month police transferring and even while he was taking his charge, he was affected by some illness and got admitted into a hospital.