Mangaluru: Panambur and CCB police have arrested two persons in connection with the Deepak Rao murder case in Katipalla. Abdul Aziz alias Aziz (42) and Abdul Azim alias Azim (34), residents of Katipalla 2nd Block, were arrested. In addition, the number of detainees in this case is 6. Aziz was the principal instructor of the […]

Mangaluru: Naushad and Mohammad Irshad, accused in police custody in connection with the murder of Deepak Rao, resident of Katipalla, will be produced before the court today. The police have already taken him to a police custody and have been asked to return to police custody. It is said that some of the important things […]

Mangaluru: The district Youth Congress, Mithun Rai asked the lawyers not to represent any of the accused in the murder cases of Deepak Rao and Basheer from Katipalla and AshokNagar. Addressing the media here, Mithun Rai said, “We appeal to the lawyer fraternity to not defend the killers of Deepak and Basheer in court. We […]

Mangaluru: Mangaluru North BJP unit president Dr Y Bharath Shetty has filed a defamation suit of Rs 1 crore against JD(S) state president and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy for blaming BJP for the murder of the party worker Deepak Rao at Katipalla in Surathkal. Briefing media persons here on Tuesday, he said that […]

Mangaluru: Krishna Palemar, the former MLA, denying the allegations made by the MLA of Mangaluru Moideen Bava said that strict investigation should be made on Moideen Bava for having connections with Deepak Rao’s murder. On January 4, MLA Moideen Bava alleged that the main accused of Deepak Rao’s murder, Pinky Nawaz’s elder brother was a […]

Mangaluru: The New Year began on a bloody note in coastal Karnataka with the brutal murder of Bajrang Dal member Deepak Rao. What went unnoticed is the attack on two other individuals in retaliation to Deepak’s murder. The fact that these two Muslim youth are not associated with any outfit but still ended up in […]

Mangaluru: The family members and relatives of Deepak Rao, who was hacked to death, took Mangaluru North MLA Mohiuddin Bava to task when he visited their house with a cheque of Rs 5 lakh on Friday. The generous dose of rebuke left the MLA speechless and in tears. The family did not accept the cheque. […]

Mangaluru: An enquiry of Deepak Rao’s murder revealed that the four men arrested on charge of the murder had received a huge amount of money recently. It is said that the prime accused Pinky Nawaz had received the money which was transferred to his bank account. The money was then shared among the four. All […]

Mangaluru: Minister for Food and Civil Supplies U T Khader condemned the brutal murder of Deepak Rao in Katiapalla and said that a few miscreants are conspiring to defame him through social media. Denying any links with the accused in the case, as claimed by a photo that has gone viral in social media, he […]

Mangaluru: Surathkal, Katipalla and surrounding areas limped back to normalcy on Friday. Tension prevailed in the region following the murder of BJP member Deepak Rao on January 3. No untoward incidents were reported in the last 24 hours. Police has been on high alert and as part of security, 18 KSRP, 10 CAR, 6 DAR […]