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Kalladka Bhat summoned by CID in Shyamaprasad suicide case

Mangaluru : RSS head honcho Dr Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat has been summoned by Crime Investigation Department (CID), in Bangalore, in connection to suicide case of Shyamaprasad, who had shot himself at his residence on August 31, 2014.

Though the entire episode of Shyamaprasad’s death was earlier linked to Ramachandrapur Mutt sexual harassment case, Shyamaprasad (55), a resident of Puttur is said to have had a telephonic conversation with Dr Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat before ending his life.

It may be recalled that Shyamaprasad’s brother Diwakar Shastry is the father of Anshumathi Shastry, who had filed sexual harassment case against Ramachandrapura Mutt seer Ragahveshwara Bharathi. Based on her complaint, the police had registered a case against the swamiji and others under IPC sections 354A (sexual harassment) and 506 (criminal intimidation).

Shyamaprasad’s family members had claimed that he was getting threat calls over phone, which had affected him adversely.

The CID team also had visited Shyamaprasad’s house in Badekkila in Kedila village on September 15 and recorded statements of his wife, son and some relatives.

Violence continues in Theerthahalli despite prohibitory order

Theerthahalli: Episodes of violence continued to unfurl in Theerthahlli area even on Monday, despite the prohibitory order in place, as a repercussion to the death of a minor girl from Theerthahalli who was suspected to have been raped and poisoned by perpetrators. The girl died on October 31 at Manipal Hospital leaving the people agitating against the incident.

The district administration, seeing the sensitivity of the issue, slammed Section 144 in the region from November 3 till November 10, but raged people continued to violently express their dissent against the incident.

It is said that several organizations and general public had gathered at Town Panchayat Maidan on Monday morning to hold a condolence meet but, the Superintendent of Police who arrived at the spot objected to the same and asked the people to disperse as Section 144 was in force. When the gathering refused, altercation broke out between the police and the people who soon resorted to staging protest, shouting out slogans against the police. The police resorted to lathi charge to disperse them.

At about 12 noon, another violent incident took place at Renjadakatte, about 5 km from Theerthahalli, on Shimoga-Mangalore National Highway where people set tyres ablaze and pelted stones at the police. In the incident five vehicles including vehicle of District Superintendent of Police were damaged. Over 30 persons were arrested here and about eight persons who were injured in the incident were admitted to local government hospital.
Inspector General of Police, Superintendent of Police, ADC and other top officials are in Renjadakatte monitoring the situation.

Meanwhile bundh went on peacefully in other places like Agumbe, Megaravalli, Korandur and other places.

Delhi-Kuala Lumpur flight makes emergency landing in Bangkok

Bangkok: A New Delhi-Kuala Lumpur bound Malindo Air plane with 129 people on board on Monday made an emergency landing at Thailand’s Don Mueng Airport here after experiencing a technical problem while flying over Myanmar, the budget airlines said.

The Malaysia-based airline confirmed that the technical problem on Flight OD206, was discovered by the crew who immediately carried out the emergency checklist and alerted the air traffic control towers before diverting the aircraft to Don Mueng International Airport.

The plane, a Boeing 737-900ER, departed Indira Gandhi International Airport at 10.05 pm last night carrying 121 passengers including three infants and eight crew members.

"The aircraft was supposed to have arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) at 5.25 am this morning," said the statement, adding that it had landed safely at 2.25 am, Monday (in Bangkok).

"The passengers are being taken care of by Thai Lion Air and arrangements to put them on another flight to Kuala Lumpur at 3.45 pm (4.45 pm Malaysian time) are already under way," the airline said in a statement.

The technical issue is being investigated and has been formally reported to the relevant authorities, the engine and aircraft manufacturer, the statement said.

Malindo Air chief executive officer R Chandran told `The Star Online` that oxygen masks had been deployed soon after the problem was encountered, when the aircraft was over Yangon, Myanmar.

However, he said, this was a standard practise when an aircraft experienced decompression.

"When there is decompression, the oxygen mask will come down and the pilot will go to the safest altitude to ensure that everything is under control," he said..,