Hosur MLA’s son and six others killed in road accident in Bangalore

 The son of a DMK MLA from Tamil Nadu was among seven persons who lost their lives in a road accident at Koramangala in Bengaluru on August 31 morning.

According to the police, three women and four men were travelling in an SUV. The driver lost control of the vehicle, which went over the footpath before hitting the compound wall of a bank.

“The incident occurred around 1.30 a.m. The SUV hit the wall with such intensity and speed that it was completely damaged. Though it was meant to seat five persons, there were seven people in the vehicle. The incident was recorded on CCTV cameras in the area,” said a police officer.

 The deceased included Karunaa Sagar, son of DMK MLA from Hosur Y. Prakash.

According to sources, the group was returning to Hosur in Tamil Nadu after a trip to Bengaluru.

Soon after the accident, employees of a hotel in the vicinity and a few passers-by extricated the passengers from the vehicle before alerting the Adugodi police.

“The passengers were trapped inside the mangled vehicle. Rescuers had to use force to open the doors and get them out. Witnesses saw smoke coming out from the engine. They poured water fearing that the vehicle would catch fire,” said a police source.

According to witnesses, one person appeared to be alive on the way to the hospital. However, all seven were declared dead on arrival.

Senior police officials visited the spot to supervise the investigation.

Water relesed from KRP Dam

The Krishnagiri district administration on Monday started releasing water from KRP (Krishnagiri Reservoir Project) Dam for irrigation.

After opening the sluice gates of the dam, district collector Dr V Jeyachandra Bhanu Reddy said a total of 9,012 acres of agriculture land in 16 villages -- including Periyamuthur, Sundekuppam, Thimmapuram, Soutaalli, Thalialli, Kalvealli, Kundalapatti, Mittaalli, Erraalli, Penneswaramadam, Kaveripattinam, Balekuli, Marichettihalli, Nagojanaalli, Janapparuralli and Paiyur -- would be benefited. Water would be released for next 120 days, he added.

“Currently, a total of 180 cusecs of water is being released into the canals. Right bank canal will get 87 cusecs of water while the Left bank canal will get 93 cusecs of water,” the collector said.

According to him, a total of 4,287 acres in the ayacut of the right main canal and about 4,725 acres in the ayacut of the left main canal would be irrigated.

DMK secures three, AIADMK two seats in Krishnagiri district

 Krishnagiri with its six Assembly constituencies saw Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) securing three seats and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) two seats on Sunday. Uthangarai was poised for AIADMK victory at the time of filing this report.

While the DMK bagged Bargur and Hosur constituencies, Thally was won by its alliance partner Communist Party of India (CPI). The AIADMK secured Vepanapalli and Krishnagiri.

In Thally, CPI candidate T. Ramachandran secured a whopping margin of over 55, 334 votes defeating Bharatiya Janata Party’s C. Nahesh Kumar.

Hosur witnessed a tough contest for the DMK candidate Y. Prakash in the initial rounds even as he led by only a few hundred margin of votes against the AIADMK candidate Jyoti Balakrishna Reddy. However, as rounds progressed, Mr. Prakash widened the numbers winning the seat by 11,149 votes.

Vepanapalli constituency defied projections handing out victory to the AIADMK candidate K. P. Munusamy against the DMK candidate P. Murugan, albeit with only a margin of 3262 votes.

Bargur, seen as an AIADMK forte , was broken into by the DMK candidate D. Mathiazhagan. He fetched a thumping victory by a margin of 12,614 votes for the party and defeated the AIADMK candidate A. Krishnan.

AIADMK was raced to a victory in Uthangarai right from the first round, only increasing the margin of votes by thousands after each round by its candidate T. M. Tamilselvam. DMK candidate S. Arumugam trailed behind after each round. As of round 19, the margin was wide with over 20,000 votes and above.

Trouble brewed in the Krishnagiri constituency’s counting hall late Sunday night, after DMK contested the potential victory of AIADMK candidate K. Ashok Kumar with a margin of just 647 votes.

The sitting MLA and the DMK candidate T. Senguttuvan demanded a recount following which VVPATs were taken out for counting. Finally, Ashok Kumar won the seat.

Krishnagiri district judge’s gunman shoots himself dead at court complex

 A 30-year-old gunman of a district judge shot himself dead at the combined court complex in Krishnagiri. The victim, Anbarasan’s body was found splayed in a pool blood on the stairs of a remote corner of the Court campus by the janitor of the complex on Thursday morning.

Anbarasan had only got married five months ago. According to a special branch police source, Anbarasan and his wife were reportedly going through a rough patch, and his wife was at her maternal home. According to the police, domestic unrest is suspected to be the cause of the apparent suicide. Superintendent of Police Bandi Gangadar visited the scene of the incident here. Anbarasan has been the gunman of the Principal Judicial Magistrate for over four months, the police source said.

(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the State’s health helpline 104 and Sneha’s suicide prevention helpline 044-24640050.)

Over 16 lakh voters set to cast their votes in Krishnagiri district

 

COVID patients will be allowed to cast their ballots between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m, on the polling day on April 6, here on Tuesday, said Collector V.Jayachandra Bhanu Reddy on Monday.

Speaking to the reporters on the arrangements ahead of the polls as the district’s 16,05,280 voters are set to cast their ballots in the six Assembly constituencies, the Collector said the arrangements have been made in accordance with the orders of the Election Commission of India.

The voters will vote to elect among the 86 candidates for the assembly constituencies.A total of 9,594 EVMs, that include 20% reserve EVMS are being deployed.

The postal ballots for absentee voters over 80 years under Form 12D has been claimed by 2,877 voters. A total of 11,031 polling personnel are deployed for duty, with 2,600 of them availing 2,600 postal ballots.

Seizures

A total of ₹77,27,940 was seized in multiple cash seizures. In addition, 10.55 kg of silver was seized and few hundreds and cookers and hotpacks were also seized. Liquor to the tune of ₹36.69 lakh have also been seized. A total of 11,810 defacements were carried out and 142 cases were filed for Model Code of Conduct violations.

According to the Superintendent of Police Bandi Gangadar, eight companies of police force have been deployed in the district. They include Central Police Force, Tamil Nadu Special Police, local police. Besides, home guards and ex-servicemen totalling about 5,000, have been deployed.