The Dakshina Kannada (DK) police top brass has stepped up security at various places in the Jodupala area, to prevent theft of valuables from deserted homes.
DK Superintendent of Police Ravikanthe Gowda told DH, that police officers have been deployed to prevent the entry of unauthorised people (posing as relief workers) into deserted houses.
The entire Jodupala area has been cordoned by the police. A DK police team, including an Additional SP are camping on site.
Meanwhile, the SP said that rescue operations employing multiple agencies, continued at Jodupala on the border of DK district even on Monday.
Two bodies of a family washed away in the flood at Jodupala on Friday, are yet to be retrieved. Intense search operations are on, the SP noted.
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