<p>A drunken man was arrested early Sunday morning for allegedly manhandling a police sub-inspector and obstructing him from discharging his duties.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to the Rajajinagar traffic police, Govindaraju, 58, a resident of Bashyam Circle area, who was riding a two-wheeler, was stopped by them as part of a drive against drunk-driving in front of Rajarajeshwari wedding hall on Dr Rajkumar Road at around 1.30 am.<br /><br />He was subjected to an alcometer test, which indicated that the alcohol content in his blood was 515 mgdl against the permitted level of 40 mgdl.<br /><br />He created a ruckus when he was asked to pay a fine and abused police sub-inspector Giriaiah, claiming that he was the president of Suvarna Karnataka Rakshana Vedike. He threatened the sub-inspector that he would teach him a lesson for having stopped him, police said.<br /><br />Giriaiah was about to collect the fine when Govindaraju manhandled him and tore his shirt. Govindaraju was taken into custody and a complaint filed against him under IPC Sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty).<br /><br />He was produced before the court and remanded in judicial custody.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the traffic police department, which had deployed additional forces at 129 places, checked a total of 12,517 vehicles. Drivers of 943 vehicles were found drunk. Of them, 939 were men and four women, police said. In Peenya alone, 67 cases were registered. A total of 15 were found heavily drunk.<br /><br />The police plan to write to the Regional Transport Authorities to suspend the driving licences of these people.<br /><br />SSLC student kills herself<br /><br />Akshitha, 16, a resident of Vijayanagar, Marenahalli, allegedly committed suicide after she failed to clear her SSLC examination on Monday.<br /><br />She was a student of Udaya School in MC Layout, police said. She was the second daughter of Shivamadu, an agricultural labourer, and Shashirekha, a domestic help. The couple’s eldest daughter Meghana is a BCom student and their son Bharath, a class VII student at Siddaganga in Tumkur district.<br /><br />Akshitha was alone in the house after her mother left for work and her sister to college to appear for examination. Shivamadu had gone to Kanakapura Road for work.<br /><br />On learning she had failed in Mathematics, Akshitha hanged herself from a ceiling fan using her mother’s saree. The incident came to light when her relative Sujatha came to meet the family. With the help of neighbours, Sujatha rushed Akshitha to a nearby hospital. Doctors, however, declared her dead on arrival.<br /></p>
<p>A drunken man was arrested early Sunday morning for allegedly manhandling a police sub-inspector and obstructing him from discharging his duties.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to the Rajajinagar traffic police, Govindaraju, 58, a resident of Bashyam Circle area, who was riding a two-wheeler, was stopped by them as part of a drive against drunk-driving in front of Rajarajeshwari wedding hall on Dr Rajkumar Road at around 1.30 am.<br /><br />He was subjected to an alcometer test, which indicated that the alcohol content in his blood was 515 mgdl against the permitted level of 40 mgdl.<br /><br />He created a ruckus when he was asked to pay a fine and abused police sub-inspector Giriaiah, claiming that he was the president of Suvarna Karnataka Rakshana Vedike. He threatened the sub-inspector that he would teach him a lesson for having stopped him, police said.<br /><br />Giriaiah was about to collect the fine when Govindaraju manhandled him and tore his shirt. Govindaraju was taken into custody and a complaint filed against him under IPC Sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty).<br /><br />He was produced before the court and remanded in judicial custody.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the traffic police department, which had deployed additional forces at 129 places, checked a total of 12,517 vehicles. Drivers of 943 vehicles were found drunk. Of them, 939 were men and four women, police said. In Peenya alone, 67 cases were registered. A total of 15 were found heavily drunk.<br /><br />The police plan to write to the Regional Transport Authorities to suspend the driving licences of these people.<br /><br />SSLC student kills herself<br /><br />Akshitha, 16, a resident of Vijayanagar, Marenahalli, allegedly committed suicide after she failed to clear her SSLC examination on Monday.<br /><br />She was a student of Udaya School in MC Layout, police said. She was the second daughter of Shivamadu, an agricultural labourer, and Shashirekha, a domestic help. The couple’s eldest daughter Meghana is a BCom student and their son Bharath, a class VII student at Siddaganga in Tumkur district.<br /><br />Akshitha was alone in the house after her mother left for work and her sister to college to appear for examination. Shivamadu had gone to Kanakapura Road for work.<br /><br />On learning she had failed in Mathematics, Akshitha hanged herself from a ceiling fan using her mother’s saree. The incident came to light when her relative Sujatha came to meet the family. With the help of neighbours, Sujatha rushed Akshitha to a nearby hospital. Doctors, however, declared her dead on arrival.<br /></p>
