Cruelty case against Robin Uthappa's father and two others

B D Narayankar reports

Madikeri, April 30 (PTI) A case has been registered against international cricketer Robin Uthappa's father Venu Uthappa and two others for allegedly subjecting his wife to cruelty.

"We have booked a case against three persons, including Robin Uthappa's father for allegedly subjecting his wife Roselyn Uthappa to cruelty," Kodagu Superintendent of Police Anucheth told PTI here.

The case was booked yesterday evening, he said adding that the other two accused are Venu Uthappa's relative Calvin Varghese and his wife Manjushri.

The couple, who reside in Bangalore, had been to Venu's house during which they picked up a fight with the cricketer's mother.

Roselyn complained that Calvin allegedly caused her harm by pulling her hand and Venu stood silently, doing nothing to stop him from assaulting her, Anucheth said.

Police have booked cases under Sections 498-A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) and 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), Anucheth said.

He said relations between cricketer Uthappa's parents are not good.

Police have served notice to all the three accused, Anucheth said adding, "If they don't respond to it, we will not have any option but to arrest them."

Venu is an international hockey referee and Roselyn is a housemaker.

Robin Uthappa now plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the ongoing IPL-7. He had played for Mumbai Indians in IPL-1 and joined RCB the following year.

MCI team to inspect six new govt med colleges in Karnataka

B D Narayankar reports

Bangalore, Apr 29 (PTI) A team of Medical Council of
India will visit six new government medical colleges in
Karnataka for inspection in a week's time to take stock of
facilities available for medical students, Medical Education
Minister Sharan Prakash R Patil said today.
        The team would visit the colleges at Gulbarga, Koppal,
Chamrajnagar, Karwar, Madikeri and Gadag, he told reporters
here.
        The state government is unable to increase the quota
of medical seats in its pool as MCI is yet to inspect the six
new medical colleges, Patil said. The government will try its
best to get the MCI nod for the new colleges, he added.
        The recruitment process for the new medical colleges has
already begun and infrastructure work is underway, Patil said.
        The government is also committed to set up six more
medical colleges as announced in this year's state budget, he
said. The colleges will be set up in Tumkur, Chitradurga,
Chickballapur, Bagalkot, Haveri and Yadgir, Patil said.
        Besides, the government plans to set up super-speciality
hospitals in Mysore, Hubli, Gulbarga, Belgaum and Bellary to
make healthcare affordable.
        Lands have been identified in all these districts, except
Yadgir and Chickballapur. "We have directed the deputy
commissioners of these two districts to identify the land," he
added.
        These colleges will be established in collaboration with
the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Patil said.