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Mobile phone prank turns fatal, friend stabs to death Bengaluru housekeeping worker

2 min readBengaluruMay 17, 2026 10:59 AM IST

During the quarrel, the accused allegedly went into the kitchen, picked up a knife, and stabbed the victim in the abdomen. (Representative Image)A prank involving a hidden mobile phone turned fatal after a housekeeping worker in Bengaluru was allegedly stabbed to death by his friend. A First Information Report (FIR) in the case was registered at the Marathahalli police station under Sections 103 (murder) and 311 (using any deadly weapon to cause grievous injury or death while committing robbery) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).The police have arrested the accused, identified as Ramu Basappa Pattad, 35, hailing from Kuruvinakoppa village of Kalaghatagi taluk in Dharwad district. The victim, Parashuram Mangalagatti, was staying in a rented house near the BESCOM office on Chowdeshwari Road in Marathahalli along with friends Hanumanth Doddamani and the accused. All of them worked as housekeeping staff at KIMS Hospital in Mahadevapura. The police said the incident occurred on the morning of May 9 at around 8.30 am when the accused allegedly hid Mangalagatti’s mobile phone as a prank and refused to return it despite repeated requests. “What started as a playful argument over the mobile phone escalated into a physical altercation between the two,” a police officer said. During the quarrel, the accused allegedly went into the kitchen, picked up a knife, and stabbed Mangalagatti in the abdomen before fleeing from the house with the victim’s mobile phone, the police said.Story continues below this ad The injured man was initially treated at a hospital in Madiwala and later shifted to KIMS Hospital. Due to mounting medical expenses, family members later shifted him to KMC Hospital on May 10 for advanced treatment. However, he succumbed to severe internal injuries and blood loss at around 12.30 pm on May 11. A police officer said the accused allegedly told them during interrogation that he believed he had caused only a minor injury and did not realise the victim had died. “He reportedly returned to the rented room two days later, expecting the victim to come back looking for the phone, but found the house locked. Based on technical and local inputs, the accused was traced and arrested on May 14,” the officer added.

Mobile phone prank turns fatal, friend stabs to death Bengaluru housekeeping worker

2 min readBengaluruMay 17, 2026 10:59 AM IST

Orange alert in Surendranagar, Kutch, yellow alert in Ahmedabad, other cities till May 15

2 min readAhmedabadMay 12, 2026 12:27 PM IST

Surat, at 42.2 degrees Celsius, recorded the highest deviation from normal temperature by 6.8 degrees. Amreli and Vadodara were 3.5 degrees hotter than the normal temperature. Ahmedabad’s maximum temperature was 2.7 degrees higher than normal.

(Express File Photo)Summer is in full showing in the state with temperatures easily soaring past 40 degrees Celsius in several parts. Also, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned against a heat wave across the state till mid-May.

The IMD has issued an orange alert as heat wave conditions are likely to prevail in the districts of Surendranagar and Kutch till May 14. Banaskantha, Patan, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Anand, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Amreli, Devbhoomi Dwarka and Botad have been cautioned with a yellow alert till May 15. Meanwhile, Surendranagar was the hottest in Gujarat with its day temperatures rising to 45.5 degrees Celsius on Monday, followed by 45.4 degrees at Kandla Airport in Kutch, 44.3 degrees in Ahmedabad and Amreli, 44 degrees in Gandhinaga, 43.6 degrees in Vadodara, 43.5 degrees in Deesa and 43.3 degrees in Rajkot.

“No large change in maximum temperatures is likely over the next 4 days; thereafter, a fall by 2-4 degrees Celsius is very likely. Maximum temperatures are very likely to be 41-45 degrees Celsius at a few pockets over the Gujarat state over the next four days,” the IMD said in its forecast issued Monday.

Also, high minimum temperatures at night-hours are giving little relief to the residents.

The minimum temperature on Sunday night was the highest in Ahmedabad (30 degrees, which was 3 degrees higher than normal). Gandhinagar’s was 29.5, Bhavnagar’s 28.9, Surendranagar’s 28.5, Surat’s 28.5, Vadodara’s 28 and Deesa’s 27 degrees Celsius.

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