Mysore/Mysuru, Nov. 5 -- Kodagu journalist's gun, ammo vanish from his car in Mysuru

A case has been registered at Narasimharaja (NR) Police Station after a revolver and eight live bullets belonging to a journalist from Kodagu went missing from his car while it was left for repair at a garage near Tipu Circle in Mysuru.

The complainant, P.B. Timmaiah, 52, a coffee estate owner from Cherala Srimangala village in Kushalnagar in Kodagu, who also works as a journalist, stated in his complaint that he had purchased a .22 bore revolver and 100 live bullets in 2016 after obtaining a valid firearm licence for self-defence.

Incident on Oct. 22: He stated in Police complaint, lodged on Oct. 24, that he had arrived in Mysuru on Oct. 22, in his Fo...