Puttamma recalls how a young Usha, then in high school wanted to go to the tryouts at Vidyapeetha for the sub-junior selections. She asked her mother for Rs 10 to take the bus from Yeshwantpur.
The police dog squad of Karnataka, which has played an important role in cracking criminal cases such as bomb blasts, burglaries, murders etc. in the past, is rated as the second best dog squad of India.