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The Central Bureau of Investigation took over the case after the BS Yeddyurappa-led BJP government last month asked the probe agency to take over the case from Bengaluru Police

BENGALURU

Alok Kumar was the Bengaluru police chief during HD Kumaraswamy’s tenure.
 

Officials of the CBI are searching the home of former Bengaluru police commissioner Alok Kumar in the city in connection with the alleged phone-tapping of politicians and bureaucrats during the term of the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka.

Searches are being done in several other place in Bengaluru.

The Central Bureau of Investigation took over the case after the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government last month asked the probe agency to take over the case from the cyber crime wing of Bengaluru Police.

Alok Kumar was the Bengaluru police chief during HD Kumaraswamy’s tenure.

Soon after taking over as Chief Minister in July, BS Yediyurappa had announced a CBI probe amid signs that the scandal was gaining political steam ever since disqualified JD(S) MLA AH Vishwanath, who had served as the party’s state president and later turned rebel, accused Mr Kumaraswamy’s of tapping phones and spying on more than 300 people, including him.

“It has come to the notice of the government that there are apprehensions that phones of several ruling and opposition political leaders, their relatives, and other government officials have been intercepted in an illegal unauthorised unwarranted manner,” the letter entrusting the probe to the CBI said.

Congress leaders, including Siddaramaiah, M Mallikarjuna Kharge and Home Minister in the alliance government MB Patil, had sought a probe while another key party leader and former minister, DK Shivakumar, rejected the snooping allegations and appeared to side with HD Kumaraswamy.

Phones of those close to Mr Siddaramaiah, who was the coalition coordination committee chief then, too had come under the watch.

Several BJP leaders, including former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, have accused Mr Kumaraswamy of being behind the episode to save his government which was then rocked by dissidence within.

Pramesh Jain

North Division Police, Arrested,334,dreaded criminals,Detected 425 cases,Recovered Valuables Worth Rs.5.29,Crores.
“Commissioner of Police,Bhaskar Rao Praises the North Division Cops for their good recovery and five police inspectors were rewarded in the property parade for their monthly performance”.
The North Division police of Yeshwanthpur,JC Nagar and Malleshwaram Sub Divisions,altogether 18 police stations Inspectors and their crime staff has arrested 334 accused and detected 425 cases of various type like,Dacoity,Robbery,Extortion,Chain Snatching,House theft,Vehicle theft,and other thefts reported in 18 police station in last 6 months has been detected and with this they have recovered stolen property worth Rs.5.29 Crore rupees.
North Divisions,Three Sub-Divisions,18 police stations,as,Yeshwanthpur,Nandini Layout,RMC Yard,Malleshwaram,RT Nagar,Mahalakshmi Layout,JC Nagar,Peenya,Bagalgunte,Subramanyanagar,Srirampuram,Rajgopalnagar,Jallahalli,Rajajinagar,Sanjaynagar,Hebbal, Soladevanahalli,and Gangamangudi Police stations Inspectors and crime  staff has detected 425 cases of various type as Dacoity cases-5,Extortion cases-69,Chain-snatching-23 cases,House theft-71 cases,Vehicle theft-236,other thefts-21,by arresting 334 dreaded criminals and they have recovered stolen property as,Cash-Rs.14.55 lakhs,Gold ornaments-4Kg 917 gram worth of Rs.1.57 Crore.Silver ornaments-25Kg,042 grams worth of Rs.11.40 lakhs,Two-wheelers-236,worth of Rs.1.41 Crore.Three-wheelers-18,worth of Rs.13.30 lakhs,Four-wheelers-6,worth of Rs.40lakhs,Laptop-2,worth of Rs.50,000,Mobile Phones-115,worth of Rs.15 lakhs,other items worth of Rs.1.37 Crore altogether worth of Rs.5.29 Crore Stolen valuables has been recovered by North-Divisions 3 Sub-Divisions 18 police station in last Six Months.
Yeshwanthpura police station inspector,Mudduraj,and his crime staff has detected-17 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.21.80 lakhs.
Nandini Layout police station inspector,BM Lohith,and his crime staff has detected-71 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.37.87 lakhs.Meanwhile they have apprehended 1 gang comprising of 5 burglars who has theft a vicitm Lakshman owner of cows in one day they took away four cows which was gracing in the area all the four cows disappeared on same day the Nandini Layout inspector BM Lohith and his crime staff swung into action and after collecting CCTV footage the team arrested all the five accused identifed as,Manjunath,Raghu,Lokesh,Basavaraj,and Guruprasad and have recovered missing four cows and the vehicle used in commiting crime and there are more than 25 cases of cow thefts are registered against these accused reported in various police stations across city and another gang also been arrested who are indulged in selling Deer skin,Horns and skulls of wild animals.
Lakshman,owner of the Cows,told media persons that our life turned miserable after losing the cows as my family is totally dependent on them.The Nandini layout police have done an extremely good job of finding the cows just a week after I lodged a complaint my family is indebted to them I hope they will solve other cow theft cases and help people he said.
DCP,North Division,Shashikumar,told media persons that under the supervision of North Zones,three Sub-Divisions,ACPs, as,Dhananjaya,Srinivas Reddy,and Shantha Kumar BN,with their 18 Inspectors and their special team of crime squad has detected 425 cases of various types by arresting 334 dreaded criminals and with their arrest we have recovered stolen property and valuables worth of Rs.5.29 Crore reported in 18 police stations of North Zone.He even said that,the five accused apprehended by the Nandini Layout police are involved in thefting cows and supplying or exporting it to Kerala Slaughter house and recovered four stolen cows which was a livelihood of the cow owners.The cows are lifeline of the family.We have apprehended a gang of five miscreants who stole cows and sold them to slaughterhouses we have captured the vehicle used for the crime we have also found a few other cows which were lost in different police station limits.We are pleased to see the family happy after getting back their cows he added. RMC Yard police station inspector,Mahendra Kumar,and his crime staff has detected-24 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.14.71 lakhs.
Malleshwaram police station inspector,Chandrakanth,and his crime staff has detected-9 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.6.34 lakhs.
RT Nagar police station inspector,Mithun Shilpi VJ,and his crime staff has detected-31 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.38.01 lakhs.
Mahalakshmi Layout police station inspector,Prashanth,and his crime staff has detected-41 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.39.34 lakhs.
JC Nagar police station inspector,R  Manjaiah,and his crime staff has detected-16 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.65.11 lakhs.
Peenya police station inspector,VB Srinivas,and his crime staff has detected-31 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.16.71 lakhs.
Bagalgunte police station inspector,Venkategowda,and his crime staff has detected-28 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.77.87 lakhs.
Subramanyanagar police station inspector,Sadananda Gowda,and his crime staff has detected-15 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.11.43 lakhs.
Srirampuram police station inspector,Shivaji Rao,and his crime staff has detected-26 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of   Rs.34.07 lakhs.
Rajgopalnagar police station inspector,Dinesh Patil,and his crime staff has detected-19 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.13.30 lakhs.
Jalahalli police station inspector,Yeshwanth BS,and his crime staff has detected-28 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.88.81 lakhs.
Rajajinagar police station inspector,NN Ramareddy,and his crime staff has detected-10 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.13.85 lakhs.
One of the victim,Vijayalakshmi,who lost her chain and got back congratulated the cops,she said,My Chain was stolen while cleaning,in the morning.The Rajajingar cops came immediately conducted an inquiry and returned to in a month my heartfelt thanks to the cops of Rajajinagar police station she said.
Sanjaynagar police Station inspector,Gopal Naik,and his crime staff has detected-15 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.12.35 lakhs.
Hebbal police station inspector,RST Khan,and his crime staff has detected-18 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.9.78 lakhs.
Soladevanahalli police station inspector,TP Shivaswamy,and his crime staff has detected-14 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.17.61 lakhs.
Gangamangudi police station inspector,venkatachalaiah,and his crime staff has detected-12 cases of various types and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.9.90 lakhs.
Commissioner of Police,Bhaskar Rao,praises the North Division cops for their efforts,after inspecting the property parade and returning the property to the victim as actual owners he said,We have just 19,000 people in the force.Even with this,we need to approve leaves,some won’t be feeling well a few will be on training and for various other reasons,i will have around 15,000 people in the force per day these people need to give security to Rs.1.42 Crore citizens you can understand how much this is a challenge for us and finally I appreciate,Addl CP West,Umesh Kumar,DCP North,Shashikumar,ACPs,as,Dhananjaya, Srinivas Reddy,Shantha Kumar BN,and PIs,as,Mudduraj,BM Lohith,Mahendra Kumar,Chandrakanth,Mithun Shilpi VJ,Prashanth,R Manjaiah,VB Srinivas,Venkategowda,Sadananda Gowda,Shivaji Rao,Dinesh Patil,Yeshwanth BS,NN Ramareddy,Gopal Naik,RST Khan,TP Shivaswamy,and Venkatachalaiah,with all PSIs and their crime staffs has been appreciated for the commendable job done by them with their hard efforts in nabbing the dreaded criminals who has given sleepless nights in last six months are now cooling their heels in the jail and a suitable reward will be given to team for their exemplary work he added.

Pramesh Jain

Rajnath Singh becomes first Defence Minister and Indian Politician to fly in LCA Tejas fighter aircraft in Bengaluru :

Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday became the first defence minister and first Indian Politician to fly in the indigenous light combat aircraft Tejas,at HAL Airport in Bengaluru.
The 68-year-old Minister completed a 30-minute sortie and also controlled the aircraft for some time.
The Minister arrived at the HAL Airport centre at around 9am and tweeted a photos wearing the G-suit, a white helmet and an oxygen mask before taking off for a 30-minute sortie from the HAL airport in Bengaluru. on a twin-seater version of the fighter jet,which was developed by state-run aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
Before the flight, the pilot and other top Indian Air Force officials briefed Singh. Air Vice Marshal N Tiwari was among the officers who accompanied him to the jet.
The indigenously-developed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft has been manufactured at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) for the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy.Tejas is a fully-weaponized light fighter with a single engine multi-role.Although a lightweight aircraft with a short range,Tejas aircraft can carry the same array of modern weapons that bigger warplanes carry, from precision guided and standoff weaponry to long-range beyond visual range’ missiles that can take down enemy planes from a safe distance.
“The Defence Minister controlled the aircraft for sometime, said DRDO Chairman,Dr G Sathish Reddy”.
G Sathish Reddy,Chairman Chief of DRDO,said the Indian Aeronautics fraternity today Honourable Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh is flying now in the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas.He is the first Minister from India who is flying in LCA.In Fact this year is a great eventful year for the LCA Tejas Aircraft.In February we got the final operational clearance then for the 83 Aircrafts the negotiations have completed in the MOD a large number of production orders and now today Honourable Raksha Mantri is flying in this Aircraft.The space way for the long journey what we have ahead for the fighter aircrafts in India. We will take on from here the production of the present FOC Aircraft and then the Mark -1A,MK-1A which is will be ordered very soon.After that the road map is very clear the Mark-2,MKII activities will pick up and in the coming years we will have the role out the first flight.Also the advance medium combat aircraft activities have started design activities are going on seriously and AMCA will finally it will have it’s trails and gets inducted into the Air Force.This is the road map for the Indian fighter Aircrafts what we have and all activities the industry and the design activities the corresponding research activities in the academic year all have grade up and all are going ahead as expected.Once again I in the end thank Honourable Raksha Mantri for taking his time and flying in the Tejas Aircraft and making a mark that the first Raksha Mantri flying in Tejas Aircraft.When asked this 83 Tejas aircraft we have been hearing this sometime it going to happen can you tell us how soon these 83 will be signed DRDO Chief replied saying the negotiations are already completed and other formalities are taking place and soon it should happen.AMCA project reports have been move any fund requirements has been mentioned he said the initial design activity related sanction has already been given and the final program sanction will be taken off.What will be the cost for that for developing this he said I think after few months when we are working on the details and go into sanction details.when asked what is the progress in the Tejas MKII, upto he said the design activities seriously going on configuration studies have been completed and once it is completed the actual manufacturing work will be done he added.
“The LCA Tejas flight was very smooth and comfortable,the after flying in the flight flight.I was thrilled – Defence Minister Rajnath Singh”.
Defence Minister,Rajnath Singh,said LCA Tejas is fourth generations fighter Aircraft which is indigenously manufactured Aircraft is Tejas.First time I have got a opportunity to fly in Tejas Aircraft and to fly this Tejas Aircraft I was trained and guided by captain Air Vice Marshal N Tiwari,who is standing next to me and while on flying I was talking to the Pilot and while flying in the Sortie it was very smooth and very very comfortable for me and I was enjoying.I wanted to say while flying I even saw how it functions I can say that I am proud of our Indian scientists,HAL,ADA,which is our agency which has made its designed and HAL,DRDO and other organizations I congratulate all of them.Tejas is getting demand in other countries also and I can tell you now we have reach to the extent we can supply the fighter planes,and many arms and ammunition also we can export.Exporting the fighter planes,arms and ammunitions we have already started altogether I can tell is that this is one of the pride moment for me in my life.He even said I was told that I am the first Defence Minister who has flied in Tejas.Raksha Mantri replied telling that while flying I even collected information about Air Vice Marshal N Tiwari family also and I even got to know why he joined Air Force also.Rajnath Singh even said that controlling the aircraft for two minutes is the most memorable moment in my life.I chose Tejas since it is made indigenously.Countries in South East Asia have shown interest in buying Tejas aircraft.
Air Vice Marshal, N Tiwari said,Honourable Raksha Mantri was flying the aircraft in the air and he liked it.When reporters asked he was also flying and what was the zeal like,Tiwari said he went upto only two two and half zeal but I was showing him more of avionic sophistication system that we have on the board like laser pot diving maneuvering and turning and we can pick up targets from 20-25 kilometres.During the flight,I showed him various operations of the radar as well as laser pot,maneuvering and turning off the aircraft,I showed this to Raksha Mantri he even said he was very happy with the flying quality,Smoothness and controls and the way the Aircraft was flying we went close to Mark1 speed of sound but he couldn’t make out I had to tell me that this the speed now.Raksha Mantri controlled the aircraft and flown the aircraft for sometime.When reporters asked Defence Minister,Rajnath Singh that how you feel after controlling the aircraft he said I dint had any problem in controlling the aircraft I was following the instructions of AVM N Tiwari when reporters asked that controlling the fighter plane With co-pilot is big achievement he said it is a great honour for me and for him see he is the first Defence Minister to fly on Tejas and for us it is a very unique experience and it is a honour also to us he even said Raksha Mantri was fully comfortable.
I compliment Defence Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh Ji for flying on Tejas, the indigenously built multi-role fighter aircraft, today. His gesture in flying on the LCA will provide a big boost to the morale of the Armed Forces and also to DRDO & HAL @DRDO_India @rajnathsingh #Tejas Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu tweeted. 
The Air Force has already inducted a batch of the indigenous fighter jets. Initially, it had asked the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for 40 Tejas aircraft but last year the Air Force issued a request for procurement of 83 more such jets at a cost of more than Rs 50,000 crore.
Later in the day, Singh also attended an exhibition of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) products in Bengaluru.Tejas,a four-and-half generation light combat aircraft is developed by state-run aerospace giant HAL.The indigenous aircraft has already been inducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in its fleet. However, the naval version of Tejas is in the development phase.
Since June 2018, the IAF has inducted 16 weaponised LCAs into its combat fleet after its earlier version was validated by its pilots with initial operational clearance (LoC) given by the military aviation regulator Cemilac in December 2013. Although the IAF will have two squadrons of Tejas initially with 18 fighters each, it intends to have more squadron with an additional 83 of them as Mark-1 version.
Though he is the first defence minister to fly in a Tejas, his predecessor and current Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flew in a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter on January 17, 2008, from Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
Earlier in February, ace shuttler PV Sindhu and Army chief General Bipin Rawat flew in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas during the Aero India 2019 air show in Bengaluru.
Former presidents Pratibha Patil and APJ Abdul Kalam also flew in Sukhoi-30 on November 25, 2009, and June 8, 2006, from Pune in western Maharashtra while in office. Kalam was the first president of India to fly in a fighter jet.