Archives for March 2021

Pramesh Jain

Ramesh Jarkiholi Sleaze CD case:SIT records Jarkiholi statement,Alleged CD lady Father files kidnap case in Belagavi :

The SIT officials recorded a detailed statement of Ramesh Jarkiholi in the alleged Sex Scandal case after he registered a complaint.

ACP Dharmendra HN,recorded statement of Ramesh Jarkiholi sources said he told the police that it was fabricated video and he was being implicated to attack his political career.The accused demanded the ransom but he did not pay he said in his statement.

It is said the SIT officials have recorded 4 page statement in which Jarkiholi has said that the said accused were blackmailing him from past 4 months by showing fake CD and threatened to expose it on media platforms and demanded Rs.5 Crores in return.

It is alleged that a 8 member gang has hatched a plan and allegedly honey trapped the Minister to extort money from him when he dint budge they uploaded the CD on YouTube and made it viral to finish his political career he said in his statement.

The mastermind unanimously made the CD and the suspects are identified as,The main Kingpin in the sleaze CD case is Naresh Gowda,a Former journalist hailing from Bhuvanahalli in Tumakuru Sira,Shravan,who is expert in hacking a hacker, Bhavit of Chikkamagaluru,Akash talavade,Sagar, Laxmipathy, Abhishek and Ramanagar based teacher are behind this racket a alleged honey trap racket.

He along with three other suspects blackmailed  ramesh jharkiholi to extort ransome before releasing it on social media after Ramesh Jharkiholi refused to pay the heavy amount the accused have had demanded.

The SIT officials meanwhile confiscated electronic gadgets from the firm on kumarakrupa road sent it to FSL for analysis.

Meanwhile The FSL report on voice over in sex CD belonged to bhavith one among the four accused wanted in the blackmailing and extortion racket being probed by SIT.

The SIT officials had recorded bhavith voice and sent it for analysis and it was confirmed that voice belonged to him.

The SIT earlier raided times creation studio on KK road where the CD was doctored.The officials confiscated electronic equipments and sent it to FSL lab.

With the confirmation of bhavith,the SIT is likely to arrest him soon.

The search for kingpin a journalist and his associate and the woman in the CD continue.

Meanwhile the Wife of Tumakuru based journalist,summoned by SIT to appear before questioning  on Tuesday,but did not turn up and sought four more days time.

The SIT who found some evidence about Naresh involvement issued notice to his wife for questioning, but she sought more time .

Her advocate appeared before the police said that the woman have toddler to take care and also her mother in law is unwell.

The advocate requested police for four days time,which has been granted.

The SIT officials who are on the massive manhunt for Tumakuru based Journo since the CD surfaced on march 2 the SIT team sent Police Inspector,Anjumala Naik to record her statement the team has recorded the statement of Tumakuru based journalist and whole statement has been video recorded.

Sources said the wife of journalist said that her husband will return back to home on 20th March .

In the evening the CD scandal took another twist after the parents of the woman in CD approached APMC yard police of Belagavi District seeking help to trace their daughter who according to them has been abducted.

The complainant has alleged that his daughter was kidnapped from a hostel in Bengaluru.

According to the police,complainant lodged a complaint in the APMC police station on   unidentified persons threatened and tortured the woman.

Some persons have also created an obscene video CD about the woman and shared it on the internet said the parents of victim.

It does not say whether the persons who have allegedly kidnapped her were the same persons who created the CD,said a senior police officer.

The complaint has been registered under sections 363,368,343,346,354 and 506 of IPC and a massive manhunt is on to nab the kingpins and mastermind behind this and a probe has been intensified to trace the woman and other accused by SIT officials.

Pramesh Jain

One held,CCB police unearth illegal telephone exchange racket in Bengaluru:

The Central Crime Branch,CCB officials on Monday busted illegal telephone exchange and arrested 33 year old man from Kerala,operating the racket from a rented house in  Chikkabanavara under Soladevanahalli police station limits.

The accused has been identified as,Ashraf Unichiravittal,37,year old from Calicut in Kerala.

Sandeep Patil,Joint commissioner of police Crime,told media persons,we received a tip off about some person in Chikkabanavara area who is a tea vendor has set up illegal telephone exchange type at his house.

Based on a tip off,ACP,BR Venugopal,and PI,Bharath pressed into action and raided the house and during raid the team found a electronic devise,Sim boxes and several SIM cards from him.

During investigation the accused has been identified as,Ashraf Unichiravittal from Calicut was Tea vendor  on roadside in Chikkabanavara but he was technically expertise to set up illegal telephone exchange to convert international calls into local calls using the SIM cards.

The team grilled him and the accused spilled the beans and said,He would buy several SIM cards and used electronic devise to bypass routers and cheat telecom companies.

He is operating illegal exchange for many months.Many people have benifited by paying meagre amount to use international calls.

We also suspect that many people could have used this service for anti social activities.A case has been registered in soladevanahalli police station and considering the importance,the case has been handed over to cyber crime police for a detailed probe in the case.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-1,KP Ravikumar,ACP,BR  Venugopal,PI,Bharath and other staff who has done a exemplary and commendable job and  unearthed illegal telephone exchange racket  where in accused illegally got international calls converted as local calls using unauthorised Simboxes such rackets used to commit more serious offences further investigation on by cyber crime police and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Pramesh Jain

Four Member Chain-Snatching Gang including woman arrested by Soladevanahalli police, Stolen property Worth Rs.10 Lakhs Recovered:

The North Division police of Soladevanahalli police have arrested four Notorious Chain snatching gang including a woman and Recovered 134 grams of gold ornaments,1.5 lakhs cash,and two wheelers altogether worth of Rs.10 Lakhs stolen property from their possession.

The accused has been identified as,Shivaraj,23, Prakash,27 both resident of Vidyaranyapura,Ratna MV,32,and Prasanna Raj,27.

Senior officer,told media persons,a complaint was registered in soladevanahalli police station in which complainant stated that when she was returning home from a grocery shop in Hesaraghatta main road some two unknown person came on black pulsar bike and snatched her chain and escaped.

Based on complaint a special team was formed by DCP, North,Dharmendra Kumar Meena,under the leadership of ACP, Yeshwanthpura Sub-Division Sreenivas Reddy,PI, Harivardhan of Soladevanahalli police,PSI,Arun kumar and team swung into action.

The team visited the crime scene and inspected the spot after Inspecting spot,PSI,Arun and crime staff pressed into action.

Our PSI,Arun Kumar and crime team were deployed near Ganigarahalli junction to put up nakabandi during conducting nakabandi the PSI noticed two bikers coming towards the nakabandi point but as they saw cops they  suddenly tried to escape.

Later PSI Arun kumar and his crime team gave a hot chase and team after a hot chase managed to nab two persons identified as,Shivaraj,23,and Prakash,27 from Vidyaranyapuram.

The team subjected them to questioning and during interrogation when the team asked them why they tried to escape and when asked to produce documents the accused dint produce the documents and a detailed questioning by the team led them to confess to the crime and revealed their associates name.

Based on their info the police arrested Ratna MV , 32 and Prasanna Raj, 27.

Based on their statement the police team recovered,Rs.10 lakh worth of 134 grams of gold valuables,with Rs.1.5 lakh cash and two bikes from them.

During investigation it was found that, Shivaraj,Prakash and Prasanna would move around the residential areas on bikes to identify targets who are usually women and senior citizens.

The accused would snatch the valuables and escape before handing the booty to Ratna to dispose.

The team grilled them who spilled the beans and revealed after snatching valuables they would give to Ratna to dispose and Ratna posing as home maker would visit gold loan firms and pawn the valuables for one or two months.

She would approach the firms citing financial crisis and seek help to sell the valuables and give her the remaining amount after deducting their dues.

Ratna would also visit many gold firms on rotation basis to avoid undue attention.

After checking the crime records of the accused it was found Prasanna is habitual offender among the four accused also involved in house break and other criminal offences,with their arrest six chain snatching cases reported in various police station has been detected and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP North,Dharmendra Kumar Meena, ACP Yeshwanthpura Sub-Division,T Sreenivas Reddy,PI,Harivardhan,PSIs as, Arunkumar,Lakshman Uttagi and Vasanth Kumar,crime staff as,Ganesh V, Yuvaraj,Siddaramu,Sridhar Nirvani,Venkatesh, Srinivas,Imam Sab,Karikatti,has been appreciated for nabbing a gang of four including a woman who were involved in as many as Six chain snatching cases reported in and around the city and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.