Archives for April 2021

Pramesh Jain

With the surge in coronavirus cases in the city, the Bengaluru police Commissioner Kamal Pant has prohibited rallies,demonstrations,public gathering,functions and group prayers to prevent the spread of the disease.

It is also so timed that the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation employees have decided to go on an indefinite strike to press the government for their various demands.

City police commissioner Kamal pant warned strict action against those who carry out protest on roads.

Prohibitory orders in the wake of covid guidelines in force and hence any kind of procession or protests have been prohibited,he said.

Speaking to reporters at his office on Tuesday,he said,The Covid rules are in place for the sake of public health. 

No protest,no gathering of public or joining the group.Section 144 is already in force.No organization has come forward and asked for permission to .Thus,those who engages in unpleasant incidents will be arrested and produced before the court,Pant said.

The Department of Transport has allowed private transport,including private buses,Maxicab and TT,  for the convenience to the public.Strict action will be taken if the interference of private vehicles is disrupted.Adequate security is provided to the transport workers who come forward to perform the duty.There is no need to worry,he promised.

No private vehicles,including auto,can extort money from the public in the wake of the strike.  Only the prescribed fee.Action will be taken against those who charge higher fares in violation of the rules,Kamal Pant warned.

Those transport employees or miscreants who violate the law will be dealt strictly and be arrested and case under IPC section will be booked there will be no preventive arrest.

Since the prohibitory orders under section 144 is in force till April 20,eloborate security arrangements have been taken.

DCP intelligence has been instructed to monitor the situation and coordinate with BMTC and KSRTC officials to provide necessary security.

Moving buses will be provided security cover and also employees who wanted to attend work will be given security cover, Mr.Pant said.

Since the covid guidelines enforcement is in force till april 20, the police have been instructed to ensure there will be no gathering or any form of protest or procession on roads,he reiterated.

BMRCL,Chief Public relation officer, Yeshavanth Chavan said,”For mitigating the inconvenience of the public in a bus strike,BMRCL will be stepping up the frequency across all metro operational hours between 7.00 am to 9.00 pm with immediate effect. 

Metro Smart Cards With Public Can Travel New Metro Smart Cards With Purchasing Metro Stations By Debit Or Credit Card / UPI The Top – Up Or Recharge Of Metro Smart Cards Can Be Done  By using Namma Metro (BMRCL Official) App or by making payment at the stations using debit or credit card / UPI he said.

Pramesh Jain

The Hennur police on Monday nabbed a sandalwood smuggler from Tamilnadu and recovered 114 kgs of sandalwood logs worth Rs.3.4 lakhs from him.

The accused have been identified as Sampath Mani,27,from Thirupathur in Tamil Nadu.

DCP East, Dr SD Sharanappa told media persons,that as on 2nd April when our Hennur police inspector was on morning rounds received a credible information that four persons have come in car and are cutting the sandalwood tree located in Temple premises.

Based on information Inspector,Vasanth Kumar and his team acted swiftly and rushed to spot and noticed that four persons are shifting the sandalwood logs in a car as soon as they noticed police party Sensing trouble three of them managed to flee but police pinned down Mani along with the car loaded with sandalwood logs.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and said that he along with three of his associates after doing thorough survey about the  the sandalwood trees in Shanimahatma temple premises and planned to cut the trees and were transporting it to their village to give it to their clients and make quick buck.

The accused Mani has been arrested and 114 kg Sandalwood logs Worth Rs.3.4 lakhs and car used to transport also has been seized.A case has been registered and massive manhunt is on to nab the three absconding accused.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa,ACP Banaswadi Sub-Division,Ningappa B Sakkri PI,Vasanth Kumar M,PSI,Abbas Tikote,Probationary PSI,Somnath NN,and crime staff as,Bheemana,Gopal,Pavan Singh,and Ravindra KN has been appreciated for the exemplary work done by them in nabbing the sandalwood smuggler and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Pramesh Jain

Notorious Nigerian National drug peddler arrested, MDMA,Ecstasy synthetic Drugs recovered:

The North Division police of JC Nagar police on Saturday caught a 38 year old Nigerian national and recovered MDMA and ecstasy pills from him.

The accused has been identified as,Tony Onibuchi,38,resident of Avalahalli native of Nigeria.

Senior officer told media persons,a credible information was received by our JC Nagar police inspector Nagaraj that a Nigerian National is waiting for his customers near bore bunk railway bridge and is indulged in peddling Synthetic Drugs.

Acting on the credible the Inspector and his team in a swift action rushed to the spot and surrounded the area they kept a watch on the Nigerian National and caught him red handed while he was supplying drugs substances to his clients near a bridge on bore bunk road.

The team checked his bag and Recovered Synthetic Drugs as,90 grams of MDMA,30 grams worth 75 ECSTASY pills and a bike from him.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and revealed that he had come to India in 2013 on business visa and sold ready made cloths in Mumbai.

In October last year he came to India and rented a house in Avalahalli area and started peddling drugs to make quick money.

A case has been registered in JC Nagar police station under NDPS Act and Foreigners Act and further investigation is on and our team will question the owner of the rented house and efforts are on to track down the person who sold the drugs to the accused.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP North,Dharmendra Kumar Meena ACP,JC Nagar,Sub-Division,Smt.Reena Suvarna,PI,D R Nagaraj,PSI,Neminath T,and crime staff as,Sridhar,Santhosh,Shivaji Darur,and Rachana Chalavadi has been appreciated for the timely swift action in nabbing the Nigerian National and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

The commercial street police have arrested a  sales staff of a shop in safina plaza for stealing the purse belonging to Bharati Shetty,MLC of Soraba constituency in Shivamoga.

The accused has been identified as,Smt Nirmala,a sales staff.

Senior officer said,a complaint was registered in commercial police station by a MLC of Shivamoga,Ms.Shetty stated she had gone to shopping along with her PA on april 1 at around 1.30 pm and left the hand purse on the table of the shop in a hurry.

She realized two hours later and went back to check.The staff refused stating that they have not seen any purse and even if they have left there are hundreds of customers who visited the shop and one of them have taken.

The purse contained Rs.25,000 cash,debit cards, pan card and MLC ID card.Worried that her cards would be misused she complained to police.

Based on the Complaint,the commercial Street police inspector, Shivashankar HJ and team swing into action and visited the shop and after verifying the CCTV footage and after conducting  probe in detail and picked up a staff member of the shop on suspecion for questioning.

During questioning the sales staff identified as Smt Nirmala confessed the crime and based on her confession she has been arrested and the team has recovered Rs.21,000 cash and other stolen items from her possession.

The accused was produced before the court and the court has remanded her to judicial custody.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa,ACP Pulakeshinagar Sub-Division,Tabarak Fathima,PI,HJ Shivashankar and his whole team who has solved the case within 24 hours and nabbed the accused a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Pramesh Jain

A 36-year-old man was stabbed to death by a group of armed men in Sahakarnagar on Sunday. Financial dispute is said to be the reason behind the murder.

The deceased has been identified as Vikram,a resident of Kodigehalli was working in with his relative in real estate consultant.

As soon as the murder was reported Kodigehalli police inspector and other crime staff rushed to spot and cordoned off the area.

Dog squad with finger print experts with senior officers rushed to spot and after Inspecting the spot and after collecting the information he said.

Senior officer said,Vikram was at the office when assailant barged into the office when the gang reportedly from Hyderabad argued over the money which is due to them.

Heated argument ensued following which the accused stabbed him and fled the scene.

The police rushed to the spot and conducted Investigation.Initial probe revealed that suresh, owner of the company where Vikram was working,have had a financial row with Hyderabad based consultant firm.

The consultant firm had liasoned to get contract for suresh and he paid them the commission.However the same company had given suresh another contract after the completion of first project.

The firm demanded commission from Suresh but he refused stating that they did not liasoned in the second project.

Enraged by this the firm management threatened him with dire consequences and suspected to be behind the murder.

We have definite clues about the assailants and will be arrested soon,a case has been registered in Kodigehalli police station and special teams have been formed to nab the assailants and further investigation is on he added.

Pramesh Jain

The city police have stepped up with foot patrolling to ensure strict implementation of the new restrictions and guidelines imposed by the State government.

Gyms shut their doors on Saturday while many churches have restricted the attendance of people for Easter services on Sunday

Dr Sanjeev M Patil,Deputy Commissioner of Police (West),said,When walking an extra mile to safeguard yourself and your family is just a yard, go for it. Practice social distancing.Our officers are on the road to help you.

As part of the enforcement drive, jurisdictional police visited public places,shops and commercial establishments to put up social distancing markers for people waiting in queues

Held a meeting with officers to enforce strict compliance to Government order to contain COVID.All ACPs with their officers are on foot patrol to educate the public about masks and social distancing.

social distance marking and corona awareness at SC Road in upparpet police station limits.

ACP,Ravi and team conducted awareness among people and issued masks to labourer in Market area.

ACP,UD Krishnakumar and team in JJ nagar Padarayanapura, and surrounding areas conducted awareness and educated people to wear mask and maintain social distancing.

ACP,Nanjundegowda and team conducted awareness and educated people in Sunkadakatte and surrounding areas to wear mask and maintain social distancing.

In several neighbourhoods,patrolling personnel used public address systems to remind people to wear masks and follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour he added.

A senior officer said,We are monitoring public places and areas that usually see heavy footfall to ensure enforcement of fresh guidelines.Any violations will be dealt with strictly and those failing to follow the rules will be penalised,as per law.

Pramesh Jain

Four juveniles held, 3 stolen Bikes Worth  recovered:

The Devanahalli police recently arrested a group of four juveniles and recovered three stolen bikes from them.

The accused aged around  17 years from Chikkaballapura were caught by alert night beat policemen when they noticed the accused were standing on the bypass road with three bikes at around 4.30 am.

The police surrounded them and after checking the bag to find one of their backpack has two registration number plates and a toolkit.

When the accused did not give convincing reply they were brought to the station and a detailed questioning led them to confess to the crime.

Based on their confession the police are making efforts to recover more bikes which they had stolen from in and around the city and sold it to the people.

The accused confessed that they have watched videos on social media on how to steal locked bikes and started stealing the bikes parked outside the house at the residential areas,the police,said.