Archives for April 2021

Pramesh Jain

The Women protecting wing of the CCB on Sunday raided a house in mahadevapura area and rescued two women from Bangladesh from  prostitution racket.

The accused have been identified as,Noushad Ali, 55,Riyazul SHekh,31,and Sameer Shahad,40 .

The police also recovered 11 Aadhar cards from the accused belonging to different persons.

Senior officer told reporters,the Women protection wing of CCB,received a credible inputs that three persons are running illegally prostitution racket in house located in Mahadevapura Involving two women from Bangladesh who were forced into flesh trade racket.

Based on a tip off a team led by Inspector Anjumala T Naik raided the house situated in Lakshmisagar layout,Mahadevapura on sunday and rescued two women aged 22 and 19 years.

During the raid the team rescued two women from Bangladesh and during questioning the woman told the police that they were brought to city from Dhaka on the pretext of offering job and forced them into the prostitution.

While the accused had gone out to get the customers following which the police team  waited for them and later arrested them when they returned.

During investigation the trio accused confessed the crime and revealed that they were creating the Aadhar cards for the women using fake documents to get the residential proof.

The police housed the woman in a state home for women and took the accused into custody to ascertain their criminal network and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime, Sandeep Patil DCP Crime-1 KP Ravikumar ACP,Women protection Wing,SM Nagaraj,PIs,as,Anjumala T Naik, Mohammed Siraj and other staff who has successfully raided the house and arrested trio and rescued two women from the clutches of Prostitution business and for the commendable job done by them a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Bidar: Former MLA Syed Zulfiqar Hashmi (57), passed away due to kidney failure in the early hours of Tuesday at a Hospital in Hyderabad. The deceased is survived by his wife, three sons, two daughters, and a multitude of relatives and friends.

After joining politics at the age of 27, in 1994, as a BSP candidate, Syed Zulfiqar Hashmi was elected to the Vidhana Sabha from the Bidar constituency. Thereafter he had contested as a JDS candidate from the Bidar region for the Vidhana Sabha and lost in the elections. For some years after that, he had also been a recognized figure within the Congress.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Tuesday said Bengaluru has emerged as an epicentre of coronavirus cases in Karnataka and there was a need to work on a war footing.

Speaking to reporters here, he said, “Bengaluru is the epicentre of Karnataka. If you see the total cases, at least 70 per cent are reported in Bengaluru.”

He was replying to queries on the all-party meeting to be chaired by Governor Vajubhai Vala.

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa will attend the meeting virtually as he has got reinfected by the virus and is undergoing treatment.

Sudhakar said there will be discussion on Bengaluru and seven other districts, which have been designated as sensitive zones in view of the alarming rise in COVID cases.

He added that the government will seriously consider constructive suggestions by the opposition leaders such as Siddaramaiah, Congress state chief D K Shivakumar and JD(S) leader and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy.

According to him, the meeting has been convened because everyone has a role to play in this pandemic season and it should not be left to the government alone.

To a question on opposition’s accusation that the government has miserably failed in managing the situation, Sudhakar said, “We have to be battle-ready for this war. We have to strive to protect people and their lives.

This is where our focus should be.”

He, however, said, “We are unable to provide more number of ICU beds to the patients due to the rising coronavirus cases.”

The minister also pointed out that India alone was not confronting the shortage of beds but the entire world, including the most advanced nations.

“Why is the death rate high in America and Europe? Is their health system there in disarray? This is a major pandemic spreading rapidly across the globe, which we had never seen before,” Sudhakar said.

He underlined that infrastructure can still be created but the army of doctors and nurses cannot be raised overnight.

To another question on stringent measures to contain COVID-19 surge, Sudhakar blamed people for the current situation stating that if they had strictly followed the norms, there was no need for any lockdown or night curfew. PTI GMS ROH

Bengaluru: Ruling out talks with the workers of road transport corporations (RTC) whose strike completed the 13th day on Monday, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi appealed to them to resume work.

Stating that it was not right to go on strike as the State is reeling under the COVID-19 pandemic, Savadi, holding the transport portfolio, warned those instigating or creating fear among employees who have returned or willing to return to work.

The employees of the four transport corporations have been keeping off work demanding wages as per the 6th Pay Commission recommendations.

Noting that employees were slowly returning to work, Savadi, in a statement, said over 7,000 RTC buses were operating and some private buses were plying to cater to the public.

He said over 110 buses have been damaged in stone-hurling in the name of strike, causing loss to the RTCs.

“Today too, three KSRTC buses were stoned and two employees, who were coming to duty, were assaulted. This is condemnable. The government will not tolerate such goondas,” he said, adding that those indulging in such acts and causing fear among employees or instigating them would be punished.

Rejecting reports of talks between government and the RTC employees, Savadi said, “The Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has himself ruled out talks and asked them to get back to work.”

He dismissed as false the claims made by some leaders of RTC employees to the media that talks have been held with Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Bommai too issued a statement clarifying that he had only requested Kodihalli Chandrashekhar, honorary president of the Karnataka State Road Transport Employees League, who met him this morning, to withdraw the strike in the interest of the people.

“I had only requested them to withdraw strike and get back to work. No assurance was given regarding the Pay Commission.

I have only said that I would bring their demand to the notice of the Chief Minister and Transport Minister,” he said.