Archives for December 2021

Parmesh Jain

A city based businessman has filed a complaint with the West Division cyber crime police against a woman who lured his son into a private chat through a mobile app and recorded the private video to blackmail him.

Shreekanth in his complaint,said that his son(Mihir Bharadwaj),a college student had downloaded Woo mobile app and chatted with a girl a few days ago .

The accused disrobed and forced him to do the same.She later recorded the 16 seconds conversation and began to blackmail him demanding ransom.

The victim paid Rs 39,100 transferred to her account, but when the demand for more money threatening to upload the video on social media increased, he informed the family members.

This is the most common form of cyber crime and many people have become victims,a police officer said adding that the victims should be careful when downloading mobile apps and in case of any eventualities,people should not heed to the demands and should not pay and inform their family .

Based on the complaint filed by Shreekanth MJ, from Binnipete,the West Division cyber crime police have registered a case against the accused charging under section 66 E (capturing, publishing,transmitting images of a private area of any person without consent violating the privacy),of the IT Act on Saturday.

It may be recalled that a 26-year-old MBA graduate and IAS Aspirant ended life after being blackmailed in a similar case in KR Puram in April this year .

Parmesh Jain

Reassuring the people that there is no proposal to impose lockdown in the state,Chief Minister, Basavaraj Bommai has appealed to people not to heed to rumours in this regard.

Speaking to reporters he reiterated,there is no question of imposing the lockdown now.Normal life should go on.

However he wanted the people to strictly follow the Covid norms in public places.Institutions too need to function responsibly by adhering to the norms at programmes conducted by them.

Bommai, said that, the state government is keeping strict vigil against Omicron,the new variant of Covid virus.

Meanwhile precautions against the Delta variant too is being tightened.Government is tackling the issue on two fronts.

Test swab samples in suspicious cases had been sent to NCBS for Genome sequencing to ascertain the exact variant.

International passengers are being strictly screened at the airports.Those who were in contact with them are also being traced and tested,

State government has issued the guidelines for setting up clusters where a spurt in the cases had been reported.

Those in the clusters are being tested again 7 days after they get a positive report of the first test.

About 4000 persons have been tested at SDM college in Dharwad.Similar tests are on at clusters in Mysuru,Hassan and Anekal in Bengaluru,Bommai said.

Parmesh Jain

Measures are being taken to increase vaccine administration, says Minister Dr K Sudhakar.

• Urges people to come forward and get vaccinated without delay.

• Chief Minister will write a letter to Prime Minister urging him to impose restrictions on travelers from specific countries.

• Attempts are on to prevent viral transmission at an early stage.

• There have been suggestions that those who do not receive second dose shouldn’t have access to the mall, theater, and government should take decision towards non-payment for treatment in a private hospital and others.We are yet to take any decisions on these.

• The issue of the corpse of patient at the ESI hospital has come to my notice and such negligence should not have happened and it is regrettable.Will take appropriate action in this regard.

Minister of Health and Medical Education Minister,Dr K Sudhakar today said that around 2,500 international passengers arrive to Karnataka every day and it is now mandatory for everyone to undergo RT-PCR testing.

Speaking to reporters,after the technical advisory committee meeting, Dr K Sudhakar said that mandatory RTPCR test is being carried out for travelers from countries where the new virus is found.

Chief Minister has instructed us to test travelers from any country, he said. About 2,500 passengers come to the state every day, from various nations.

For those who are negative,will be home quarantined for seven days.For those who are symptomatic and negative,will have to undergo testing at home on the 5th day.

Asymptomatic will be tested on the 7th day.If positive,they will be immediately hospitalized. And they will be treated separately, Sudhakar said.

Covid’s new variant,Omicron virus has been found in 12 countries across the world.To prevent this variant,all necessary precautionary measures are being taken in the state.

Considering our population and health infrastructure,we need to be more careful than other countries,Dr Sudhakar said.

Preparations for the health care services including availability of beds,oxygen beds, deployment of doctors and personnel,supply of medicine were also discussed at the meeting.

Those who haven’t got vaccination should voluntarily come forward and get vaccinated and stay safe.

Suggestion regarding vaccine drive and measures to increase the numbers were discussed.

41 lakh people are slated to get second dose of Covid vaccine.Priority will be given to reach out to these people,Dr Sudhakar said.

Central government is getting samples from all states.Every international passenger’s contacts are being tracked and tested, Sudhakar said.

Guidelines for treatment :

At the meeting,ways to effectively deal with the Omicron virus,how to control it,and what preparations are to be taken in hospitals and medical colleges were also discussed.

Using technology such as Quarantine App,Tele Medicine are also being considered.In addition, a panel of 10 experts has been set up to formulate separate guidelines for treatment,Sudhakar told reporters.

Parmesh Jain

The Bagalagunte police are on the lookout for owner of a travel agency who is on the run with around 130 cabs which he had attached from the owners for his firm to operate travel business .

The accused have been identified as Shivakumar, native of Tamilnadu and owner of RS Travels in Nagasandra is allegedly on the run with the cabs and other transport vehicles worth Rs 10 crore .

The accused was offered good rental to the cabs and paying it to the owners on 8th of every months regularly.

Many people who lost jobs during Corona wave borrowed loan and bought cabs and attached to the firm.

The cheating came to light earlier this month when few cab owners did not receive the monthly rental and went to check and found the office was locked and phone was not reachable.Upon inquiry it was revealed that he had vacated the office few days ago and is on run.

A case of cheating has been registered against the travel agency owner in Bagalagunte Police station and further investigation is on.