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Suspected chain snatcher killed himself by consuming Cyanide in Hoskote

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Pramesh Jain

A 47-year-old man suspected in a chain snatching case allegedly ended life by consuming cyanide in Hosakote in the outskirts of Bengaluru when a team of policemen from KR Puram went to secure his arrest on tuesday. 

The deceased has been identified as,Shankar,native of Chittor district in Andhra Pradesh.

Senior officer said,the deceased noticed police surrounded him when he was offering prayer in a temple and gulped the pill,while  his associate has been caught and is being interrogated. 

The deceased has been identified as Shankar,a native of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.He along with his associate are said to be involved in four chain snatching cases registered at KR Puram police station recently. 

The police were on lookout for them.Based on technical inputs as their location was tracked to Hosakote. 

Shankar and his associate Chandrashekar were spotted near a temple in Pillagumpe near Hosakote on tuesday around 4 pm.

The team went to catch the duo,Shankar noticed the police team heading towards them and took the pill,a police officer said . 

Sensing something wrong,the police team rushed him to hospital,but Shankar was declared dead. 

Shankar and Chandru used to come to the city on motorcycle and commit a series of chain snatchings targeting women moving alone and riding back to their native. 

During investigation Chandru told police that Shankar and he were offering prayer from outside the temple so that they don’t get into any trouble.

Preliminary investigation police have learned that the duo have snatched around eight chains.Five of them are in city jurisdiction while three chains are snatched from rural Bengaluru. 

Shankar was earlier arrested by South division police.He had committed chain snatching in Jayanagar,Banashankari,CK Achukattu,Girinagar and other areas.

He was involved in the crime since the year  2008,every time he came out on bail he continued the crime.

A case of unnatural death has been registered at Hosakote police station and further investigation is on to find out how Shankar got cyanide.

House break and vehicle thefts on the rise, despite strict lock down enforcement in Bengaluru

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Pramesh Jain

Contrary to the lock down which forced people to stay at homes,various forms of thefts and vehicle lifting top the city crime list in the first half of the year till July 21 this year .

The statistics from the City Crime Record Bureau shows that as many as 777 house break thefts of all forms have been reported while the police managed to detect only 251.The remaining 526 cases are yet to be detected and proving a major headache for the police.

Similarly as many as 2098 vehicle theft cases were reported in and around the city but the police managed to detect only 346 cases while the remaining 1752 vehicles are yet to be traced. 

This is because the stolen vehicles are taken out of the city within one hour and sold to the people after tampering the chassis numbers.

However,the accused dismantled old vehicles part by part and sold them in junk yards,which is why it is very difficult to track the stolen vehicles , the police said .

The recovery and detection rates reflect the efficiency of city police and the performance are rated accordingly.

Though the city police have good investigative skills and basic policing techniques in maintaining law and order and containing heinous crimes,they lag behind in acting on the property related offences.

Many police officials are of the opinion that since last year the main focus of the police is shifted to enforcing covid guidelines from investigations and law and order maintenance.

According to the statistics as many as 1146 cheating cases reported out of which only 372 detected while the remaining 774 cases are yet to be cracked.The police seem to have fared well in handling other cases.

According to the statistics a total of 82 murders reported in the seven months this year out of which the police detected 80 of them.

Out of 22 dacoity 21 cases have been detected  while out of 87 chain snatching cases reported the police cracked 64 cases while the remaining 23 are under investigation. 

There are 2481 cases registered under NDPS out of which the police detected 1893 cases .

Out of 219 robbery cases police detected 162 cases while 413 cases of kidnap and missing cases a good number of 244 cases have been detected while the rest of 169 cases are still under investigation.

While handling crime against women the city police is not up to the mark.Out of 304 cases of sexual harassment the city police detected 189 cases while the remaining 115 remain unsolved. 

However out of 59 rape cases registered this year the police cracked 53 cases.

A total 207 cases of assault on women and dowry harassment and domestic violence cases reported out of which 178 cases have been detected.  

As many as 185 posco cases were reported till July this year out of which the police detected 157 cases.

Admitting that the law and order and crime detections has taken a back seat,a senior police officer attributed this to a change in priority during the lockdown period .

The presence of police in the form of patrolling and basic policing with local criminal intelligence systems are best to contain crime and maintain law and order 

Due to many factors in the last few months this has been affected badly and we are reviving to put this in place,another police officer added.

In a recent crime review meeting city police commissioner,Kamal Pant directed the Hoysala patrolling police to step up vigil and directed the jurisdictional police officers not to use patrolling vehicles for other purposes.

ED attaches assets worth Rs 4.9 cr in Syndicate Bank fraud case

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Pramesh Jain

Enforcement Directorate officials on Wednesday provisionally attached assets worth Rs.4.98 crore in connection with its probe into the Syndicate Bank fraud case.

The fraud dates back to November 2019 when the police arrested a bank employee Vijay Akash and two of his relatives for allegedly diverting Rs. 50 crore belonging to Karnataka State Agricultural Marketing Board (KSAMB),which was transferred to the bank as a fixed deposit. 

The central agency said it took up the probe based on an FIR filed by the Commercial Street police against Vijay Akash,Mohamed Musthafa, M D Jairam (the then Assistant Branch Manager of Syndicate Bank,Uttarahalli Branch Bengaluru)  and others.

The investigation revealed that Vijay Akkash,the alleged mastermind of the whole conspiracy along with other accused opened a fake current account in the Syndicate Bank in the name of Karnataka State Agricultural Marketing Board (KSAMB).

It was operated by Mohamed Musthafa,who was impersonating the account officer of KSAMB, based on fabricated documents such as board resolution,ID card and the KSAMB letterhead.

The accused using fraudulent means succeeded in transferring Rs.50 crores to the fake current account, said the ED in a release.

After the money was transferred to the account, Musthafa with the help of M D Jairam and others subsequently transferred Rs.47,16,62,500 into various bank accounts belonging entities, persons etc,who acted as accomplices to the conspiracy.

“The bank accounts of each of those entities/persons were used to withdraw money in the form of cash and to buy jewellery and land by the accused and their accomplices.

Accordingly,identified assets in the form of the balances in the bank accounts used for money laundering,Jewellery and land to the tune of Rs. 4.98 crores in the form of movable and immovable properties have been provisionally attached under the Prevention of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Further investigation in the case is under progress,said the ED.

RPF Women Squad,Chennamma team arrested Youth around 65 Smuggled Liquor bottles worth Rs.1.1 lakhs seize

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Pramesh Jain

RPF Women Squad,Chennamma team arrested Youth around 65 Smuggled Liquor bottles worth Rs.1.1 lakhs seized

Alert RPF,Women squad (Chenamma team),on Monday caught a man carrying four bags full of liquor bottles in Bhubaneswar Prashanti express worth over RS.1.1 lakh .

The liquor was concealed in the bag found lying in dubious condition in D1 general coach of the train.

upon Inquiry one passenger came forward to claim the baggage but he did not have any receipts or documents to corroborate his claim, a police officer said adding that suspecting that it was part of illegal transportation..

Total valued of seized whisky bottles is Rs. 1,10,930 /- approximately.The above said person and seized liquor bottles are handed over to concerned Excise authorities for further legal action as per procedure.

The liquor was seized and both the passenger and the consignment was handed over to excise department for further action.

Senior RPF officer said,However he did not have receipts/documents to support his claim,and it was evident that it was being transported illegally.Hence,the contraband was seized which is being exported from Bengaluru to Andhra Pradesh and further investigation is on.

20 Trafficked Children rescued Under RPF’s Operation Nanhe Farishte by RPF Bengaluru Division

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Pramesh Jain

RPF Bengaluru Division rescued 20 trafficked children (17 boys & 03 girls) and arrested the traffickers in the past seven days under Operation Nanhe Fariste.

Alert RPF officials on tuesday rescued two minor boys from Bihar at cantonment railway station  and arrested a 22 year old tout who was part of the suspected human trafficking.

Miss.P Anusha,PSI,part of the operation Nanhe Farishte,child rescue team from RPF,noticed the two boys aged 15 years landed at the station from Guwahati Bangalore express and hurrying out.

Ms.Anusha stopped and inquired the trio to find that they are being brought to the city by Pankaj Kumar Choudhari,working for D.Shivraj,a labour contractor from Mysore owning Shiva enterprises.

Pankaj told the officials that he is working for Shivaraj for the last six months and getting a salary of Rs 13,000 per month.

His job is to get the children from his state to work for Shivraj,who would then supply to the people and the firms depending on the demand.

The accused Pankaj along with the two boys have been handed over to the railway police for further investigations said a senior officer.

Based on the complaint,the railway police registered a case against Pankaj Kumar charging him under section 370 ( human trafficking) of IPC.

Ashok Verma,DRM,South Western Railway said by tweeting,During the last few months many live kidnapping,child trafficking and Juvenile bonded laboure cases were reported in Bengaluru Division that were detected by Anti Human trafficking Team of Operation Nanhe Faristeh .⁦@RailMinIndia⁩.

In this regard,a new women sub-inspector  Miss.P.Anusha,SI/BYPL was appointed as feild in charge of “Operation of Nanhefariste” on 19.07.2021.

The team has performed exceedingly well under the feild supervision of Miss.P.Anusha,SI/BYPL and rescued 20 trafficked children along with arrest of traffickers in the past seven days of which 17 are boys & 03 girls.@AshwiniVaishnaw.

Children were being trafficked from various states from Bihar,Assam,West Bengal & Rajasthan.

The team has also arrested human traffickers and cracked two live kidnapping cases in the past 7 days he said in his tweets.

The team has performed exceedingly well under the field supervision of Miss P.Anusha.Children were being trafficked from various states i.e. from Bihar, Assam,West Bengal & Rajasthan.The team has also arrested human traffickers. It is understood that the children were being trafficked for forced labour.Further investigation is under progress.

Finally Senior Divisional Security Commissioner,Debashmita Chattopadhyay Banerjee has appreciated,RPF,PSI,Ms.Anusha and her whole team who has done a exemplary work in rescuing the trafficked children from forced labour a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Tamil Nadu CM tasks authorities to strictly enforce COVID-19 norms as fresh cases rise

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CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday asked local authorities and police officials to strictly enforce COVID-19 guidelines and said they could themselves decide on shutting down specific areas in case of continuous overcrowding.

The prospect of coronavirus cases increasing in specific areas in view of excessive gathering of people was discussed in the meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, an official release here said.

If COVID-19 guidelines were not followed properly, it would have serious adverse effects and hence district collectors and police officials must stringently enforce the government’s coronavirus related guidelines, the Chief Minister advised officials.

Relaxations were made in restrictions taking into account the livelihood considerations of the people but norms should be followed properly to prevent virus spread.

If gathering of people in very large numbers was observed continuously in specific areas, the concerned district collectors, corporation commissioners and police officials could take a decision on measures to close down such neighbourhoods considering public good.

Action would be taken against retail outlets and commercial establishments if norms specified to help prevent the spread of coronavirus were violated and if people were allowed in excess, the government said.

The CM advising officials to strictly enforce virus guidelines comes against the backdrop of Tamil Nadu reporting a marginal increase in new virus cases for the first time on July 29 after a decline that began in the last week of May.

While 1,859 new cases were reported on Thursday, the state logged 1,947 fresh infections on Friday, the second day of marginal spike. On July 28, Tamil Nadu registered 1,756 new cases.

Use of hand sanitiser, subjecting people to thermal screening, wearing mask, ensuring proper ventilation in stores and maintenance of physical distancing are among the guidelines stipulated for preventing the virus spread.

The government appealed to the people to be vigilant and stick to COVID appropriate behaviour so that the third wave of the coronavirus does not emerge in Tamil Nadu.

Emphasising on the saying “prevention is better than cure,” the Chief Minister said,”this is the time to be on guard,” and requested people to extend their cooperation to the government in fully curbing the virus spread. With the drop in fresh cases, the government gradually eased COVID-19 curbs from June.

England player Stokes takes indefinite break from cricket to ‘prioritise’ mental wellbeing

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England's Ben Stokes

LONDON: Star England all-rounder Ben Stokes has taken an indefinite break from the game to “prioritise his mental wellbeing” and withdrawn from the home Test series against India beginning August 4.

In a statement, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has also said that Stokes has taken the break to also rest his left index finger, “which has not fully healed since his return to competitive cricket earlier this month”.

Mental health of cricketers in COVID times has become a topic of constant discussion with the players having to play in bio-bubbles for months.

Managing Director of England men’s cricket, Ashley Giles, said the ECB supports Stokes’ decision.

“Ben has shown tremendous courage to open up about his feelings and wellbeing. Our primary focus has always been and will continue to be the mental health and welfare of all of our people,” said Giles, also a former England spinner.

“The demands on our athletes to prepare and play elite sport are relentless in a typical environment, but the ongoing pandemic has acutely compounded this.”

“Spending significant amounts of time away from family, with minimal freedoms, is extremely challenging.

“The cumulative effect of operating almost continuously in these environments over the last 16 months has had a major impact on everyone’s wellbeing.”

Giles added that Stokes will be given all the time he needs to get back to his best shape both physically and mentally.

“Ben will be given as long as he needs, and we look forward to seeing him playing cricket for England in the future,” he said.

Craig Overton has replaced Stokes in the England squad for the India series.

Karnataka CM’s Shiggaon & lacks roads, connectivity, health infrastructure

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SHIGGAON: As you step outside the palatial bungalow of the new Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai on Savanur-Shiggon main road in Shiggaon, dusty and poorly managed roads tell the sorry tale of the constituency. The people are happy that their favourite leader has been chosen as the Chief Minister of the state, but they list out their demands.

This is the third time Basavaraj Bommai is representing the Shiggaon-Savanur constituency of Haveri district. The town is badly in need of good roads, illumination and a health care system that can cater to hundreds of villages around. For every major health need the patients need to come to KIMS hospital in Hubballi. Besides the health infrastructure, the connectivity and transport services to 417 villages in Shiggaon and Savanur needs a boost.

But people also remember the contributions of Bommai who helped them solve their drinking water issues. For several years Savanur and Shiggaon had major problems with drinking especially during summer months. Thanks to the efforts of Bommai, two large water bodies in these towns were filled with water from the Varada river. For the last three years, the summers have not been so difficult for the people here. This has also helped large numbers of farmers who live along these canals.

Puttangouda Patil, resident of Shiggaon said that in 2013 itself Bommai ensured completion of the drinking water canal between Naganur and Gangibhavi. There are 3.5 lakh people in these two towns and villages who badly require medical facilities and good roads for commuting. Good roads will also help them take their agricultural produce to the markets in Haveri, Byadgi and Rangebennur,” he said.

“Now that Bommai has promised that he will make Shiggaon as a model constituency, we are hoping to see some development. There has been a long-pending demand from the people that Shinggaon should have a medical college,” said Shivappa Chikkannavar, a businessman from Shiggaon

US seizes 23,000 pills of India-made sildenafil citrate, active ingredient in Viagra

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WASHINGTON: The US customs officials have seized over 23,000 pills of India-made sildenafil citrate, an active ingredient in the prescription drug Viagra, with a suggested retail price of USD 712,756.

The shipment, seized in Cincinnati, originated from an apartment residence in India, it said.

Prescription medications are restricted by the US Food and Drug Administration and cannot be imported into the US without proper documentation and labelling.

It provides basic import information about admissibility requirements and the clearance process for e-commerce goods and encourages buyers to confirm that their purchases and the importation of those purchases comply with any state and federal import regulations.

“Protecting our citizens from inferior products with unknown ingredients is a priority for our officers and specialists,” said LaFonda Sutton-Burke, Director, Field Operations-Chicago Field Office.

“CBP is entrusted with enforcing hundreds of laws for other government agencies, and our inter-agency partnerships are critical to ensuring the safety of the American people,” he added.

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