Archives for 2021

BENGALURU: Despite reporting a low number of deaths, Karnataka is seeing an increase in mortality rate. From July 1to 4, the state’s mortality rate was 1.23%, it increased to 1.24% between July 5 and 12, and on Tuesday, further increased to 1.25%.On June 30, Karnataka reported 115 deaths, which dropped to 93 deaths on July 1, and further dropped to 68 deaths on July 9, and 48 deaths on July 13. In the past seven days, some districts reported CFR higher then 10% — Haveri with 13.64%, Dharwad 16.86%, Ballari at 20.83% and Bagalkot at 35.71%.

After consistently recording a low number of cases, Bengaluru’s positivity rate has gone below 1%. An eight-week analysis by the BBMP war room shows that from having 18.65% positivity rate from May 17-23, the positivity rate dropped to 0.81%, from July 5 to 11.The total positive cases recorded from May 17 to 23 were 60,857, followed by 37,996 cases from  May 24 to 30, and cases dropped to 21,899 from June 1 to 6. The number dropped to 5,700 cases from June 21 to 27, and 4,188 cases from June 28 to July 4, and 3,516 cases from July 5 to 11. Tests also increased from 3,26,344 between May 17 and 23, to 4,32,561 between July 5 and 11.

On Tuesday, the city reported 401 positive cases with eight deaths, 12,671 active cases and 707 single-day discharges. Karnataka reported 1,913 new cases, which was slightly higher than Monday’s figure, when the state reported 1,386 cases. State’s positivity rate has gone below 8 per cent — from 7.96 per cent on Monday to 7.94 per cent on Tuesday.However, active cases have dropped drastically, from 65,312 to 34,848.

Pramesh Jain

The West Division police of Annapoporneshwari   Nagar police,Byatarayanpura police and Kalasipalya have arrested three persons two habitual bike lifer and Drug peddler recovered twelve stolen bikes and gold ornaments worth Rs 10 lakh and 724 grams of Marijuana Seized.

The accused has been identified as,Hanumantha arrested by Annapoorneshwarinagar police and Imran Khan arrested by Byatarayanpura police station and a drug peddler identified as Navaz Pasha arrested by kalasipalya police.

Senior officer told media persons,The  Annapoorneshwarinagar police have arrested a habitual bike lifer and recovered seven bikes worth Rs 4 lakh from him. 

The accused Hanumantha was caught by the beat police while he was riding one of the stolen vehicle without documents.

The accused was brought to the station and a detailed questioning Hanumantha confessed that he was stealing bikes. 

Based on his confession the police recovered seven bikes which he had stolen from Jnanabharati,Kengeri,Annapoorneshwarinagar and Byadarahalli police station limits.

The Byatarayanpura police inspector MN Nagaraju and his staff arrested a habitual bike lifter,Imran Khan while they were on patrolling in the area to nab bike lifters

At the same time the Byatarayanpura police beat police found one person coming in dio bike the beat police flagged them and asked them to show their vehicle documents as he dint produced and confessed that he is stealing bikes and with this the team arrested him and based on his statement the crime team has recovered 5 stolen bikes and gold ornaments worth Rs.6 lakhs from him.

A thief thrives until the police arrives! @byatarayanpuraps team has arrested a person involved in several cases of vehicle robbery and house break-ins and thefts.Gold ornaments and 5 two-wheelers worth ₹6 lakh have been seized from the accused.Good job, team! Commissioner of police congratulated the whole team by tweeting.

Meanwhile the Kalasipalya police inspector and staff arrested a accused identified as Navaz Pasha and recovered 724 grams of Marijuana and bike used in crime from the accused who was planning to sell it on Dispensary road where he was caught red handed.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP UD Krishna Kumar,P Ravi Kumar,PIs,as,Lohith BS,MN Nagaraju,Chandrakanth LT, and all the crime staff of respective stations who has done a commendable and exemplary work in nabbing the habitual offenders and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Pramesh Jain

The North Division police of JC Nagar police arrested two habitual offenders and recovered seven stolen two wheelers Worth Rs 4.3 lakh from them.

The two accused name has been withheld due to new guidelines.

Senior officer told media persons,the JC Nagar police team were on patrolling near Nandidurga on Sunday during patrolling our police team found two persons moving suspiciously in the area and kept a close watch on their movements and when they found that the accused is trying to steal bikes.The two accused were caught red handed.

During investigation the duo confessed the crime and the team grilled them and the duo spilled the beans and based on their statement the team has recovered seven stolen bikes worth of Rs.4.3 lakhs from them.

A detailed investigation by the team it was revealed that the duo are habitual offenders arrested in 2016 for bikes theft cases.

After releasing on bail the accused were doing odd jobs but due to lock down, they lost jobs and resorted to their old habit of stealing bikes and selling them to throw away prices are now cooling their heels in jail.

Appreciate the efforts of the @rajajinagarps & @Jcnagarps teams in apprehending 4 persons involved in several cases of bike theft. 14 two-wheelers worth Rs.8.18 lakh have been seized and further investigation is underway Commissioner of police Kamal Pant tweeted.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East S Murugan DCP North Dharmendra Kumar Meena ACP JC Nagar Sub-Division Smt Reena Suvarna,PI,DH Muniyappa,PSI,Raghupathi HS, Probationary PSI,as,Pavan Nayak,KC Srinivasmurthy, Mahaboob Sab,Jagadish,Srimanth Rathod, Shivanand Kamath, Chandrashekhar Nayak, Sridhar and Ramesh Thondihal has been appreciated for the commendable job done by them in recovering stolen bikes from the habitual offenders and a suitable reward will be given to the team for their excellent investigation he added.

parmesh jain

The North Division police of Rajajinagar police have arrested two persons and recovered seven stolen bikes Worth Rs.4.15 lakhs from them.

The two accused has been identified as,Antony Dsilva,24, and Subramanya,21 .

Senior officer told media persons,The Rajajinagar police sub inspector,Pradeep Kumar and Crime staff were on patrolling on Sunday in the early morning near Prakashnagar 3rd main near Ayyappa temple and during patrolling the crime staff noticed two persons coming in a pulsar bike and found suspicious.

The crime team flagged the bike rider but the rider gave a slip and drove fast the crime team and sub inspector gave a chase and secured them.

The police team on suspicion frisked the duo to recover a dagger from them and when asked to produce the vehicle documents the duo dint had documents and said that they have stolen the bike and are roaming.

The duo was taken to the station for further questioning Inspector RP Ashok and crime staff swung into action and a detailed inquiry led them to confess to the crime.

Based on their confession the police recovered seven stolen bikes worth Rs 4.15 lakh from them.A detailed investigation has found that the duo were habitual offenders arrested in similar offences earlier this year.

The duo were released on bail and continued to steal bikes parked in front of the houses to lead a lavish life has landed in police net and are cooling their heels in jail.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP North,Dharmendra Kumar Meena,ACP, Malleswaram sub-division, KS Venkatesh Naidu, PI,RP Ashok,and his team as,PSIs,as,Ms.Rohini Reddy,Raghavendra Upari,Pradeep Kumar C,and crime team as,Jagadish,Dayal Kumar, Krishnamurthy,Paramesh,Jayshankar,Siddaramappa,Sayilu,Shivaswamy,Veerabhadra,Umesh,and Srikanth Kuri has been appreciated for the commendable job done by them in nabbing the duo habitual offenders and recovering stolen bikes from them and a suitable reward will be given to the team for the exemplary work done by them he added.

Pramesh Jain

The South Division police of Channammanakere Acchukattu police have registered separate cases against two rowdies who gave a slip to the police team when they went to secure their custody as part of the special operation carried across the city on Saturday.

FIRs have been registered against Vikas Shivalingaiah,27,and Sunil R, 28,both rowdies from Ittamadu in Banashankari 3rd stage charging them under various sections of Arms Act .

According to the complaint filed by Madhu K,  PSI,based on the directions of the DCP, he along with ASI Puttaswamy,HC Nagaraj Nayak,PC Lokesh went to the house of Vikas to secure his arrest at around 6.30 am.

They knocked the door and as soon as VIkas opened the door and saw the cops standing in front of him,he pushed them on the ground and escaped.

The police team was not prepared for the sudden attack but managed to compose themselves and gave a chase,but Vikas by then managed to escape .

The police later called few neighbours as witness and searched his house to recover a machete and a dagger kept under the cot.

Similar incident occurred with PSI Lakshman A, and his team who went to secure the custody of Sunil in Ittumadu in Banashankari 3rd stage four hours later.

The accused pushed the police team comprise of Head Constable Raju and Police constables Lokesh and Laale Patil and escaped.

The police have recovered a machete from under the cot where Sunil was sleeping,

Now the police have set a massive manhunt for Vikas and Sunil who are now on the run said by senior officer.

Pramesh Jain

In a swift action,the Jnanabharati police on Monday arrested a 40-year-old woman and her paramour who killed a woman from their neighbourhood to rob the gold chain to repay their debts.

The accused has been identified as,Indramma,40,a resident of jnanajyothinagar, Rajashekar,37 resident of KP Agrahara.

Senior officer told media persons,a home maker body was found in her house and during preliminary we suspected it was murder so on the same day we took one suspect who was found moving suspiciously nearly the house.

As it was been a challenging case as there was no force entry and the miscreants after commiting crime created it to be a suicide.

The investigation was taken by ACP Kengeri Sub-Division,UD Krishna Kumar with PI,Lakshman Naik and other PI and team swung into action.

During investigation the team suspected the behaviour of Indiramma,she was detained for interrogation and she confessed to the crime. Later the police nabbed her paramour Rajashekhar based on her confession.

But after brutally killing the 26-year-old home alone Ranjitha on Saturday,the accused realized that the deceased had borrowed the gold chain from her friend and had returned and the accused had to take her thali and cut her ear lobes to rob two grams of ear studs weighing 6 grams from her.

The arrested are identified as Indiramma,40,a resident of Jnanajyothinagar and Rajashekar,37, KP Agrahara.

The duo had killed Ranjitha,26,resident of the first floor of a multi-story building where Indiramma is staying on the ground floor.

According to the police Indiramma worked as cleaning staff at a catering firm and due to the lock down did not have work.

She had not paid rent for the last four months while her paramour Rajashekhar was indebted after borrowing Rs.2 lakh. 

The duo was thinking of all possible means to get the money to repay but in vain.

Ranjitha had borrowed a gold chain from her friend to attend a function and displayed it before Indiramma,which gave her the idea to kill her to get the gold chain.

On Saturday Indiramma went to Ranjitha house for a casual chit chat.

Ranjitha cooked lunch and went to have a bath when Indiramma asked Rajshekhar to come.

As soon as Ranjitha came out Rajshekhar strangled her with a charger wire and later slit her throat with a kitchen knife to ensure she is dead.

The duo searched for the gold and realized that it was not there.The duo later took the Thali from her neck and cut off ears to take out the ear studs. 

The accused kept the knife at the right hand of the deceased to make it look like suicide.The attack was so brutal that the knife was bent.And the duo even kept high volume of TV sound as no one should hear her voice if she screams for help.

Ranjitha was native of Bidar,she was living along with her husband Omkar and brother-in-law Nirankar,both working in private firms.

Nirankar on returning home from work had found Rajitha lying dead in a pool of blood around 4.30 pm on Saturday.

The duo had stabbed and slit Ranjitha’s throat and kept the knife in her right hand to make it look like a self killing.

However,police found that both ear lobes were cut to get the ear rings.The severed ear lobes were later recovered from the washroom.

The duo worked in the catering unit attached with film and television serials production.They met three years ago and had decided to separate from their spouses.

Meanwhile Indiramma rented the house in Jnanajyothinagar a year ago.Rajashekhar was staying with his first wife in KP Agrahara and used to visit Indiramma’s house everyday he added.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP,UD Krishna PIs,as,Lakshman Nayak,MN Nagaraju,Brijesh Mathew,BS Lohit and crime staff who has done a exemplary work and good piece of investigation led to nab the murder accused and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.