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Pramesh Jain

The CCB officials booked a case against notorious Gangster Bombay Saleem after the raid the team filed a case against the gangster for illegally operating from inside the jail.

senior officer said,a Surprise raids carried by CCB officials at the maximum high level security central prison of Parappana Agarahara revealed that the notorious gangster Bombay Saleem is operating from the prison unabated.

Saleem,who has over 40 criminal cases pending against him arrested by Indiranagar police in 2018 and later by Devanahalli police for threatening and extorting businessmen in 2020, is presently lodged in the central prison.  

But this did not deter him from carrying out his criminal activities and he was carrying out his extortion racket and robberies,instructing his gang from the mobile phone he was using.

Though the parappana Agrarahara central Prison claimed to have maximum security facilities like multi layers checked and high tech jammers to block mobile phones usage,rendered useless when the CCB officials raided and recovered a huge cache of arms,Marijuana,mobile phones and sims cards from him.

Deepak R,inspector with the Anti-Narcotics  wing,who is among the 120 ccb officials conducting raids at the prison and carrying search operations,filed a complaint with the Parappana Agrahara police against Saleem.

In his complaint,Deepak said that the police have recovered 200 grams of Ganja,seven chillams, (smoking pipes),seven iron rods,20 knives,some of them made from the plates and spoons available in the prison,two mobile phones,two scissors,four SIMs,3 pen drives,1 SD card and a card reader and cash Rs.7720 .

The SIM cards and Memory cards are being analysed by the technical teams of the CCB to ascertain Saleem’s criminal activities .

Based on the complaint the police have registered a case against Saleem charging him under various sections of NDPS and prison Act and further investigation is on he added.

Pramesh Jain

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials of Bengaluru unit on Friday busted international gold smuggling racket and seized a consignment of 100 kg of Gold Potassium Cyanide (GPC) with a declared value of Rs.32 Crores at the Air Cargo Complex in Mumbai scheduled to be shipped for Dubai based firm.

(GPC is also known as Potassium dicyanoaurate and its primary application is in the electrolytic gold plating of metals)

Initial probe revealed that the accused linked to   Mumbai based gold firm,running the racket for the past three years and suspected to have smuggled around 2200 kilos of gold Worth over 1000 crore.  

According to the officials,the GPC attempted to be exported,was falsely declared to be the result product made from the duty-free import of gold that the Mumbai based firm was permitted to bring in as an input against an Advance Authorisation (AA)license.

The Advance Authorisation Scheme is duty exemption Scheme (under available under Chapter 4 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020),where a manufacturer exporter or merchant exporter tied to supporting manufacturer can bring in duty free import of goods as inputs which are to be physically incorporated in export product.

Probe revealed that the accused firm never manufactured any export products out of the duty-free inputs that it was permitted to import.

Instead,it diverted the imported duty-free gold to the domestic market at a profit,by melting and recasting it.

This effectively,lead to the violation of the ‘actual user condition” imposed under the AA Scheme.

To fulfill,its export obligations under the Advance Authorisation Scheme,the accused would procure the GPC from their associate firm based at Gandhinagar,claiming it to be a resultant product made of the imported gold brought in duty free under the AA.

The connected firm at Gandhinagar was otherwise in the business of Solar Power Energy Solutions,an EPC Company.

The Gandhinagar firm,had imported this GPC,in the previous week from Indonesia by claiming benefits of the 0 per cent duty concessions available under the ASEAN India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA).

Documentary and other evidences collected so far indicate that the GPC which was exported to Dubai,was moved again to Indonesia to be supplied back to Mumbai company through its linked concern at Gandhinagar,thereby demonstrating and establishing a deliberate and illicit cyclical sequence of supply of the same goods.

The DRI officials who based on a tip off,kept a tab on the activities of the firm and analyzed the technical evidence before zeroing in on the accused.

The estimated duty evasion is Rs.338 Crores.Two individuals,who were instrumental in controlling and operating this illicit scheme were arrested on Saturday and have been sent to judicial custody till July 21 the Senior DRI Official said.

Pramesh Jain

Karnataka state government is the first in the country which has come with innovative idea to detect crime by sanctioning 206 officers posts to detect crime as Scene of Crime officers.

To strengthen technical investigation at every crime and make it more professional,the state home department introduced ‘scene of crime officers’ (SoC officers)to the force.

The SoC officers will help to gather crucial and minute evidence from crime scenes and take the case to its logical end systematically.

The state government has sanctioned 206 posts for which the recruitment process may begin soon said a Senior officer.

Scene of crime officers will be trained investigators and the recruits will undergo training at Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL).

Their primary work will be to visit crime scenes, protect and gather scientific and forensic evidence,dispatch them to FSLs,assist investigation officers by providing evidence material,which may lead to the early arrest of culprits.

The system,which exists mostly in advanced countries,is expected to help in the detection and prevention of crimes.

Home Minister and law Minister of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai,who announced the new posting on Monday said Karnataka state police is the first in the country to adopt this system and recruit scenes of crime officers.

So far,the local police were doing this job.To make investigations more effective,there was a need for experts to gather evidence from crime scenes.

The government has sanctioned 206 posts and initially,the officers will be used only for cases of serious nature.Gradually,more crime scene officers will be recruited, he said.

Pramesh Jain

The All woman Shakti team of Bengaluru RPF rescued a minor girl aged about 15-year-old run away girl while she was being trafficked in a Bangalore to Danapur town on Friday.

The RPF personnel who were on patrol duty confronted the victim and questioned her.She seemed scared and requested help to save her.

On counselling the said girl revealed her name and address as a resident of Purvi Champaran (Motihari),Bihar,a senior officer said .

further inquiries revealed that she had run away from home due to repeated sexual harrasment and rape by her father. Her mother was aware but would not intervene.She also stated that her parents had fixed her marriage forcefully. Hence, she ran away from home.

She managed to reach the city last year but was drugged by an unknown person who kept her in a windowless cell for about a month and now was taking her to some unknown place, the officer said quotating the statement of the girl.  The personnel searched for the person accompanying her but in vain.

After the formalities,the girl was handed over to Bosco Child Home for further safe keeping and necessary legal action under POSCO Act and other relevant Acts he added.

Pramesh Jain

A 26-year-old homemaker was found murdered at her house in Jnanajyothi layout in Jnanabharati Nagar police station limits on Saturday.

Senior officers with jurisdiction police along with dog squad and finger print experts rushed to the spot and after inspecting the spot and collecting information from the police.

Senior officer told reporters,the deceased had a deep cut injury on her neck and a knife was placed on her right hand.

This looks like the assailant try to make it look like suicide,a senior officer,said.

Initial probe revealed that the murder could be due to personal reasons as the valuables and cash at home were intact.

The murder came to light in the evening when the brother-in-law of the deceased returned home from work and found he was lying in a pool of blood.

The police swung into action and detained a person on suspicion for questioning and further investigation is on he added.

Parmesh jain

A group of activists and members of Gou Gyan foundation with the help of police rescued six cattle which are bought by many residents of DJ Halli to slaughter for upcoming Bakrid.

Based on the complaint filed by one of the volunteer,the DJ Halli police have registered a case against unknown persons and are investigating.

Nandini Matiyani, from Gau Gyan Foundation, carried a survey on cattle being tied up in front of the houses and later filed a complaint with the police on Sunday along with the video proofs taken in various localities of DJ Halli . 

The police along with the volunteers on Sunday visited the localities and rescued the six cattle and later handed over to the volunteers to take them to the shelter.

The volunteers said that there are more than 25 cattle identified in the localities which are ready to be slaughters on Bakrid .

Earlier this year,the Governor of Karnataka,vide Karnataka ordinance number 1 of 2021, (the Karnataka prevention of slaughter and preservation of cattle ordinance, 2020) put a complete ban on slaughter, offering to be slaughtered, trade and transport for purpose of slaughter of all cattle (cows, bulls, calves and buffaloes) in the state of Karnataka.

This ordinance comes over and above the Karnataka Cattle Preservation Act 1964 which any way made it illegal to kill the cattle, the volunteers said in their complaint.

Every year certain criminal sections of the state exploit this festive time to break all ethical, moral and civil laws to butcher cattle mercilessly on streets creating a havoc for health, hygiene, as well as law and order in the city. The cruelty and pain inflicted upon the animals crosses all boundaries of human or civil conduct.

The fact that these goons are continuing their nefarious activities even today in broad light with complete disregard of the law puts a question mark on the law enforcing agencies of the state.

Gau gyan foundation is committed to saving innocent cows and bulls as provided for in the law of our country, and will leave no stone unturned to save the bulls and cows that have been collected at Devara jeevanahalli.

Parmesh jain

Veteran BJP leader and former union minister Thawarchand Gehlot on Sunday took oath as the 19th Governor of Karnataka succeeding Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala.

The Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka administered the  Gehlot the oath of office in the presence of outgoing Governor Vala,Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri,Chief Minister, BS Yediyurappa,his cabinet colleagues, MPs,MLAs,Chief Secretary,P Ravi Kumar and senior officials of the state government.

Dressed in a white suit and sporting a Himachali cap,Gehlot took the oath of office and secrecy in the name of God inside the imposing glass house of the Raj Bhavan.

The simple ceremony held at the Glass House in the premises of Raj Bhavan

The President had announced the appointment of Gehlot as the new Governor of Karnataka on July 6.

Former Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Gehlot was appointed the new Governor of Karnataka on July 6.

He was among the 12 Union Ministers who had resigned from their posts of Council of Ministers ahead of the Union Cabinet expansion on July 7.

He was the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha since 2019.

Hailing from Rupeta village in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh,Gehlot used to be a part of Bharatiya Jana Sangh since his teenage days from 1962 till 1977 when the political arm of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ceased to exist.

A graduate from Vikram University in Ujjain,he then went on to become the vice president and general secretary of Janta Party from his home district and later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party to hold several key positions in the party throughout his political career spread across over five decades now.

The 73-year-old first became an MLA in 1980. After serving for three terms (1980-84, 1990-92, and 1993-96) in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly,Gehlot was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1996 to complete four consecutive terms as an MP till 2009.

Gehlot was picked to represent Madhya Pradesh IN Rajya Sabha three years after he lost to Sajjan Singh Verma during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.

One among the most recognisable faces for scheduled castes in the Modi-led cabinet,he was appointed as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in 2014 itself when the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance,(NDA) took over.

Gehlot was picked to the Upper House for the second time in 2018 with his term in the Rajya Sabha extended till 2024.He has also been the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha since 2019.

However,following his appointment as the Karnataka Governor last week,he resigned from three key positions in the cabinet,the Rajya Sabha,and the BJP parliamentary board.

Earlier,Gehlot had served as BJP’s Karnataka state-in-charge between 2006 and 2014 when he was party’s general secretary.

His posting as the Governor of Karnataka comes at a time when political turbulence is highly speculated linked to the survival of the state government as talks of leadership change continue,with opposition parties Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) watching all developments closely in the run-up to the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in 2023.