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Pramesh Jain

The central prison of Parappana Agarahara on Tuesday vaccinated as many as 2731 inmates who are above 18 year of age.

The prison department had also vaccinated 553 inmates who are 45years and above last month.However the rest of the inmates among the total 4678 inmates are waiting for their turn to get the jab.

Alok Mohan,Director General of Police Prisons and Correctional services who are supervising the vaccination drive,told reporters, that 32 out of 49 prisons across the state do not have a single positive case.

The remaining 17 prisons have few cases,he said, adding that the central prison of Parappana agrahara central prison has 13 positive cases and have been admitted to the prison ward of Epidemic disease hospital in Indiranagar .

He reiterated that the 32 prisons have zero covid cases because of the high standard of hygiene and sanitization maintained with strict guidelines in the premises.

It is mandatory for new admission to get covid RT-PCR test report.Even then the inmates are subjected to tests and will be housed  in a quarantine cell for 15 days,Mr.Alok Mohan said, adding that the inmate will again be tested after 15 days and if it is negative he would be allowed to the normal cell.

The prison officials and staff have been strictly directed to use masks,sanitization and face shields while on duty and provided additional supply of soaps and sanitizers and masks to the inmates .

The prison department also since March  released as many as 1013 inmates and prisoners on parole and bail following  the Supreme Court directions.

Another main reason for containing injection spread is that the prison department stopped physical production and arranging the trial on video conferencing.This not only helps to control the spread of infection but also saves government resources on police escort and vehicles to ferry inmates to courts and back .

Since covid the prison department suspended family meetings and started a new VC facility for the inmates to talk to their families since January this year.As many as 7,000 inmates have availed the facility since then and chatted with the family members on video chats and zoom calls .

BENGALURU: A total of 1,250 black fungus (Mucormycosis) cases have been reported in Karnataka so far, informed the state health department.

Bengaluru Urban Khurda district accounted for the most number of infections with 521 cases. While 508 people are still under treatment in the state capital, 10 people have recovered and 3 patients have died so far.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Sunday said that Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda held talks with more than eight companies for black fungus medicine.

“About 80,000 vials are in the market. The state has received 8-10 thousand vials so far. There were 1,250 cases of black fungus in the state. 30-35 deaths took place due to the infection. The medicines are being distributed to black fungus infected persons who were admitted to either a government hospital or a private hospital,” the Karnataka Health Minister said. 

BENGALURU: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday hinted at extending the lockdown currently in effect in Karnataka beyond June 7. 

Yediyurappa will chair two key meetings on Wednesday evening – one with the newly appointed technical advisory committee on possible third wave of Covid and later with officials and ministers in charge of Covid management.

“Corona cases haven’t fallen in villages yet. We will decide on extending lockdown this evening. Some relaxations will be given to businesses like industrial exports. We will discuss what else can be relaxed in the evening meeting,” he said.

The chief minister’s statements comes at a time the cabinet is divided over extending or suspending the current lockdown. While the lockdown is expected to be extended beyond June 7, especially with respect to interdistrict travel, the unlock is expected to be in a phased manner spread over few weeks.

BENGALURU: With the number of daily discharges of Covid-19 patients seeing an increase, the State’s recovery rate too has been improving, touching 87.47 per cent on Wednesday. Five districts – Bidar, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Yadgir and Bagalkot – have done better than the state average, registering more than 92 per cent recovery rate. According to the State War Room data, Bidar has the highest recovery rate of 96.95 per cent followed by Kalaburagi (95.75 per cent), Vijayapura (92.91 per cent), Yadgir and Bagalkot (93.29 per cent each). This is a significant jump from what was recorded in the first week of May. On May 8, Bidar’s recovery rate was 78.22 per cent, Bagalkot (74.62 per cent), Vijayapura (84.58 per cent), Yadgir (72.51 per cent) and Kalaburagi (72.35 per cent). 

Kalaburagi DHO Dr Sharama Basappa Ganajalakhed said that earlier, while the district saw cases in urban areas, it started to rise in the hinterland in the second wave. “We roped in ASHA workers to identify and test cases in rural areas. We constituted a village task force to keep a tab on Covid-positive patients. Those in serious condition were sent to hospitals. Also, a team was set up to check on those in home isolation. Doctors would call patients in home isolation and check on their status. Also, the lockdown helped in controlling the spread of infection. We also identified villages with high positivity rate and increased testing. Tests were also conducted in villages with zero cases,” he said.Karnataka on Wednesday crossed the grim milestone of 30,000 deaths with 463 more people succumbing to Covid-19 taking the total death tally to 30,017. Meanwhile, the state recorded 16,387 fresh Covid-19 cases and 21,199 discharges. With this the total Covid-19 cases in the state since the beginning of the pandemic stands at 26,35,122 and the total discharges at 23,12,060. There are 2,93,024 active cases as on Wednesday. 

Pramesh Jain

Private Hospital Psychiatrist doctor arrested police achieve breakthrough after 1 year in new born kidnap case :

A year after a newborn was stolen,police crack the case after a painstaking investigation and arrested the psychiatrist doctor of private hospital.

The accused has been identified as,Dr.Rashmi,34,a psychiatrist doctor in a private hospital.

Senior officer told media persons,A year after a newborn baby boy was stolen from a maternity hospital in Chamarajapete,the police cracked the case and arrested 34 year old psychiatrists doctor from a private hospital for allegedly stealing the baby and selling it to a woman for Rs.15 lakh.

A special team was formed with 20 crime team staff who were experts in detecting crimes the team were pressed into action and after a meticulous and painstaking investigation a grass root level with a team work with the able guidance of senior officers and technology support.

The accused,Dr.Rashmi, was caught by a team of police led by PSI,Srinivas KR,who analysed over 30,000 calls from the nearest tower before zeroing in on the accused.

During analysing the calls Investigations revealed that Dr.Rashmi had taken Rs.15 lakh from Anupama,who was consulting her since a year.

The police said Dr.Rashmi convinced Anupama that she would get her baby through surrogacy, but could not arrange for one and lied to Anupama and even gave the delivery date of May 28,2020.

When the delivery date approached,Rashmi went around the hospital and zeroed in on Husna Banu,who had delivered a baby boy two hours ago.

She walked into the hospital as a doctor and walked away with the baby.

The special team of police,with the help of the security guard and an Autorickshaw driver got the sketch of the suspect and circulated it,while focussing on the technical evidence.

Dr.Rashmi had called Anupama that she is coming with the baby to hand it over to her as soon as she had stolen it.

That was the clue which helped the police team to track her down.She also told Anupama that the woman died due to delivery complications.

A detailed investigation by the team the accused Dr.Rashmi spilled the beans and it was revealed that she had huge loans,including money borrowed from her relatives in Belagavi,which she returned, the police said.

The baby has been traced and rescued and it will be handed over to the parents,the police said, adding that Anupama is being questioned and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP, South,Harish Pandey,ACPs,as,Valli Basha, Srinivasmurthy,Shanthamallappa,PIs,as, Shivashankar,Kiran Kumar,Meenakshi,PSI, Srinivas KR and his crime experts staff and with the painstaking investigation of 1 year the team has cracked the new born kidnap case and arrested the psychiatrist doctor successfully and traced the baby and will be reunited to the family and for the excellent investigation done by the team a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Pramesh Jain

The Sadashivashivanagar police have booked a case of assault against a woman for canning a woman from her neighborhood accusing her of not wearing the mask properly .

The accused Advaitha Arunkumar was walking with her dogs near her house at around 7 am when she confronted her neighbour Bhavana Ramesh Kumar, passing-by.

Advaith shouted at her for not wearing masks and canned her Bhavana objected .

soon neighbors came out and objected Advaitha unruly behaviour for the assault for which the woman claimed that she is IAS officer,shouted at the neighbours for not following covid guidelines and not wearing mask .

Meanwhile the residents called the police who rushed to the spot and took Advaitha to the police station.

Bhavana along with other neighbors went to the station and filed a complaint.

The police based on the complaint registered a case of assault and later released the accused on station bail said a senior officer.