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One held,CCB police unearth illegal telephone exchange racket in Bengaluru:

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Pramesh Jain

One held,CCB police unearth illegal telephone exchange racket in Bengaluru:

The Central Crime Branch,CCB officials on Monday busted illegal telephone exchange and arrested 33 year old man from Kerala,operating the racket from a rented house in  Chikkabanavara under Soladevanahalli police station limits.

The accused has been identified as,Ashraf Unichiravittal,37,year old from Calicut in Kerala.

Sandeep Patil,Joint commissioner of police Crime,told media persons,we received a tip off about some person in Chikkabanavara area who is a tea vendor has set up illegal telephone exchange type at his house.

Based on a tip off,ACP,BR Venugopal,and PI,Bharath pressed into action and raided the house and during raid the team found a electronic devise,Sim boxes and several SIM cards from him.

During investigation the accused has been identified as,Ashraf Unichiravittal from Calicut was Tea vendor  on roadside in Chikkabanavara but he was technically expertise to set up illegal telephone exchange to convert international calls into local calls using the SIM cards.

The team grilled him and the accused spilled the beans and said,He would buy several SIM cards and used electronic devise to bypass routers and cheat telecom companies.

He is operating illegal exchange for many months.Many people have benifited by paying meagre amount to use international calls.

We also suspect that many people could have used this service for anti social activities.A case has been registered in soladevanahalli police station and considering the importance,the case has been handed over to cyber crime police for a detailed probe in the case.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-1,KP Ravikumar,ACP,BR  Venugopal,PI,Bharath and other staff who has done a exemplary and commendable job and  unearthed illegal telephone exchange racket  where in accused illegally got international calls converted as local calls using unauthorised Simboxes such rackets used to commit more serious offences further investigation on by cyber crime police and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Four Member Chain-Snatching Gang including woman arrested by Soladevanahalli police, Stolen property Worth Rs.10 Lakhs Recovered

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Pramesh Jain

Four Member Chain-Snatching Gang including woman arrested by Soladevanahalli police, Stolen property Worth Rs.10 Lakhs Recovered:

The North Division police of Soladevanahalli police have arrested four Notorious Chain snatching gang including a woman and Recovered 134 grams of gold ornaments,1.5 lakhs cash,and two wheelers altogether worth of Rs.10 Lakhs stolen property from their possession.

The accused has been identified as,Shivaraj,23, Prakash,27 both resident of Vidyaranyapura,Ratna MV,32,and Prasanna Raj,27.

Senior officer,told media persons,a complaint was registered in soladevanahalli police station in which complainant stated that when she was returning home from a grocery shop in Hesaraghatta main road some two unknown person came on black pulsar bike and snatched her chain and escaped.

Based on complaint a special team was formed by DCP, North,Dharmendra Kumar Meena,under the leadership of ACP, Yeshwanthpura Sub-Division Sreenivas Reddy,PI, Harivardhan of Soladevanahalli police,PSI,Arun kumar and team swung into action.

The team visited the crime scene and inspected the spot after Inspecting spot,PSI,Arun and crime staff pressed into action.

Our PSI,Arun Kumar and crime team were deployed near Ganigarahalli junction to put up nakabandi during conducting nakabandi the PSI noticed two bikers coming towards the nakabandi point but as they saw cops they  suddenly tried to escape.

Later PSI Arun kumar and his crime team gave a hot chase and team after a hot chase managed to nab two persons identified as,Shivaraj,23,and Prakash,27 from Vidyaranyapuram.

The team subjected them to questioning and during interrogation when the team asked them why they tried to escape and when asked to produce documents the accused dint produce the documents and a detailed questioning by the team led them to confess to the crime and revealed their associates name.

Based on their info the police arrested Ratna MV , 32 and Prasanna Raj, 27.

Based on their statement the police team recovered,Rs.10 lakh worth of 134 grams of gold valuables,with Rs.1.5 lakh cash and two bikes from them.

During investigation it was found that, Shivaraj,Prakash and Prasanna would move around the residential areas on bikes to identify targets who are usually women and senior citizens.

The accused would snatch the valuables and escape before handing the booty to Ratna to dispose.

The team grilled them who spilled the beans and revealed after snatching valuables they would give to Ratna to dispose and Ratna posing as home maker would visit gold loan firms and pawn the valuables for one or two months.

She would approach the firms citing financial crisis and seek help to sell the valuables and give her the remaining amount after deducting their dues.

Ratna would also visit many gold firms on rotation basis to avoid undue attention.

After checking the crime records of the accused it was found Prasanna is habitual offender among the four accused also involved in house break and other criminal offences,with their arrest six chain snatching cases reported in various police station has been detected and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP North,Dharmendra Kumar Meena, ACP Yeshwanthpura Sub-Division,T Sreenivas Reddy,PI,Harivardhan,PSIs as, Arunkumar,Lakshman Uttagi and Vasanth Kumar,crime staff as,Ganesh V, Yuvaraj,Siddaramu,Sridhar Nirvani,Venkatesh, Srinivas,Imam Sab,Karikatti,has been appreciated for nabbing a gang of four including a woman who were involved in as many as Six chain snatching cases reported in and around the city and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

No lockdown, no change in status quo, says BSY

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BENGALURU: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday laid all speculation over another lockdown or night curfews in Karnataka to rest, insisting that no decision has been taken. He said that the status quo will continue in Karnataka for another week and any decision will be arrived at only after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s video-conference with Chief Ministers on March 17. 

With cases on the rise in Karnataka, the technical advisory committee on Covid-19 at a meeting on Monday informed the chief minister that the surge could be a precursor to the second wave of infections in the State and measures needed to be taken immediately to control its spread. “The technical committee emphasised that Covid preventive measures and safety protocols need to be followed. Masks and social distancing are mandatory.

Awareness among people has worn off and if this continues, we will be compelled to take action. We will have to restart slapping fines on people for not wearing masks. For now, there will be no lockdown or night curfew or restriction of any kind, but people have to cooperate with the government,” Yediyurappa said, adding that his government will study the situation for another week and then take a decision on reviewing the interstate travel regulation. He said that along with the vaccination drive, tracing and tracking mechanisms will also be revived and shopkeepers, bus drivers and conductors etc with symptoms will be tested on priority.  

“Travellers from Maharashtra and Kerala will be monitored closely. They have to carry RT-PCR report. There will be no change in the status of schools, businesses or hotels. If people want to ensure that the economic activity continues to bloom in Karnataka and avoid a lockdown, then they must be responsible,” the CM added. The government has also asked private hospitals to accommodate Covid patients and treat them like earlier.

Modi will hold a video-conference with chief ministers on March 17 — almost a year after the ‘Janata Curfew’. Government sources said that Karnataka is set to lobby for lowering the vaccination age limit and extend it to a larger group of citizens. “All other decisions will be taken after the video-conference with the Prime Minister,” Yediyurappa added.

For past three days, Karnataka reported 900 Covid cases daily

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BENGALURU: Although the number of Covid-19 cases are much lower than the peak in September-October last year, the gradual rise in infections has the state government worried.From around 7,300 active cases at the end of January, the number has risen to around 8,860 in mid-March.For the past three days, the state has been seeing over 900 new infections a day. Sunday saw 932 new cases, Saturday saw 934 and Friday 921. 

Bengaluru alone saw 550 cases, slightly over half of the state’s 932 cases on Monday. However, this is lower than 628 and 630 recorded in the previous two days. Bengaluru Urban district has the highest number of cases. Bengaluru city has had 4,11,989 total positive cases so far with 4,01,010 recoveries. 
Bengaluru Urban has 6,454 active cases, while the number was 4,376 on on January 23. The city saw five deaths on Monday.

Dakshina Kannada district had the second-highest number of new cases at 65, followed by Mysuru (46), Tumakuru (40) and Kalaburagi (43).Experts said that the cluster cases in Bengaluru need to be addressed. 
“Apart from checking for RT-PCR negative certificates at Kerala and Maharashtra borders, Karnataka should also carry out testing at wedding halls, cinema halls, parks, schools and colleges.

This will help identify cases easily, be it symptomatic or asymptomatic, and thereby tracing the contacts in a 1:20 ratio,” a health department official said.Karnataka has the third-highest number of total infections in the country after Maharashtra and Kerala. In terms of active cases too, Karnataka had 8,860 as on Monday, while Maharashtra and Kerala have around 1.3 lakh and 29,000 respectively.

RSS arm to pick new chief at Bengaluru meet

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BENGALURU: A nine-decade-old tradition is set to be broken. The Akhila Bharatiya Prathinidi Sabha (ABPS), the highest decision-making body of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is holding its election year meeting in Bengaluru on March 19 and 20. Until now, election year meetings were held every three years in Nagpur, the RSS headquarters. 

The ABPS, headed by Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi, has traditionally preferred Nagpur as the venue for the election, but due to the lockdown and spike in Covid cases in Maharashtra, the meet has been shifted to Bengaluru. It was at the 2009 ABPS meeting in Nagpur that Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi was first elected, followed by a win in 2012, again in Nagpur, and was re-elected in 2015 and 2018 for a third and fourth term in the same city. This year, the ‘city of oranges’ was again the favourite, but the lockdown put paid to the plan to hold the ABPS session there,” said a senior RSS functionary.

The election of the general-secretary or Sarkaryavah is being held in Bengaluru for the first time in the history of the organisation. Joshi completes 12 years, and whether he will seek re-election is left to him and the Sangh leadership, the functionary said. If he continues, the 72-year-old Joshi will get another term till 2024, but if he prefers to step down, there are six people waiting to join the race — Dattatreya Hosabale, V Bhagaiah, Suresh Soni, Krishna Gopal, Manmohan Vaidya and Mukunda CR. If there is more than one contestant, the matter will come up for election. Under organisational rules, anyone can participate, provided they hold an Akhila Bharata position.

The election is left to the Sangh leadership. The electoral college of about 500 members participates in voting, and consists of 11 divisional heads of the RSS, besides elected representatives from all states. The number has been reduced from 1,500 to 500, keeping Covid-19 in mind. Due to this, others from the states will be participating virtually. 

Among the issues that will come up for discussion are RSS camps, which are normally held in April or May every year. Last year, many of them were cancelled because of Covid, and this year, they will take stock whether physical camps can be held.  CM BS Yediyurappa and his officials are expected to visit the place on Tuesday to oversee the arrangements and meet important RSS functionaries before the meeting commences this weekend.

COVID-19 Update India Over 20,000 cases in India for sixth day in a row; over 30 lakh vaccinated in last 24 hours

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NEW DELHI: India recorded 24,492 new COVID-19 cases, registering more than 20,000 cases for the sixth day in a row, taking the infection tally past 1.14 crore, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday.

The total cases in the country rose to 1,14,09,831, while the death toll increased to 1,58,856, with 131 fresh fatalities, the ministry data updated at 8 am showed.

Registering a spike in cases for the sixth day in a row, the active caseload has increased to 2,23,432, which now comprises 1.96 per cent of the total infections.

The recovery rate has further dropped to 96.65 per cent, it said.

As many as 26,624 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours on December 20.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,10,27,543, while the case fatality rate dropped to 1.39 per cent, the data stated.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakh-mark on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.

It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one crore-mark on December 19.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 22,82,80,763 samples have been tested till March 15, with 8,73,350 samples tested on Monday.

Out of the 131 new fatalities, 48 deaths were reported from Maharashtra, 27 from Punjab and 11 from Kerala.

A total of 1,58,856 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 52,909 from Maharashtra, 12,551 from Tamil Nadu, 12,397 from Karnataka, 10,944 from Delhi, 10,295 from West Bengal, 8,748 from Uttar Pradesh and 7,185 from Andhra Pradesh.

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

“Our figures are being reconciled with ICMR,” the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.

On the other hand, more than 30 lakh people were inoculated against COVID-19 on March 15, the highest in a day so far, taking the total number of vaccine doses administered in the country to 3,29,47,432, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

The vaccination of beneficiaries aged over 60 has touched 1 crore within 15 days, the ministry said.

Of the total 30,39,394 doses given in a span of 24 hours on March 15, 26,27,099 beneficiaries have been administered the 1st dose and 4,12,295 individuals have been given the 2nd dose, according to the data compiled at 7 am.

Of the cumulative  3,29,47,432 doses which have been administered till now, 2,70,79,484 beneficiaries received the 1st dose and 58,67,948 individuals have taken the 2nd dose.

Kerala ISIS module case: NIA conducts searches at 11 locations in Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka; Three held

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Pramesh Jain

Kerala ISIS module case: NIA conducts searches at 11 locations in Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka; Three held:

In a major action against the Islamic State (IS) modules,the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday conducted searches at 11 locations across the country.The multiple agency sleuths carried out searches across Delhi, Karnataka and Kerala.

The National Investigation Agency officials along with local police conducted simultaneous searches at 11 locations including eight locations in Kerala spread over Districts of Kannur, Mallapuram,Kollam and Kasargod,two locations in Bengaluru and one location in Delhi in a case pertaining to terrorist activities of a group led by one Mohammed Ameen alias Abu Yahya from Kerala for his ISIS link and arrested three persons part of the ring.

The accused has been identified as,Mohd. Ameen alias Abu Yahaya,Mushab Anuvar and Dr. Rahees Rashid have been arrested on Monday .

During investigation it was found that,Mohd Ameen was leading the module and the other two arrested accused were his close associates.

According to the NIA officials,this group have been running various ISIS propaganda channels on different social media platforms such as Telegram,Hoop and Instagram for propagating the violent Jihadi ideology of ISIS and radicalizing and recruiting new members to this ISIS module. 

NIA had registered the case against 07 known and other unknown accused persons under sections,120B,121 and 121A of IPC &sections 17, 18,18B,20,38&40 of Unlawful Activities (prevention)Act on March 5th this year.

Probe revealed that the group of radicalized individuals under the leadership of Mohammed Ameen owning allegiance to proscribed terrorist organization ISIS had identified certain individuals in Kerala and Karnataka for targeted killing.

They had also planned to undertake Hijrat (religious migration),to Jammu and Kashmir  for engaging in terrorist acts. 

Further,Mohammed Ameen had travelled to Jammu&Kashmir immediately after his return to India from Bahrain in March,2020 and had been camping in Delhi for last two months for establishing connection with Jammu Kashmir  based operatives having allegiance to ISIS.

The officials carried search operations at the premises of accused Mohammed Ameen and his associates who were members of the various groups and channels on encrypted chat platforms.

During the searches,several digital devices including Laptops,Mobiles,Hard Disk Drives,Pen Drives,multiple SIM cards of different service providers and incriminating documents have been seized.

Seized exhibits are being scrutinized and will be sent for forensic examination.Searches today were preceded by extensive verification jointly by NIA,Special Cell,Delhi Police and ATS,Kerala Police.

Further, investigation in the case continue,the official release said.

Two-day nationwide strike impacts PSU banks as about 10 lakh employees protest privatisation move

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UFBU, an umbrella body of nine unions, had given a strike call for March 15 and 16, and claimed that about 10 lakh bank employees and officers of the banks will participate in the strike.

NEW DELHI: Banking operations including cheque clearance across the country got affected on Monday as bankers under the aegis of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) have gone on a nationwide strike to protest against the proposed privatisation of two state-owned lenders.

UFBU, an umbrella body of nine unions, had given a strike call for March 15 and 16, and claimed that about 10 lakh bank employees and officers of the banks will participate in the strike.

Services in the state of Maharashtra got affected on Monday as around 40,000 bank employees and officers have gone on a two-day strike to protest against the government’s decision to privatise two more state-run banks.

Last month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the privatisation of two public sector banks (PSBs) as part of the government’s disinvestment plan in the Union Budget for the next fiscal.

However, branches of private sector lenders like ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank are open as they are not part of the strike.

In the Union Budget presented last month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the privatisation of two public sector banks (PSBs) as part of the government’s disinvestment plan.

The government has already privatised IDBI Bank by selling its majority stake in the lender to LIC in 2019, and has merged 14 public sector banks in the last four years.

According to All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) general secretary CH Venkatachalam, services at branch level; cheque clearance; and government transactions have been affected.

Besides, money markets and stock markets are also going to face problems as payments would be impacted, he said.

Members of UFBU include All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC), National Confederation of Bank Employees (NCBE), All India Bank Officers’ Association (AIBOA) and Bank Employees Confederation of India (BEFI).

Others are the Indian National Bank Employees Federation (INBEF), Indian National Bank Officers Congress (INBOC), National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW) and National Organisation of Bank Officers (NOBO).

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