Archives for March 2022

Parmesh S Jain

The Rajgopal Nagar police on Wednesday arrested a private bus cleaner who killed a 64-year-old daily wage labourer to rob Rs 500 from him while he was sleeping on the footpath on March 15.

The accused has been identified as, Prashanth aged about 35.

Senior officer told reporters,a murder case was reported in Rajagopalnagar police station limits as the murder took place senior officer rushed to the spot.

Special team was formed by DCP North Vinayak Patil the team headed by PI, Rajagopalnagar swung into action and the team verified nearly 50 cctv footage to identify the accused and arrested him.

The accused Prashanth,working as a cleaner at a private bus used to move around in the night time to identify people living on footpath and rob their valuables.

On March 15, he found Krishnappa,64, was sleeping on the footpath near Peenya II stage bus stop at around 1. 30 am and tried to search his pockets to take away valuables .

Krishnappa woke up and resisted but Prashanth overpowered and attacked him with a brick found near-by and escaped after robbing Rs 500 from him.

Krishnappa was found lying unconcious the next morning and taken to victoria hospital where he succumbed later.

Krishnappa had visited his relative and wanted to return home. Since it was late he tired and drunk he slept near the bus stop thinking of going home the net morning.

Parmesh S Jain

Mohammed Azeez,a 63-year-old bakery owner who sustained severe burn injuries due to LPG cylinder leakage on Saturday morning succumbed on Tuesday.

The deceased Azeez, owned a bakery in Gangondanahalli switched on the gas stove to make tea early in the morning and lit a cigarette which led to the explosion.

Due to the impact the bakery was damaged and Azeez sustained severe burn injuries.

He was taken to Victoria hospital from there shifted to a hospital in Kerala where he succumbed.The Chandra Layout police have taken up a case and are investigating.

parmesh S JAIN

The all party meeting held today unanimously decided to hold elections for local bodies after providing reservation for Backward Classes, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Speaking to media persons after chairing the all party meeting to discuss making provision for reservation for Backward Classes in elections for urban and rural local bodies,Bommai said, political backwardness of backward classes should be identified.

A Commission would have to be constituted for the purpose.Appropriate measures would be taken in the backdrop of the recent Supreme Court order,Bommai said.

The Supreme Court in its recent order has quashed the 27% quota for OBCs in local body elections.

A meeting would again be convened by the end of this month and a final decision would be taken in this regard in the presence of leaders of the opposition,Bommai said.

“At today’s meeting we discussed in detail possible measures to provide reservation for Backward Classes and how to conduct the elections in the backdrop of the SC order.The Advocate General explained the legal aspects, Bommai said.

We have the options of conducting elections after constituting a Commission and getting its report or to file a review petition in the Supreme Court.

But it is impossible to hold elections without reservation for Backward Classes, Bommai said.

Quota hike for STs

The meeting also discussed increasing the reservation for STs to 7.5% in accordance with the demand of the community.

Their population too has increased.The previous government had constituted the Justice Nagamohan Das Commission in this regard.

The Commission has submitted its report to the previous BS Yediyurappa’s government.The Commission has recommended increasing the SC,ST reservation quota. We have to make a decision accordingly,Bommai said.

“We have decided to deliver social justice for these communities by increasing their reservation quota in the backdrop of Justice Nagamohan Das report, judgements in Maharashtra’s Jayashree Patil case, Indira Sahney case and also getting an interim report from Justice Subash Adi,” Bommai said.

If reservation has to be provided,it has to be in accordance with the Constitutional provisions and Supreme Court order.

The Advocate General has been asked to submit a report in this regard.The report would be placed before the next all party meeting and their consent would be obtained,Bommai said.

There is demand from the Kuruba community which belongs to Category 2A for inclusion into the ST list, some of the 3B Category communities want to be included into 2A Category.

In this regard we have to move step by step. There is also the issue of a 50% ceiling on quota, whether we should cross it and how to go about it legally, Bommai said.

A consensus emerged at Today’s meeting on rendering justice for Scheduled Tribes, Bommai said.

Parmesh S Jain

Anti Corruption Bureau sleuths on Tuesday conducted search operation at 9 different places in the city pertaining to nine middlemen,who are operating in the BDA and influencing officials by corrupt means to involving in malpractices and other irregularities in Banglore Development Authority .

At least 100 officers of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, in separate teams went to the properties of the alleged middlemen who used influence to access officers of the Bengaluru Development Authority, under the Supervision of Uma Prashant, Superentident of Police,Headquarters .

The raids were conducted at the homes of these nine accused: Raghu BN in Chamrajpet, Mohan at RT Nagar, Manoj at Domlur, Munirathna at Malthalli, Teju at RR Nagara, Aswath at KG Circle, Rama at BDA Layout, Laxmana also at BDA Layout and Chikkahanummaiah at Muddinapalya. All these locations are in Bengaluru.

It may be recalled that one of the middlemen filed a complaint with the city police accusing BDA officials of cheating.

The complaint claimed to have paid huge sum of money even to officials even paid money for the transfer of a senior officer.

The Main door of a palatial house operated through remote in Kenagunte in Mallathahalli belonging to broker Muniratna ,a private garden in front of the house belonging to Yogesh maintained by a group of gardeners,fleet of high end cars and valuables including 4.9 kg of gold valuables 15.2 kgs of silver articles,61.9 grams of diamonds,expensive watches and goggles recovered from the house of Mohan,another BDA broker among the nine middlemen who have been raided by the ACB sleuths on Tuesday.

These seized valuables are some one the highlights of the search and seizure made by the officials along with a heap of files pertaining to properties in and around Bengaluru .

High drama prevailed some time when the accused broker Munirathna refused to hand over the keys of the SUV parked in front of his palatial house .

The ACB contemplated to get a locksmith to open the car,but finally Munirathna handed over the keys.

The officials recovered heap of property documents belonging to several people,which have been seized .

The search and verification of valuables continue ascertain the value of the property and their known source of income.

Some of the middlemen who are shop keepers and real estate agents a decade ago amassed wealth worth several crores which needed a detailed probe,a senior officer,said.

The ACB officials suspect that the accused having close nexus with the BDA officials suspected to have involved in alternate site, compensation scams and also preparing fake documents to claim compensation.

The officials are verifying the documents of properties, household articles and others.

Recently, the ACB officials had arrested four private persons involved in extorting money from BDA officials on the promise of getting away from their respective cases in ACB.

About 3,000 people live and die unrecognized in a desert land bordering Sudan and Egypt.There is no proof of their birth, death,marriage, educational qualification or skills.

The 2,060 square kilometers of land belong to no one in particular. No kingdoms or governments have come forward to support them.

The region in question is Birland or Bir Tawil, a landlocked area caught in a quandary between Sudan and Egypt since the early 19th century. The only status it has is – Terra Nullius (no man’s land).

An entire population’s efforts began to pay off in 2014 – 2015 when H.R.M. King Emir A.Haiyawi established Birand as a state.

Soon, Prof. Dr. Queen Eden Soriano Trinidad was appointed Prime Minister.A few representatives from different countries were appointed to amplify the humanitarian concerns and seek support from the United Nations (UN) for Birland’s administrative stature.

The current administration has been in talks with global administrations to support the people in attaining their rights.

The biggest challenge for the current administration is to build an entire nation from scratch. There are no infrastructure facilities – water, healthcare, sanitation etc. – in the region.

The youth in the area gaze at an uncertain future, considering the region’s lack of educational establishments and employment opportunities.

They desire a quality life, unlike the ones their ancestors lived. The access to the world is via Sudan, which demands better transportation facilities, including an airport.

King Emir A.Haiyawi and his team have already completed the documentation work and even received a Certificate of Membership to UNIGO (United Nations Intergovernmental Organization).

There is a long way to go, and the people of Birland hope to be recognized by the world.