Archives for 2022

Parmesh S Jain

Kengeri police on Wednesday arrested two persons who had assaulted a private firm employee with a knife and robbed his I-Phone on February 25.

The accused has been identified as,Salman,22 and his associate,Inzamam,23.

Senior officer told media persons,Based on the complaint filed by Manoj TS,31,a software engineer, the Kengeri police inspector,Vasanth C,and his team swung into action and with the help of police investigation skills and technology inputs the team tracked down the accused and arrested Salman, 22 and his associates Inzamam, 23 and recovered robbed mobile phone and bike and a dagger used to commit the robbery from him.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and it was found that Manoj was waiting outside the metro station for the transport when the duo confronted him and threatened at knife point to handover the mobile .

Manoj tried to resist and was injured in the melee.The duo attacked him with a dagger and escaped with his mobile phone worth Rs 40,000.

The police team analyzed the CCTV footage from in and around the area and arrested the accused.

With their arrest the police have solved another mobile robbery case which is being investigated . 

The accused would move around the city on bike and target people having expensive phones,he said.

Finally Bengaluru police commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP, Kodandarama,PI,Vasanth C and his crime team who has done a exemplary and commendable job in nabbing the duo and recovered the stolen mobile and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Parmesh S Jain

The East Division police of Ramamurthynagar police on Wednesday arrested a gang of five including a self styled journalist who along with four home guards was running an extortion racket.

The accused has been identified as,Syed Kaleem,28, resident of RT Nagar,Sampangiram, 31, Asif Babujan, 27, Anand Raj, 30 and Vinayaka, 28,working as Home guards.

Senior officer told media persons,A spa owner approached Ramamurthynagar police station after they got some fishy when the gang of five members posing as cops visited their saloon and took 1.6 lakhs from them as the owner got doubt on them as one of the member of the gang got transferred money through online.

The owner approached Ramamurthynagar police inspector, Melwin Francis,and explained about the incident and stated that they run a spa and saloon situated on Jayanthi Nagar main road a five member gang posing as cops raided his spa accused him of running prostitution racket and extorted Rs 1.6 lakh on Feb 26.

As soon as the complaint was filed inspector Melwin Francis passed information to his senior officers as ACP, Ningappa B Sakkiri,DCP, Bheemashankar S Guled,after seeking a detailed report,a special team was formed under the leadership of ACP Ningappa B Sakkiri team headed by PI, Melwin Francis and his crime team swung into action.

The team visited the spa and after verifying the CCTV footage the team got a vital clues on the gang the team identified four persons as they were working as Home guards.

The team secured all the five member gang and during investigation all the five member confessed the crime.

During the investigation the accused were identified as Syed Kaleem,28,from RT Nagar who claimed to be reporter for “Custom and Excise news” reporter of Newsportal along with Sampangiram,31,Asif Babujan,27,Anand Raj,30 and Vinayaka, 28.

The team recovered Rs.60,000 cash and Rs.1 lakh from the bank account which Kaleem had forced the spa owner to transfer online.

A detailed investigation by the team who grilled the accused and he spilled the beans and it has revealed that the prime accused is Kaleem posing as journalist would visit the spa and small commercial establishments threatened them for being involved in illegal business and extort money after carrying out fake raids with the help of his associates who were working as home guards .

We suspect that the accused might have cheated many people and taken them into custody for further investigations.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP,East,A Subramanyeswara Rao,DCP,East,Dr Bheemashankar S Guled,ACP,Ningappa B Sakkiri, PI,Melwin Francis,PSI,Shivaraj Gharsangi,and crime staff as,Aneesh,Ashwin Kumar,Sunil Kumar,Dilip Kumar,has been appreciated for the exemplary and excellent work done by them in tracking all the five accused and unearthing their Extortion business and landing them in police net a special reward will be given to the team he added.

Parmesh S Jain

The Hennur police on Wednesday arrested two persons who were stealing cars from service stations and selling them after fabricating the documents.

The accused has been identified as, Manjunath,27,Sheikh Nawaz,22.

Senior officer told media persons,the service station owner approached to Hennur police station and registered complaint stating two persons posing as customer came to their show room on February 21 and stole the SUV after hoodwinking the security guard .

Following the complaint the police flashed the message around the city alerting their counterparts to keep an eye on the stolen SUV.

Inspector,M Vasanth flashed the message across city and swung into action .The accused were caught while they were driving the stolen SUV in Ashoknagar involved in a self accident and the police on duty caught them and alerted the Hennur police,who had circulated the details of the stolen car.

The duo identified as Manjunath,27 and Sheikh Nawaz, 22, was brought to station along with the stolen car.

During investigation the duo confessed the crime A detailed questioning led them to confess one more vehicle theft case which is reported in Mahadevapura police station limits.

Based on their confession the police recovered two cars worth RS 6.9 lakh from them.

Manjunath and Nawaz are part of the gang led by Salman,a habitual offender who is now on the run.Efforts are on to track him down and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP,East, A Subramanyeswara Rao,DCP,East,Dr Bheemashankar Guled,ACP, Ningappa B Sakkiri,PI,Vasanth M,PSIs,as,Basavaraj J,Ningaraj,Pratap,ASIs,as,Askar Mirja,Althaf and crime staff as,Purshottam,Bheemappa,Muniraj,Umesh,Ambanna Kattimani,Santhosh,Ghouse P,Kasim Sab and alert police personnel of Ashoknagar traffic has been appreciated and a suitable reward will be given to the whole team who has nabbed the duo car thieves and solved the case within 48hours and a suitable reward will be given to the whole team he added.

Parmesh S Jain

Prima facie evidences found the ACB  officials  during the raid and search on the 33 offices of the BBMP in three zones across the city found that large scale irregularities and from the documentary verification it was estimated sum of Rs 300 crore has not been collected by the officials towards the advertisement revenue, incurring huge loss to the BBMP and the state exchequer.

Senior ACB official said in a release,the BBMP officials concerned have not collected the advertisement taxes from bus stands and skywalks and also from the newly constructed bus stop under PPP model.

At the TDR section,the town planning section officials allegedly committed large scale irregularities in fixing TDR and created fake records to claim TDR.

In many instances sanctioned excess TDRs for many projects.The officials also created fake  documents to claim the compensation for the road widening projects .

Even the internal vigilance section headed by engineer has not acted on the report submitted to him about the irregularities

The ACB officials also found that the town planning officials have sanctioned the building plan to construct multi storeyed apartments at the lakes bed and buffer zone.The officials also approved the land records submitted to them illegally .

Even many under construction residential buildings across the city have issued OC (Occupancy Certificates),A three storeyed building plan was later converted into a six storeyed building and approved by the officials.

A 10 storeyed building and building constructed on two acres or more have been approved despite having many violations and the tax rate has been fixed to minimal causing huge revenue loss to BBMP and the state exchequer.

The officials of the BBMP revenue department have fixed minimum tax on the residential buildings, multi-storeyed residential complexes and even commercial complexes and IT companies  .

The Revenue officials have fixed old tax rates to the newly constructed buildings and complexes causing revenue loss to the BBMP to the tune of several crores.

According to the rough estimation a total sum of Rs 217 crore loss was calculated and the ACB officials have seized seven files pertaining to the details of the tax irregularities have been seized for further probe .

Storm water drain section :The ACB officials seized unaccounted Rs.1.18 lakh cash from the office of the Assistant Executive engineer .

The officials also seized records pertaining to a Rs.1050 crore for various projects and desilting work which was awarded to only a few contractors since the year 2017.

Even at the solid waste management section a bill of Rs 100 crore was created and sanctioned to the beneficiaries but no action has been taken against the official concerned.

Even at the accounts and finance section of the BBMP even though there was no project,the officials created fake documents and released the amount.   

The tender process has not been done as per the rules and violation of transparency act.

While the raid and searches were on,many private firms and individuals rushed to the office to pay their dues.

A total of Rs 15 crore has been paid toward the taxes since the past two days,the ACB officials said .

As many as 200 officials took part in the operation which was launched three days ago .

Parmesh s Jain

The restoration of roads in the villages (of the 110 villages) in Yelahanka constituency limits is going on in a speedy manner and today,the BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta instructed the officials to accelerate the work speed further.

Speaking after inspecting the road restoration works at Ananthapura,AMS layout limits in Yelahanka constituency,he said that, the roads in the city should be motorable well enough.

He also instructed the officials to finish the asphalt works in major roads and also the restoration work of village roads within the scheduled period of time.

Roads,footpaths should be restored ensuring the quality work where the BWSSB’s works related to the drinking water and the drainage have been finished.

No residents should face problem at any cost, the Gaurav Gupta instructed the officials.

Executive Engineer,Sudhakar Reddy,explaining about the works to the Chief Commissioner,said that,among the 110 villages,8 villages (Ananthapura,Chikkabettahalli, Doddabettahalli, Kenchenahalli, Harohalli,Nagenahalli,Vaderapura, Govindapura),are coming under the Yelahanka constituency.

The road restoration is being held in all those villages except Vaderapura and Govindapura.

“The BWSSB has dug up 151 km of road to take up the works related to drinking water and drainage.Of that 151 km, the BBMP, has restored 60 km of road.

The pending 91 km of road will be restored within the prescribed time duration”the Executive Engineer explained to the Chief Commissioner.

Appreciations to BBMP’s work

All the crossroads,including footpaths at the AMS Layout in Attur ward limits have been asphalted.

On this,local resident Mr.Bellave appreciated the BBMP’s work.BBMP is doing excellent work he said.

Zonal Joint Commissioner,Poornima, Zonal Chief Engineer,Ranganath and other concerned officials were present on the occasion.

Parmesh S Jain

Bringing home the mortal remains of Naveen,the Karnataka student who lost his life in the war zone of Ukraine,is the top priority for State government.

All help and cooperation would be extended to Naveen’s family,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Speaking to media persons Bommai said, Naveen’s friends have sent a few photographs of a body with dress resembling what Naveen was wearing,however it has to be confirmed with the External Affairs minister and the officials of the Indian Embassy in Ukraine.

Serious efforts are being made to bring Naveen’s body back home,Bommai said.

Replying to a question the Chief Minister said that an ex-gratia too would be presented to Naveen’s family, however the top priority now is to bring his mortal remains back.

The Government of India is making relentless efforts to evacuate the Indians stranded in Ukraine,26 aircraft would be sent to bring home Indians in the next 2-3 days.We are trying to get as many Kannadigas as possible among them,” Bommai said.

The task is proving tough as the war is raging. The Indian government it coordinating with the Ukraine government to make arrangements for passage of Indians in groups to safe zones and railway stations through the Western region of Ukraine, Bommai said.

Efforts are on to get more information on whereabouts of one of Naveen’s friends who is said to have been injured.

Parmesh S Jain

The Bagalagunte police on Tuesday arrested a 34 year old man for sexually harassing women online.

The accused has been identified as Darling Chadru of Margondahalli and unemployed.

Senior officer told media persons,one of the victim approached Bagalagunte Police stating that someone by name Darling Chandru is harrassing her in online.

As she stated that first he sent a friend request and befriended her and later started asking to send pics and even seeking sexual favours in return when she refused he updated her photo and phone number on dating website stating that she is giving escort services.

This came to light when she started getting calls so unable to bear harrasment she filed a complaint.

Based on complaint Bagalagunte Police inspector and his crime team swung into action and nabbed the perpetrator Darling Chandru.

During investigation the accused confessed to the crime and it was revealed that the accused would stalk women on social media and befriend them to seek sexual favours.

When they object he would put out their pic and the contact number on the dating sites with a message that they are offering escort services .

Bagalagunte police arrested him under various section of the IT act and also under outraging the modesty of women and further investigation is on to ascertain his criminal background.

Parmesh S Jain

The Chamarajapete police on Tuesday arrested a autorickshaw driver and two of his associates and recovered nine stolen batteries worth Rs. 1 lakh from them.

The accused has been identified as,Imran,Shamsheer,and Suhail.

Senior officer told reporters,a complaint was registered in chamarajpet police station in which the shop owner Nagaraju stating that on January 5, a set of five batteries have been stolen from his shop.The batteries are power backup for Nagaraju’s shop kept under the stairs of the shop.The miscreants had disconnected the wires and taken away the batteries worth Rs 50,000.

Based on the complaint special team headed by PI,BS Lokhapur and his crime staff swung into action and after visiting the crime scene the team verified the CCTV footage from in and around and in one of the CCTV footage the team found a Autorickshaw used in commiting offence.

Based on the technical evidence obtained the team picked Imran on suspect and during questioning the accused confessed the crime and revealed that he roped in with his associates Shamsheer and Suhail and stolen the batteries.

Based on his confession and statement the team arrested all the trio and the team grilled them and they revealed that they had committed similar theft at Wilson garden and stolen four batteries.

Based on their statement the team recovered totally 9 batteries from them worth of Rs.1 Lakh from them.

The accused have been booked under theft and taken into custody for further investigation to ascertain their criminal background.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP,P Ravikumar,PI,BS Lokhapur,PSI,Gopal,and other staff who has done a commendable job in nabbing the trio and recovering the stolen batteries and auto rickshaw used in commiting offence and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.