Belagavi: Even as the BJP government in Karnataka prepares to table the anti-conversion Bill during the ongoing winter session of legislature, state’s Energy Minister V Sunil Kumar on Monday said that a law prohibiting ‘love jihad’ will also be introduced in the days to come.

“Some organisations publicly claim that they don’t indulge in religious conversion and it is not their intention, then why are they opposed to anti-conversion law? On one side they say they don’t do such things and on the other side they oppose (the bill), they have ambiguity, not us,” Kumar said in response to a question.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the winter session of Karnataka legislature that began today in this border district, he said, “We had been stating from the beginning that the BJP government will bring in anti-cow slaughter and anti-conversion law, we are committed to it. I will go a step ahead and say that in the days to come we will bring a law against love jihad.”

The government had earlier enacted the anti-cow slaughter law in the state; it is now preparing to table the anti-conversion Bill during the ongoing winter session.

Regarding a law against ‘love jihad’, the government had earlier this year said that officials have been directed to gather information on an ordinance promulgated in Uttar Pradesh in this regard.

Defending the proposed anti-conversion Bill, the Minister said, religious conversions are taking place in a big way targeting poor and weaker sections, either by force or through inducements, and hence it was considered necessary to bring in a law to stop such activities.

“Let Congress say, as to why they are opposed to it, we are ready to debate and respond,” he said, adding that the proposed bill is keeping in mind the entire society and not targeted at any particular religion or community.

Belagavi: Former Chief Minister, Leader of the opposition Siddaramaiah said, “The Anti-conversion law is not required now. Attempt to implement this law is being done to target one community. This is being done to needlessly harass them. The BJP has come forward to table this bill out political ill-will”, he said. 

Speaking to the media at Belagavi on Monday, Siddaramaiah said, “They are trying to enforce the Anti-Conversion law to subvert the attention from real issues and obtain publicity”, he accused.

“Instead of taking action to provide relief to victims of rain damage and natural disasters, through the Anti-Conversion law the government is trying to divert public attention from real problems”, Siddaramaiah said.

“We will oppose their attempts to table the Anti-Conversion bill”, Siddaramaiah clarified.

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The High grounds police have arrested a group of four persons including two lab employees who helped Omicron infected a South African national to escape from a star hotel where he was quarantined .

The accused have been identified as Ranesh and Ravindra,techies with an IT firm in Bommanahalli where the accused South African was working and the two lab employees Manoj and Prashanth.

Senior officer told media persons based on a complaint filed by the BBMP health officials the high grounds police swung into action and based on technical inputs and technical evidence the team arrested four persons two are lab technician and two are IT firm employees.

During investigation it was found that accused  South-African national,who had tested covid  positive after he landed in the airport on November 20 following which the authorities directed him to get quarantined at Shangri-La hotel on palace road until further orders.

The accused using his employees Ranesh and Ravindra obtained a fake covid negative report from the lab situated on old airport road,submitted the same to check out from the hotel on November 27  . 

He later used the same report and left to his country via Dubai .

THe BBMP officials who got to know about this lodged a complaint with the High grounds police against him and the hotel management for failing to inform the BBMP about the check out and also under the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act.

As the accused and the hotel management allegedly violated the COVID-19 guidelines,Dr. Naveen Kumar M,the Medical Officer of Health of the BBMP East Division,filed a complaint with the High Grounds police on Sunday. Based on the complaint, the police have registered an FIR under sections 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 271 (disobedience to quarantine rule), and other sections of the IPC and the provisions of the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act, 2020.

We are now probing further the possibility of the lab being issued similar negative certificates to any other in the recent past and further investigation is on.

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A 35 year old Nigerian National was stabbed to death by a gang of three over drunken brawl in Banaswadi on Sunday night.

The police arrested the accused few hours after the incident came to light.

The deceased has been identified as Victor P, hails from South Africa and the accused are Arun,Philip and Neelakantan,residents of Kammanahalli.

Senior officer told media persons a murder case was reported on Sunday in which unknown miscreants stabbed a African National over trivial row and fled the spot after stabbing him to death.

As soon as the murder took place Banaswadi police inspector, Santhosh Kumar L with crime staff and senior officers as,DCP,East Dr SD Sharanappa ACP Banaswadi Sub-Division Ningappa B Sakkiri and other officers rushed to spot.

Dog squad and finger print experts were pressed into action to collect the evidence from the crime scene.

After inspecting the spot DCP East, Dr SD Sharanappa led a special team under the leadership of ACP, Ningappa B Sakkiri a team headed by PI, Santhosh Kumar L and his crime staff swung into action and started the investigation during investigating the team got the identity of the accused with the help of technical inputs.

Based on the technology skill the team zeroed in on three persons in few hours after the incident of crime reported.

During investigation it was found that the incident took place around 9.30pm when Victor had come to a shop at Kullappa Circle and had picked up a quarrel with the gang who were under the influence of alcohol.

In a fit of rage they stabbed Victor and fled the scene.The passersby noticed Victor lying in a pool of blood and shifted him to nearby hospital where he succumbed.

The Banasawadi police swung into action and arrested the accused based on technical evidence gathered from in and around the area.

Initially locals and African Nationals said that the accused are also African.But based on scientific investigation by the team the accused were zeroed in.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa,ACP Banaswadi Sub-Division,Ningappa B Sakkiri,PI,Santhosh Kumar L and his whole crime staff who has detected the murder case within few hours of the incident reported and for the tirelessly work and using technology skills the team nabbed a three member gang and detected the case and for the exemplary and meticulous investigation done by them a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

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A 25-year-old woman and her male friend ended life by hanging from a tree in the outskirts of the city on Sunday.

The deceased have been identified as Pushpalatha from Dasegoudanapalya and  Mohan Kumar, 24 from Magadi .

Senior officers visited the spot and after inspecting the spot they said that the, Pushpalatha was married recently but separated from husband and came to live with her parents.

Mohan Kumar who was also married and worked in a chicken stall had an affair and the duo used to meet regularly .

On Sunday during one of the meetings the duo had an argument following which Pushpalatha hanged to a tree with a rope.Mohan Kumar who noticed this also hanged to the same tree .

The incident came to light when a few passersby noticed the bodies hanging from a tree and alerted Kudur police.

The kudur police have taken up a case of unnatural death and are awaiting a post mortem report to ascertain the cause of death .

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Unable to take care of his physically challenged child,a 40 year old autorickshaw driver killed his ten year old differently abled son by drowning him in a water sump inside their residence in Sampangirama Nagar and later ended his life by hanging himself from the celing of an abandoned shed in Sheshadripuram on Monday.

The deceased child has been identified as Uday Sai who was mute and visually challenged.Sai was the only son of the couple,Suresh,40,and Lakshmi,35 and were residing in a rented house in Sampangiram Nagar.

Senior officer told media persons,that Lakshmi was working as a teacher before but had to quit her job to take care of her son while Suresh was an autorickshaw driver.

The incident took place on Monday morning between 6:30 am to 7 am when Suresh woke up and removed the water sump lid.

He took his son who was asleep and dropped him into the sump before closing the lid and ran away.

He went to an empty plot on platform road in Seshadripuram area next to the underpass towards Majestic where he found an abandoned shed and hung himself inside.

Suresh had a spinal cord injury and was advised to undergo an operation immediately.Due to the pandemic,his work had taken a hit and had financial crisis.

Lakshmi told the police that he was very depressed after hearing about the operation and told her a couple of times that he and his son would end their lives so that she could live on without them becoming a burden to her.

However, she had not taken it seriously and on Monday morning when she could not find father and son,she started to suspect Suresh.

She searched everywhere in the house and opened the sump lid when she found her son’s body.As the boy was mute,no one in the building heard anything or could save him,said an officer.

Seshadripuram police said that later in the evening,the public who noticed Suresh’s body, informed the jurisdictional police who rushed to the place and shifted his body for post mortem.

The Sampangiramanagar police have taken up a case of murder against Suresh while Seshadripuram police have registered a case of abetment of suicide and further investigation is on.

Those in distress or those having suicidal tendencies can call Arogya Sahayavani Ph.: 104 for help.

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The KG Nagar police have booked a case against a financier for abducting,torture and assaulting a security guard over a trivial row.

Though the incident occurred on November 18, the police have registered a case on Friday following a complaint from the family of the guard.

Senior officer said,the accused Vasu@Guttahalli Vasu,brought the security guard Yatish to his office,disrobed and assaulted him with a hockey bat while the latter was crying out to leave him alone. 

The accused Vasu also threatened Yatish with dire consequences.The entire act was video recorded and circulated . 

Yatish,who is working with a Yoga center in KG Nagar,allegedly misbehaved and sent indecent messages to the wife of accused Vasu,which led to the incident .

Fearing for his life Yatish did not go home and stayed in the center for a few days.Meanwhile worried family members came in search of him and came to know about the incident.

The family members later approached the police and filed a complaint against Vasu who has been absconding since then.   

Family members of Vasu also filed a counter complaint about the harassment which is also being looked into.

Complainant stated in his complaint that he has taken loan and not paid interest so he was tortured and assaulted by the financier a investigation is on to ascertain the reason behind the allegations made by both parties he added.

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The 26 police senior police officers of the state who have joined the Karnataka Police Service have been promoted to the rank of IPS.

The state government has recommended 26 police officers name who have been assigned with various posts by the state police department based on their experience.

The Central Government on Friday has approved this and issued an official order confirming the service of 26 police officers of Karnataka Police Service based on service excellence.

The officers assigned with various posts are promoted to IPS rank are :

The Central Government has promoted,2016 batch,MV Chandrakanth,ML Madhura veena, 2017 batch,Channabasavanna Langoti, Jayaprakash,KP Anjali,M Narayana,M Muthuraj, Shekhar H Tekannanavar,Ravindra Kashinath Gadadhi,Anita Bhimappa Hadanavar, Sarah Fathima,Rashmi Paradi,MA Aiyappa and Shivakumar of the 2019 batch,Mallikarjuna Balladi,YY. Amarnath Reddy,Pawan Nijjur, B.L. 
Shrihari Babu,MS Geetha,Yashodha Vantagodi,M Rajeev,VJ Shobha Rani,Dr SK Soumyalatha, BT Kavita and Uma Prashant has been promoted as IPS officers.

Promoted officers perform duties in various parts of the state, including Bangalore’s internal security division, intelligence and special task force.

The aforesaid officers will remain on probation for one year as per rule of Indian Police Service (Probation) Rules, 1954 and the officers will
obtain induction training as per sub rule 5(4) of Indian Police Service.

(Probation) Rules, 1954 as amended dated 10.05.2011.

The appointment will take effect from the date of issue of this notification says the order.

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A 32-year-old Gram Panchayath member and his female friend were hacked to death at a house in Ramaiah Layout in Chandapura on Saturday evening.

The deceased have been identified as Narayanaswamy and Kavya, 27.

Senior officials,as SP,Vamsi Krishna including Additional superintendent of Police,Lakshmi Ganesh visited the scene of crime to supervise the investigation.

After inspecting the spot senior officer said, Kavya had come to her mother’s house with her minor child while Narayanaswamy visited a few minutes later.The mother of Kavya went out for a walk with the child leaving the duo at home.

The assailant armed with lethal weapons who was suspected to be keeping a watch struck into the house and stabbed both multiple times and sped away.

The incident came to light when Kavya’ mother returned home from walking and found the duo lying in a pool of blood.

Jurisdiction Police officials rushed to the spot and conducted a detailed investigation.

We suspect Kavya’s husband Muthuraj could be behind the gruesome incident.Probe revealed that Muthuraj,a businessman and also having two criminal cases including a POCSO and dowry harassment case filed by Kavya is nurturing grudges against Narayanaswamy for the illicit affair he had with his wife .

Special teams have been formed and we have some clues on the assailant and will be nabbed soon he added.

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The West Division police of Byadarahalli police on Sunday arrested a 27-year-old ICU staff of a private hospital who had stolen a gold chain from a elderly patient admitted for treatment covid treatment in April this year.

The accused,identified as Imtiyaz,has been arrested following a complaint filed by the family members of the 65-year-old patient.

Senior officer told media persons,a complaint was filed by relative of 65-year-old patient who stated in their complaint that they admitted their relative for Covid treatment and the patient was in ICU and as on 25th April while he got food for the patient he noticed that her gold chain is missing from her neck.

Based on the complaint the police Inspector of Byadarahalli police station,Ravikumar RG and his crime staff swung into action and conducted a detailed and thorough investigation before and based on technical inputs the team zeroed in on Imtiyaz on 10th December.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and revealed that he was waiting for her to go to sleep after getting an injection and removed the 70 grams of chain from her neck worth Rs.3 lakh and escaped.

Based on his statement the team has recovered stolen 70 gram gold chain worth Rs.3 lakhs from his possession and further investigation is on to ascertain his criminal background.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP,T Kodandarama,PI Ravikumar RG,and his whole team for their excellent investigation in nabbing the hospital staffer who stolen gold chain from patients neck while she was undergoing treatment for Covid treatment a suitable reward will be given to the whole team he added.