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The RR Nagar police on Thursday arrested a 26-year-old woman who along with male friend tortured her two minor children brutally after they revealed information about the man in the house to their father who is presently in prison.

Senior officer told media persons,Jayamma has two children aged six and seven year old,staying in a rented house while her husband is in jail for the last eight months for his involvement in a case registered at Hassan district. 

Jayamma works as a housekeeping staff in a private hospital.Hemanth’s wife is also working as housekeeping staff in the same hospital. 

Jayamma was earlier a resident of Byatarayanapura.Two months ago she shifted to a single room house in Rajarajeshwarinagar.    

She invited her colleague to her house along with her husband and eight months old baby to stay with them . 

When Jayamma’s husband called her over the phone from jail,the children spoke to him and told about Hemanth staying in their house. 

Following which couple had a heated argument over this issue.

Enraged by this Jayamma and Hemanth assaulted the children badly for informing their father about the guests and even Hemanth burnt the children with cigarettes,bit them and beat them up mercilessly.

Based on the complaint by neighbours,the accused Jayamma and her friend Hemanth,27 were arrested under various sections of Juvenile Justice Act .

On Wednesday evening police rescued the children and have provided them treatment. Further investigation is on. 

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The West Division police of City Market police in the early hours of Wednesday arrested two persons after intercepting a goods vehicle and seized 509 litres of liquor which was being transported to Tamilnadu .

The accused has been identified as,Ramakrishnan,24,and Rajkumar,27 both hailing from Thiruvannamalai.

Senior officer told media persons,our city market police inspector and staff were checking vehicles at market circle checkpoint and in the early hours of Wednesday during the random checking the team noticed a Tamilnadu registration vehicle coming the inspector Kumaraswamy BG who was at market circle checkpoint flagged the Tamilnadu registration goods vehicle.

The Inspector and team intercepted and asked the driver what he is transporting during questioning the driver dint gave proper response the team got suspicious and asked the driver to show what he is transporting.

The team conducted a search on suspicious and found 59 liquor bottles concealed in the vegetable load.

The team caught them red handed for smuggling Liquor bottles by concealing it under vegetable load.

The team immediately secured both of them and during interrogation the accused confessed the crime and has been identified as,Ramakrishnan, 24, and Rajkumar,27 both native of Thiruvannamalai.

The duo have been taken into custody for further investigations.

Meanwhile liquor illegally from the city to the neighbouring Tamilnadu is on the rise soon after the lockdown.

On Tuesday the cantonment railway police caught Umashaknar,48,while he was trying to board a train to chennai with two bags of liquor bottles.

Alert head constable,Krishnamurthy P,who was on rounds noticed Umashankar walking with the two bags carefully to avoid undue attention.

Krishnamurthy on suspicion confronted Umashankar and checked the bag to recover the liquor bottles worth Rs.14,000.

Umashankar told the police that he was a wall painter by profession and since there is no sale of liquor in Tamilnadu during lockdown, he decided to make quick profit by purchasing liquor in the city and selling it in Chennai for higher price.

There are at least four cases has been reported in and around the city in the last one week While Begur registered two cases,electronic city and KR Puram registered one each cases of illegal liquor transportation from city to Tamilnadu.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated,DCP West Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP P Ravi,PI,Kumaraswamy BG and Begur police inspector and staff has been appreciated for the commendable job done by them he added.

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Kannada actor ‘Sanchari’ Vijay suffered severe head injuries in a bike accident in the city on Saturday night and is critical.

He is presently in the ICU at Apollo Hospital, Bannerghatta Road,where he underwent a brain surgery on Sunday.

He has suffered haemorrhage in the right part of the brain for which he was operated on.He is yet to regain consciousness.Doctors have said he will be under observation for 48 hours.

Senior officer said,On Saturday,Vijay and some of his friends went to Vaishnavi Apartment in Jayanagar from where they were distributing food packets to the needy,as part of relief work they were doing.

On Saturday late night at around 11:45 PM,Vijay and his friend Naveen started on a bike towards Vijay’s residence.

Both were not wearing helmets.Barely a 100 metres away from the apartment,the bike got skid due to rains and both suffered severe head injuries.

While Vijay has suffered head injury,the bike rider Naveen has suffered a spinal injury and both are in critical condition, police sources said.

A neurosurgeon Arun Nayak,told media persons,The health condition of Sanchari Vijay is very critical.As he had a blood clot in the brain, we have performed a surgery, the next 48 hours is going to be critical he said.

Vijay made his acting debut with 2011 film Rangappa Hogbitna and went on to star in other movies such as Harivu and Oggarane.

He won the National Award for his performance as a transgender in the critically-acclaimed film Naanu Avanalla Avalu.He was last seen in last year’s film ACT 1978.

During the lockdown period,he was associated with the Usire team,to provide oxygen for the Covid-19 victims. He also amplified information about Covid-19 resources through his social media pages.

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Four days after Naresha Gowda and Sharavan Kumar were granted conditional bail,the duo on Saturday appeared before the Special Investigation Team for questioning.

The officials questioned the duo for hours to ascertain their alleged role in the CD row and also alleged extortion.

The duo reportedly told the officials that the victim was introduced to them through a common friend seeking help.

The duo reportedly told the SIT officials that the victim told them that she had been cheated and needed help from us.

The duo denied having knowledge about the CD or the alleged extortion made to Ramesh Jarkiholi.

The police have recorded their statement and also taken their mobile phones for analysis to ascertain their locations and people whom they have contacted while they were on the run.

The SIT officials let off the duo asking them to appear before them whenever they are summoned .

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Rs 290 Crore Major hawala and Money laundering racket busted by Cyber Crime division of CID in Bengaluru,10 accused held

The cyber crime officials of Criminal Investigation Department on Saturday busted Money Laundering Racket linked to Hawala racket involving a turnout of over Rs 290 crore.

The officials have arrested 10 persons including two Chinese nationals,two Tibetans while efforts are on to track down the kingpin who is yet to be arrested.

MD Sharath,Superintendent of Police (cyber crime),who led the probe,told media persons,that based on a complaint a special team tracked the accused prime accused in the case identified as Anas Ahmed,who offered Several financial schemes online and mobile apps,promising higher returns for the investment made.

The accused used social media platform to lure gullible people offering quick and higher returns.

 Initially the investors were paid by the accused  promptly,but this is to lure more and more people,Mr.Sharath,Said.

The accused wind up the business after collecting huge amount from the investors.They even open shell companies for routing the funds collected fraudulently and these are being managed by Chinese nationals as handlers,The CID investigation,revealed.

The accused even lured many people to open bank accounts in their names which the accused use for their fraudulent financial dealings.

 The scam came to light following a complaint from a city based  company (Razor pay Software Private Limited)alleging the accused availing payment solutions from Razor pay by representing that they are running business in the categories gaming,social & e-commerce.

But,they have defrauded the company by deviating from their original category of business in which they had registered and have started routing their transactions to collect payments from a different business named “Powerbank”, an app listed in Google Playstore.

Through customer complaints,the complainant company got to know that public invested certain amount in “Powerbank”app to earn some percentage of daily and weekly interest on the invested amount.

The accused after accepting the invested amount,neither gave the agreed interest,nor the principal amount thereby withholding the principal amount of their customers,which has resulted in cheating to such customers and deviating from normal course of business.

Based on the complaint the cyber crime police arrested 10 persons including 2 Chinese and 2 Tibetan nationals and six persons from various parts including Delhi,Surat and Bengaluru who were acting as directors of the companies.

During the course of investigation,it is found that Anas Ahmed,a Kerala based business man is the main person involved in this hawala and money laundering racket.

Further investigation revealed that Anas had opened shell companies in the name of Bull finch technologies,H&S ventures and Clifford ventures to route the fraud money.

Anas Ahamed completed his studies in Medicine in China and married to Chinese National.

An Online Rummy application hosted by him were later camouflaged and converted into different applications like Power Bank application,Sun Factory application seeking investment from the public promising good returns.

An unusual spike was seen in user investments on the day Anas Ahmed announced much higher returns.The apps from Google Playstore and other websites were removed soon after getting huge amount and he absconded with money.

During the investigation,it was found that a total of 290 crores INR inflow to his bank accounts.

Cyber Crime Division was successful in freezing significant portion of money from the account.

It is also noted during investigation that there is huge spike in opening of shell companies since November 2020.

We have also observed that the Chinese handlers are in possession of huge number of shell companies and bank accounts.

After going through the assets and bank accounts of the accused, it was also noted during investigation that there was a huge spike in the opening of shell companies since November 2020.

We have also observed that the Chinese handlers are in possession of a number of shell companies and bank accounts.The probe is ongoing, he said.

Appeal to the public by Cyber Crime Division,CID Karnataka:

1.Not to invest money through any App which is not verified and not get lured by the offers which seems more attractive than it appears.

2.Whoever have invested in Power bank application in Karnataka may approach Cyber Crime division of CID with appropriate details.

3.Not to believe the company related information on public domain,they might be forged documents or Indian shell companies setup by other countries nationals,Chinese (in this case).

4.Never download any APKs from unknown websites.

DGP,CID,PS Sandhu said,We are witnessing that Criminals are the perpetual early adopters of technology to defraud public.I urge the public to be wary about any investment that promises you more than 12 % annual returns.It could be fraudulent one he added.

I appeal to the public to exercise additional caution when downloading any mobile applications online especially related to finance . Umesh Kumar ADGP,CID said.

Finally DGP,CID,PS Sandhu,has appreciated, ADGP,Umesh Kumar,SP,CID,MD Sharath and team as,PIs,as,Krishna Kumar,Nayaz Ahmed,Mithun Shilpi,Santosh Ram,Tabrez,Shivakumar,CHC, Vinod,CPC,Munirathna,CHC,Shafiulla,CHC and Smt.Shobha has been successful in nabbing the accused from various parts of states and busted the major Hawala and Money laundering racket a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

BENGALURU: After a technical glitch that lasted almost four days, the education department has finally set the portal right for feeding marks of first PUC students and SSLC exams, as per department sources. After schools were asked to upload marks for the past two years, they saw that the data they uploaded were wiped off from the department’s website. The whole day gets wasted if data is being uploaded on the SATS portal during school hours, as the server is busy,” said Aaisha, State Secretary from Private Schools and Children Welfare Association Ningegowda

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BENGALURU: The Karnataka Government on Friday issued guidelines for relaxation of lockdown norms in 19 districts, starting Monday. While Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa announced most of the key relaxations on Thursday after a meeting of ministers and officials, the official guidelines listed out additional relaxations. 

“Movement of trains and air travel are permitted. Movement of public transport, private vehicles and taxis to and from airports, railway stations and bus terminals/stops/stands is allowed for facilitating the movement of air, rail and road passengers. The movement will be allowed only on displaying valid travel documents/tickets,” the order said. 

On the day Karnataka eased restrictions in 19 districts, with Covid-19 cases showing a declining trend, rain forced people indoors in many places while in some districts, the local administration ensured that the curbs continued to be enforced strictly. For instance, in Udupi, due to the torrential rain on the first day of unlocking, the streets remained almost empty. Similar was the situation in Karwar town. 

Up north, Kalaburagi too witnessed incessant rain from 11 am to 1 pm, due to which there was very thin movement of vehicles and people. In Ballari, many people chose to remain indoors on day 1 of the unlocking. Interestingly, Gadag roads wore deserted look till 10.30 am and people poured out on to the roads later on as grocery stores and vegetable markets were to shut at 2 pm. Shopkeepers ensured that only those who followed Covid-appropriate behaviour were entertained.However, in the twin cities of Hubballi-Dharwad, there was heavy traffic on the roads with people trying reach their work place or out to buy essentials. Private vehicles and autorickshaws filled the roads during peak hours. 

Interestingly, in Bagalkot district, though the state government permitted shops to open till 2 pm, the district administration ordered them to close at 12 pm itself. Officials said, “This decision has been taken on the experts’ advice who say that the next one week or ten days is crucial in flattening the curve. So, shops have been restricted to operate only between 6 am and 12 pm till June 21.”

Meanwhile, in Tumakuru, thousands of vehicle owners thronged police stations to get their vehicles released following the High Court order. There wasn’t much crowds at vegetable markets or grocery shops in the district. In Kolar, the situation seemed out of control with people crowding the roads on two-wheelers. Many were riding triples on motorcycles and some didn’t even have masks on. Social distancing norms too went for a toss. 

On April 27, the government had imposed stringent  restrictions 27 to contain the spread of Covid-19 virus. Though curbs were relaxed in some districts on Monday, Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Davanagere, Mysuru, Chamarajnagar, Hassan, Dakshina Kananda, Bengaluru Rural, Mandya, Belagavi and Kodagu districts will continue will all restrictions, barring the 6 am-10 am relaxation, as cases are still on the higher side in those parts.

BENGALURU : With the number of black fungus deaths in the State on the rise, the opposition Congress and JDS have asked the government to wake up and procure the medicine, Liposomal Amphotericin B, immediately. They alleged that deaths were due to non-availability of this critical drug. 

The state authorities said they are waiting for supplies from the Central government, but it is four weeks since mucormycosis numbers have increased, and the government has not given sufficient vials of medicine to patients. Congress MLA Ranganath Doddaiah, a medical professional, has demanded that the government release facts about how many were diagnosed with mucormycosis, how many were treated, how many have died and other official details. He alleged that there is a serious lapse on the part of the government as medicines are not available in sufficient numbers.

Ranganath, who has taken on Sudhakar on this issue, demanded transparency. He said patients have died because of shortage of medicines, delay in diagnosis and lack of awareness. JDS deputy leader in the Assembly Bandeppa Kashempur said, “Black fungus cases have increased and so have fatalities. It has been four weeks since this fatal fungal infection was discovered but the government has done very little to get the medicines.” JDS state president H K Kumaraswamy said the government has to ensure the medicines are available.

New Delhi: India recorded a single-day rise of 70,421 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest in 74 days, taking the country’s infection tally to 2,95,10,410, while the count of active cases fell below 10 lakh after over two months, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The COVID-19 death toll in the country climbed to 3,74,305 with 3,921 fatalities recorded in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The count of active cases has further declined to 9,73,158 which is 3.30 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 95.43 per cent.

A net decline of 53,001 cases has been recorded in the COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours, the data showed.

Also, 14,92,152 COVID-19 tests were conducted on Sunday, taking the total number of such examinations in the country so far to 37,96,24,626, it stated, adding that the daily positivity rate was recorded 4.72 per cent.

It has stayed below 10 per cent for 21 consecutive days, the ministry said.

The weekly positivity rate has also reduced and stands at 4.54 per cent.

Recoveries outnumbered daily new cases for the 32nd consecutive day in the country.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 2,81,62,947, while the case fatality rate has increased to 1.27 per cent, the data stated.

Cumulatively, 25,48,49,301 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

India’s COVID-19 infection tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and one crore on December 19.

India crossed the grim milestone of two crore cases on May 4.

The 3,921 new fatalities include 2,771 from Maharashtra, 267 from Tamil Nadu, 206 from Kerala and 125 from Karnataka.

A total of 3,74,305 deaths have been reported so far in the country. This includes 1,11,104 from Maharashtra, 32,913 from Karnataka, 29,547 from Tamil Nadu, 24,823 from Delhi, 21,786 from Uttar Pradesh, 16,896 from West Bengal, 15,562 from Punjab and 13,317 from Chhattisgarh.

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