Parmesh S JAIN Special correspondent

Officials of the DRI on Saturday nabbed a 50-year-old man from Mumbai and recovered 2348 carat of lab grown diamonds and Ruby stones along with foreign currency total worth Rs.73 lakh from him.

The accused was caught minutes before he was boarding flight to bangkok from Bengaluru airport.
The accused was hiding the items in hand baggage  which was seized during the intelligence developed by officials . 
The accused claimed to be on his own trying to take the items to bangkok as tourist and sell it in international market to make money..
The accused passenger was taken into custody to ascertain the source of the items and also to verify whether he was part of any network.

Parmesh S Jain special correspondent

A 30-year-old Rowdy-Sheeter was hacked to death by a gang of armed men in weavers colony in Anekal on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Manjunath alias Mental Manja.The police detained few suspects for questioning .
Senior officer told reporters the deceased Manja and the accused are habitual offenders having multi criminal cases pending them. 
It was found that Manja was involved in a case registered in Anekal police station limits a six months ago where Vijay was witness .
Manja used to harass VIjay not to depose before the court against him.He had even threatenbed Vijay amny times and on Friday he in order to create fear  confronted Vijay and beat him up as warning.
Meanwhile Shashi kumar,a close associate of Vijay came to know about this and along with his associates rushed to the rescue.
The accused later armed with weapons ganged up and attacked Manja and stabbed him repeatedly,killing him on the spot.
The Anekal police rushed to the spot and track down few suspects involved in the murder for further investigations . 
The deceased Manja had eight criminal cases against him while the accused had two cases each pending against them.

Parmesh S Jain special correspondent

A 19-year-old two wheeler mechanic was killed and his friend among three people injured when the bike the duo was wheeling crashed into another bike while performing bike stunt near Navayuga toll in the wee hours of Monday.
The deceased Rajesh,resident of Dasarahalli and his friend identified as Suhail riding the bike were booked for death due to negligence and rash and negligent driving.

Senior officer told reporters the duo was part of the gang which were performing bike stunts on the busy road . 
In the process the duo lost control jumped the median and crashed into another motorcycle coming from opposite direction.
The four sustained severe injuries and rushed to a near-by hospital where the doctors declared Rajesh as brought dead . 
The other two victims who are working in a private firm and heading home on their bike,were injured and being treated at the hospital .
The other associates of Rajesh and Suhail who were part of the bike stunt group escaped soon after the accident leaving behind one of the bike . 
The Nelamangala traffic police have seized both the bikes and registered two FIRs.Efforts are on to track down other accused who are on the run,a senior police officer, said .
Performing wheeling and bike stunts were on the rise especially during the eve of Shaban,a muslim festival meant for staying awake the whole night to pray . 
However youngers indulge in wheelies,triple riding or other stunts on streets pose threat to the road users and concern among the traffic police.
Due to strict enforcement by the city traffic police since last few days,majority of them shifted their base to outskirts of the city and on highways a officer,said.
Meanwhile continuing crack down on the bike stunt performers,the city traffic police registered more than 20 FIRs against the bikers and even invoked 107 CrPC against those involved in bike stunts in East, South,North and West division. 
The police have seized the bikes and even booked the parents of one of the minor boy caught performing stunts on the road .

Parmesh S Jain

The Railway police on Wednesday arrested a 45-year-old salesman of a cloth shop who posing as custom officer created fake profile online to dupe women with marriage proposal .
Based on a complaint filed by a woman,the Government Railway police track down the accused based on the call record details and arrested him. 
The woman had met him on matrimonial website and came to see him in the second week of January .
The accused who went to receive her borrowed Rs. 10,000 on the pretext of reserving a train ticket for his relative and had forgot the wallet at home .
After taking the cash,he left the woman and escaped and switched off his phone.After waiting for several hours and tried to reach him,the victim realized that she had been cheated and filed a complaint with the police.
Based on the complaint,Superintendent of Police,Dr.SK Soumyalatha formed a special team who tracked down the accused identified as Naresh Puri,45.
During Investigations revealed that the accused had  created a fake Identity in the name of Ankit Jain and targeting women who advertised in matrimonial service .
Posing as custom officer, the accused contacted them for the last 2 years and cheated them with money.The police had recovered 250 contact number of women suspected to be the victims of his fraud.
The accused confessed that he was operating for the last two years and cheated three women with several thousand rupees,the police,said .
Further investigation revealed that Naresh Puri worked as a salesman at a cloth shop in Cottonpet.A native of Rajasthan,Naresh was married and had two children. 
After working hours he started the con business for fun but took it as profession after few successful attempts.  
He purchased two pre activated SIM cards in black and  even created a fake FB account in the name of Ankit Jain with a fake picture . 
One of the victim family had even helped him to enrol in  Agrasenji matrimonial whatsapp group,using which the accused had duped several widows and divorcees .
The chat history recovered by the police during the course of investigations revealed that the accused had a chat with over 250 women with his marriage proposal across the country including 56 in Rajasthan,32 from Uttar Pradesh,17 from Karnataka,16 from Madhya Pradesh,13 from Maharastra,11 from Gujarat,6 from Tamilnadu,5 from Bihar and Jharkhand and two from Andhra Pradesh.
Many victims have not complained to the police fearing social stigma. 
Deputy Inspector General of Police,Dr.SD,Sharanappa, who supervised the investigations requested the people to come forward and complain against the accused .

Parmesh S Jain

Pro Pak slogan shouted at Vidhana Soudha corridor probe on samples sent to FSL 
Minutes after jubiliation of Congress party members , controversy erupted as one of party member allegedly shouted Pro Pakistan slogan during the victory celebration of Congress MP,Naseer Hussain at the Vidhana Soudha corridor on Tuesday.
A team of BJP members rushed to vidhana soudha police station and filed a complaint demanding strict action against the person raised anti national and pro Pakistani slogans.
The BJP leaders led by N Ravi Kumar,staged a protest outside the station Demanding arrest of the accused who reportedly escaped.
Opposition leader R Ashok criticised the incident accusing Naseer Hussain for not stopping the accused and allowing him to escape.
DCP central division HT Shekar visited vidhana soudha and verified the video footage and also visited the station to take stock of the situation and look into the matter personally.

Parmesh S Jain

Explosion at perfume unit three charred to death and five including minor boy injured in massive fire at Kumbalgoud in Bengaluru 
The Ramanagar police have initiated a probe to ascertain the reason behind the explosion at perfume unit which killed three and injured five others including a minor boy on Sunday evening.
One among the deceased identified as Saleem,owned the unit and the identity of the two others is yet to be ascertained .
Five others sustained severe burn injuries and shifted to Victoria hospital for treatment,Karthik Reddy, Superintedent of Police,Ramanagar,said .
Initial probe revealed that it was a perfume unit and the accused suspected that the victims were filling the perfume in the cans which led to the explosion. 
The FSL team along with the fire and emergency service personnel visited the spot and conducted a detailed investigation.
We are waiting for the post-mortem report to ascertain the exact reason behind the explosion”,Mr.Reddy, said .
Police quoting the residents said that the property belongings to Vittal which was rented out to Saleem. He was operating the unit since one month ago and around eight people were working in the unit,the police said .
Abdul,father of Abraaz,one of the victim,said that he is not aware how his son had landed in the unit.He was studying class 7 and suspected to have come to unit with his friends,Abdul said .
The Kumbalgoud police are checking with the jurisdictional village panchayath to ascertain whether there was any permission granted to run the unit,he said .
Several vehicles including a bike,car and autorickshaw was gutted along with the unit.Fire engulfed the entire unit and the people trapped inside unable to come due to heavy smoke and fire,a resident said.Few houses adjacent to the unit were also damaged in the fire .

Bengaluru: Chief Whip of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday issued a show cause notice to Yeshwantpur MLA ST Somashekar in the backdrop of his cross-voting and Yellapur MLA Shivaram Hebbar for abstaining from voting during the recently concluded Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka.

Earlier in the day, opposition chief whip, Doddana Gowda Patil issued separate show cause notices to both MLA’s seeking an answer by May 5.

The BJP has accused ST Somashekar of violating the party’s conduct by allegedly casting cross votes in the Rajya Sabha elections held on February 26. It is claimed that despite being instructed to vote for the BJP candidate, Narayanasa Bhanda, Somashekar voted for the Congress candidate.

Shivram Hebbar of Yellapur Constituency was absent from voting, citing illness. He explained that he did not participate in the vote due to poor health. However, the BJP disputes this explanation and alleges that Hebbar visited the Hilton Resort, where Congress MLAs were staying, in a car belonging to Congress MLA Ranganath on the day before the polls.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday serious action would be taken against those who allegedly raised ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogan inside the ‘Vidhana Soudha’ if the investigation found the charge to be true.

When Congress workers were celebrating Syed Naseer Hussain’s victory in the Rajya Sabha elections here on Tuesday night, it is alleged, some people shouted ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogan. The BJP lodged a police complaint on the issue, and staged protests in several parts of the State, including Belagavi, Chitradurga and Mandya, on Wednesday, condemning the Congress government.

Reacting to the allegation, Siddaramaiah said there is no question of sparing anyone.

“It is not only allegation by BJP, it is also allegation by media”, he said referring to the charge that “Pakistan zindabad” slogan was heard after Hussain was declared winner at “Vidhana Soudha”.

“If the FSL (Forensic Science Laboratory) report proves that the slogan raised in favour of Pakistan is true, serious action will be taken in this regard. There is no question of protecting those who raised slogans in favour of Pakistan,” the Chief Minister told reporters.

“We have sent the voice report to the FSL. When the report comes, if it’s true that somebody has made a slogan that ‘Pakistan zindabad’ such a person will be punished seriously”, Siddaramaiah said. “If somebody has raised such a slogan, there is no question of sparing them. If it is true we will take strict action, serious action.”

On the alleged incident taking place in Vidhana Soudha, the seat of state legislature and secretariat, he said: “What difference will it make to those who want to raise slogans?” 

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi warned that a statewide agitation will be launched if the accused are not arrested.

“Instead of condemning the incident, Naseer Hussain is trying to mislead people, saying that somebody is spreading false information, which is more dangerous,” Joshi told reporters in Hubballi in north Karnataka.

The Minister sought to know the “take” of the Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on this incident “because Hussain is the ‘Shishya’ of Kharge”.

“I ask the state Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara to take a serious note of it, otherwise the BJP will launch a statewide agitation,” Joshi said.

Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao have criticized the members of the Bharatiya Janata Party for raising a ruckus over the slogan called out by supporters of Congress leader Naseer Hussain on his victory in the Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday before the investigation reports were submitted.

Shivakumar, when asked to comment on the matter, told reporters that legal action would be taken by the government if a ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan was shouted on the said occasion, adding, “The BJP members, in desperation after losing the Rajya Sabha election on Tuesday, have tweaked the slogan only to gain popularity among the voters.”

The Deputy CM also clarified, “The government, on its part, has ordered the investigation of the incident. Once the investigation reports are submitted to us, the police will be told to take legal action against the guilty.”

The Health Minister, commenting on his personal ‘X’ account on Wednesday, has sharply asked why the BJP was impatient in the matter. “We are yet to receive the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report on the incident of sloganeering ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ in the Vidhana Soudha but the BJP has already concluded that the crime had been committed,” he has said.

Dinesh Gundu Rao clarified that the matter was still under investigation as there is uncertainty regarding the slogan called. “If it was truly a pro-Pakistan slogan, however, the law will not spare such traitors. We are getting the matter investigated, to find if the slogan was ‘Naseer Saab Zindabad’ or ‘Pakistan Zindabad’, and will learn the truth only after getting the FSL report,” the minister explained, demanding the BJP to wait with patience till then.

Bengaluru: Kiran Navgire and Alyssa Healy unleashed a remarkable assault on Mumbai Indians bowlers to power UP Warriorz to a seven-wicket win in their Women’s Premier League match here on Wednesday.

Navigre (57, 31b, 6×4, 4×6) and Healy (33, 29 balls) added 94 runs for the opening wicket stand in just 9.1 overs as the Warriorz eased past the 162-run target in 16.4 overs to hand the defending champions their first defeat of the season.

Mumbai batting suffered in the absence of skipper and in-form batter Harmanpreet Kaur, who is nursing a niggle, as a laboured 55 off 47 balls from Hayley Matthews guided them to 161 for six.

It was a competitive total but the Mumbai bowlers would not have suspected a carnage like the one Navigre and Healy unloaded on them.

Navigre, who is the only Indian women batter to score a 150-plus score in senior T20s, fully exploited her promotion as opener, as Mumbai also suffered from the injury-enforced absence of lead pacer Shabnim Ismail.

Healy gave a sound start to UP’s chase with two successive boundaries off pacer Nat-Sciver Brunt, and they kept the momentum going from that point.

Navigre, who made a slow start making five off six balls, slipped into her aggressive best against pacer Issy Wong, hammering her for four fours in the third over to collect 16 runs and it was just the beginning of the onslaught.

Navigre, who was dropped on 42 by Wong near the ropes off Matthews, soon completed his fifty in just 25 balls and it came through a thundering six off the West Indian spinner over long-on.

But leg-spinner Amelia Kerr had player of the match Navigre stumped to give a bite of respite to Mumbai, who seemed to have gained a foothold as Wong dismissed both Healy and Tahlia McGrath in the 11th over.

They needed 64 runs at this stage, but Grace Harris (38, 17 balls) and Deepti Sharma (27, 20 balls) made those runs with minimum fuss.

Earlier, Mumbai made a sedate start to their innings and had to wait till the fourth over for the first four.

Yastika Bhatia (26, 22b) gave Mumbai the much-needed acceleration when the left-hander hammered 18 runs off left-arm pacer Anjali Sarvani through a sequence of three fours and a six, which was thumped right over the bowler’s head.

However, Bhatia did not last long as a pull played closer to her body off Harris ended in the hands of Rajeshwari Gayakwad.

Matthews too tried to up the tempo and found the occasional big hits amid a slew of mis-time shots. Her four and six off successive balls off left-arm spinner Gayakwad were a reminder to her power and timing when in flow.

Matthews, who was dropped on 43 by Deepti off Harris, reached her fifty in 44 balls but could not kick on.

Her effort to clear long-on off Gayakwad did not have elevation and distance as Harris completed an easy catch.

A couple of hefty blows in the final stages by Pooja Vastrakar (18, 12b) and Wong helped MI to cross the 150-run mark.