Pramesh Jain

Three police personnel succumbed to Covid while 100 police personnel tested covid positive and have been admitted snd quarantined in and around the city on Saturday.

While ASI rank officer from Ashoknagar and Reserve ASI from VIP security section aged 50 and 56 years respectively admitted to hospital yesterday succumed at a hospital today while 46 year old head Constable working in City Armed Reserve was admitted two days ago,breath his last,a senior officer said.

Three Corona Warriors who lost the battle against Covid are identified as,ASIs,as,Hanumanthappa,attached to Ashoknagar traffic police station,Mahadev of VIP security,and Ramachandraiah attached to City Armed Reserve police are three braveheart police personnel who succumbed to Covid19.

The total number of positives cases in the police department in city reached 102.While some admitted to hospital the others with mild symptoms were home quarentined a senior police officer,said.

The infection are on the rise and every police stations reported cases with West Division is highest of 34 cases so far.

All the police stations are being sanitized and police personnel are subjected to tests.Senior police officials counseling their staff since they are covid warriors.

Senior officers condole the death of three police personnel and said another three Brave Warriors Succumbed to Covid19 may the departed soul rest in peace and salute all the Brave Warriors fighting this tough disease to keep people fearless healthy and safe.

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai,Karantaka DG IGP, Praveen Sood,Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant with other senior officers as,BR Ravikanthe Gowda, DCP Traffic East,Shantharaju KM,ACP,Sathish,PI,Kiran Kumar condole the death of three police personnel who lost their battle in fighting Covid.

And senior officers has instructed to all the police personnel to follow Covid protocol and use sanitizer masks and Covid shields and take care of their health first and to be safe while performing duty.

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The southeast Division police of Hulimavu police busted an inter state drug racket and arrested two persons and seized a total of 120.7 kgs of Marijuana worth Rs 54 lakh from the accused

The accused has been identified as,Radha Ravi,29,and Palani Velu,38 both resident of Tamilnadu.

Both the accused were sourcing drugs from  Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh,and were storing it in Krishnagiri  in Tamilnadu before smuggling it into the city and selling it to the college students on Bannerghatta road.

Senior officer told media persons,that as on 12th April our Hulimavu police inspector Mahesh Kanakagiri received a credible information from his inputs that near Bannerghatta road Christ college a person is selling drugs to college students.

Based on a tip off the Hulimavu police inspector and his team rushed to the spot and kept a close watch on the person and when he was trying to sell Marijuana drugs to Christ college students our team caught him red handed and after checking his bag they found 3.7 kg Marijuana in his possession.

And for the possession of drugs our team arrested Radha Ravi,29,a construction labourer red handed on Monday.

After arresting the accused the team questioned him and a detailed Investigation led the accused to confessed the crime.

The team grilled him and the accused spilled the beans Based on his information the police team headed by PSI,Chidanand and team rushed to Neralagiri village in Krishnagiri and arrested Palani Velu,38, from whom Ravi was sourcing the drugs.

The police team interrogated him who spilled and based on his statement later seized 117 kilograms of Marijuana which he had stored in a pump house near lake in the village.

A detailed investigation by the team it has revealed that Palani,an agricultural labourer ganged up with his associate Mouli and started peddling drus to make quick money.

They contacted their associate Somesh from Vishakhapatnam and bought 120 kgs of Marijuana for Rs 25,000.

They used Radha Ravi,a construction labourer for peddling the drugs in the city to students and employees and construction labourers intended to sell one kilo of Marijuana for Rs 45,000.

The accused Radha Ravi would source the drugs into the city in a goods and vegetable vans from Tamilnadu in small quantity and sell it to his customers until the Hulimavu police got the tip off and nabbed the duo.

Both the accused has been booked under NDPS Act and further investigation is on to nab their associate and ascertain their network.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP Southeast,Srinath Mahadev Joshi, ACP,Pavan N,PI,Mahesh Kanakagiri,PSIs,as, Chidanand Navi,Mehaboob Guddali,and their crime staff as,Parameshwar,Sathish Kumar,Chowdalingaiah TM,Mahaveer Shirahati,Kedharlinga Tambe and Ashok has been appreciated for the exemplary work done by them in nabbing the duo and seizing 120.7kg Marijuana from them and a suitable reward will be given to the team for the tremendous job done by them he added.

He was awarded the prestigious Padmashri, Pampa award and also  Kendra Sahitya Akademi’s literary honour ‘Basha Sanman’ for south zone. 

BENGALURU: Professor G Venkatasubbaiah, lexicographer passed away at a Bengaluru private hospital early on Monday. He was 107.

The eight volumes of the Kannada dictionary is about 10,000 pages long. Prof G Venkatasubbiah along with other experts developed it on par with the Oxford dictionary. 

From traditional to the new era Kannada, he successfully documented the richness of the language. He was awarded the prestigious Padmashri, Pampa award and also  Kendra Sahitya Akademi’s literary honour ‘Basha Sanman’ for south zone. 

He had presided over the 77th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in Bengaluru in 2011.

Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and other ministers condoled his demise.

BELAGAVI: The Lancet Covid commission India Task Force, in a report titled ‘Managing India’s Second COVID-19 Wave: Urgent Steps’, has not recommended a blanket national or state lockdown. It has instead suggested localised, phased restrictions or closures. It has recommended that the next two months can be used to prepare the education sector for a safe opening of schools, colleges in July 2021 for the next academic year.

Experts in Karnataka largely agreed with the report. Dr Pradeep Banandur, member of the Covid Technical Advisory Committee and Additional Professor, Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, said last year’s lockdown was to prepare for the impending number of cases, oxygen beds, ventilators, etc, while this year the country has facilities. As government beds are not sufficient, the state is negotiating with private hospitals for beds which will be worked out in a day or two, he said, adding localised containment measures have already been followed in Karnataka.  

The second wave is expected to last 2-3 months and schools and colleges can be reopened once the test positivity rate is below 2 to 5 percent, he opined. Financial resources should be allocated for treatment and genomic sequencing, he added. 

The report recommended an aggressive vaccine coverage of priority population groups, followed by phased opening up to younger populations with specific focus on the urban poor especially in states (and districts) with high rates of infection. 

Dr Giridhara R Babu, Professor and Head Lifecourse Epidemiology, Public Health Foundation of India who is also a member of TAC and author of this report, said Karnataka can tie up with private manufacturers to produce vaccines. “It is high time we do it,” he said. 

A mandatory seven-day institutional quarantine for all visitors arriving from other countries, with an RTPCR test conducted on day 8, and the option of completing another week in home isolation if the test is negative.  Seasonal migration of workers from urban areas to rural parts is about to commence with the start of the harvest season. The State Government should support migrant labourers  equipping them with masks, options for testing and vaccination and by setting up quarantine centres in host districts.

BENGALURU: Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday said he has tested positive for coronavirus.

For the last few days, Kumaraswamy had been campaigning for the party candidate in Basavakalyan, which is going to bypoll today.

He had got himself inoculated with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on March 23.

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The KR Puram traffic police of East Division traffic cops caught four youths including a minor for performing bike stunts on the Bhattarahalli junction on Hoskote road on Wednesday morning.

The accused identified as Yaseen,18,Mubaraka, 20,Umar,18 and a minor, working as mechanics and vegetable vendors were booked under various sections of the indian motor vehicle act.

Senior officer said,Somappa K,Traffic police constable attached to KR puram station who was near Bhattarahalli junction noticed two scooters with modified silencers rode by four youth without helmet in rash and negligent manner creating a fear among the fellow motorists.

He immediately alerted the control room and passed the information to Inspector Mohammed MA who immediately rushed to the spot with his team and followed the accused wheelie wonkers  and caught them.

It was found that the accused have modified the silencer to create shrill sound and removed the number plates to conceal the identity of them.

But our Inspector and his team swiftly secured all the four youths and seized their modified silencer bikes.

The police are now analyzing the engine and chassis number to identify the owners so that they could also been booked for the negligence in handing the bike to minor and performing stunts a case under various sections of Indian motor vehicle Act and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Traffic,Dr BR Ravikanthe Gowda,DCP Traffic East Shantharaju KM,ACP,Traffic East,MC Kavitha,PI,Mohammad MA and his alert staff as,Somappa for the commendable job done by them in nabbing the wheelie wonkers a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

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The Anti-Narcotics wing of CCB sleuths on Tuesday arrested four persons including two Nigerian nationals red handed and recovered ecstasy pills and MDMA powder worth Rs 20 lakh from them.

The accused has been identified as,Ajah Francis, 34 and Charles Chima,29 from Nigeria and their associates Malang Pasha,30 from Bengaluru and Jasir Thancheri Kanday, 33 from Kerala .

Senior officer told,our Anti-Narcotics Wing CCB ACP Gautham kumar received a tip off that four persons are indulged in supplying drugs and are waiting for their clients near Montessori school in Bagalur area.

Acting on a tip off a team headed by ACP Gautham kumar and team swung into action and rushed to the spot the team first surrounded the area and were watching their movements the team when got suspicion on them rounded up all the four and raided the place near Montessori school in Bagalur while trying to sell the synthetic Drugs.

The team secured all the four and during interrogation the accused confessed the crime and revealed that they used to procure drugs from their friends and used to sell this synthetic Drugs to college students and professionals and after thorough investigation the team seized Rs.20 lakhs from their possession.

The team recovered,200 Ecstasy pills,153 grams MDMA powder,with five mobile phones,two bikes and lethal weapons from the accused.

The police have booked the accused under NDPS Act and further investigating is on to find out the source of the drugs.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-1,KP Ravikumar,ACP Anti-Narcotics Wing CCB,Gautham kumar,and his whole team who has successfully nabbed all the four notorious drug Peddlers and seized synthetic Drugs from them for the commendable job done by the team a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

BELAGAVI, BENGALURU : On the last day of campaigning for the Belagavi Lok Sabha bypoll on Thursday, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, who was holding a road show for BJP candidate Mangala Angadi in Belagavi, had to quit midway as he developed uneasiness and fever.The road show was planned from Shivaji Garden in Belagavi South Assembly constituency through prominent roads and to end at Mahatma Phule Road. However, Yediyurappa started feeling exhausted and left for the hotel after the road show had barely covered half way.

Sources in the CMO said Yediyurappa had mild fever two days ago and had undergone a Covid test before hitting the campaign trail. The test report had returned negative. After being checked by doctors and resting for some time in Belagavi, the CM left for Bengaluru by a regular 7.30 pm flight.  

Earlier , the Chief Minister consumed homemade lunch brought to the hotel from the residence of late Suresh Angadi. BJP leaders pointed out that despite not keeping well, the CM had participated in campaigning at Mudalagi and Gokak. He had even visited mutts of the Lingayat community in Belagavi Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday morning and then participated in the road show in the scorching summer heat. After the CM left the hotel, the campaign rally continued in Shahapur and other areas, led by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, state Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar and MLA Abhay Patil.

The CMO sources said the CM will rest for two days on Friday and Saturday, and will chair an all-party meeting in Bengaluru on Sunday evening to discuss the government’s strategy to fight the pandemic and seek views from the Opposition leaders. Yediyurappa had tested positive for Covid-19 and was hospitalised for a week last year.

BENGALURU: 9 months after his house in Kavalbyrasandra was torched by a mob of over 2,000 rioters, Congress MLA of Pulakeshinagar Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy has started construction of a new house at the same site.Murthy told TNIE that he had his semi-burnt house demolished and started constructing a new house. “My family and I have suffered a lot in the last nine months. We have been living with relatives after my house was burnt down,” he said.

The MLA rued the fact that he got no support from KPCC President DK Shivakumar, despite several appeals and personal meetings with him. “The KPCC President has been supporting former mayor and corporator Sampath Raj, who was arrested last year for his involvement in the case. I have, however, received consistent moral support from former chief minister Siddaramaiah,” Murthy said. He said he will shortly seek an appointment with the Congress high command to draw attention to the injustice done to him by Shivakumar. 

Raj, who was DJ Halli ward corporator when the riots broke out on August 11, was arrested for allegedly playing a key role in instigating others to set fire to Murthy’s residence. The High Court-appointed HS Kempanna Committee had inspected his house two months ago, he said. Justice Kempanna, a retired High Court judge, was appointed last August as Claims Commissioner to assess the damage caused to public and private properties during the DJ Halli and KG Halli riots in which the MLA’s house was burnt down.

The Central Crime Branch had arrested more than 400 people in the arson which had damaged DJ Halli and KG Halli police stations, and public and private properties, after Murthy’s nephew P Naveen had allegedly posted a sacrilegious post on social media. Three people had lost their lives in police firing. The CCB had filed a preliminary chargesheet, naming Raj and Congress corporator A R Zakir. The National Investigation Agency, investigating the violence, had in its chargesheet submitted in February, stated that riot was pre-meditated.