Pramesh Jain

The Hennur police on Monday nabbed a sandalwood smuggler from Tamilnadu and recovered 114 kgs of sandalwood logs worth Rs.3.4 lakhs from him.

The accused have been identified as Sampath Mani,27,from Thirupathur in Tamil Nadu.

DCP East, Dr SD Sharanappa told media persons,that as on 2nd April when our Hennur police inspector was on morning rounds received a credible information that four persons have come in car and are cutting the sandalwood tree located in Temple premises.

Based on information Inspector,Vasanth Kumar and his team acted swiftly and rushed to spot and noticed that four persons are shifting the sandalwood logs in a car as soon as they noticed police party Sensing trouble three of them managed to flee but police pinned down Mani along with the car loaded with sandalwood logs.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and said that he along with three of his associates after doing thorough survey about the  the sandalwood trees in Shanimahatma temple premises and planned to cut the trees and were transporting it to their village to give it to their clients and make quick buck.

The accused Mani has been arrested and 114 kg Sandalwood logs Worth Rs.3.4 lakhs and car used to transport also has been seized.A case has been registered and massive manhunt is on to nab the three absconding accused.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa,ACP Banaswadi Sub-Division,Ningappa B Sakkri PI,Vasanth Kumar M,PSI,Abbas Tikote,Probationary PSI,Somnath NN,and crime staff as,Bheemana,Gopal,Pavan Singh,and Ravindra KN has been appreciated for the exemplary work done by them in nabbing the sandalwood smuggler and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

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Notorious Nigerian National drug peddler arrested, MDMA,Ecstasy synthetic Drugs recovered:

The North Division police of JC Nagar police on Saturday caught a 38 year old Nigerian national and recovered MDMA and ecstasy pills from him.

The accused has been identified as,Tony Onibuchi,38,resident of Avalahalli native of Nigeria.

Senior officer told media persons,a credible information was received by our JC Nagar police inspector Nagaraj that a Nigerian National is waiting for his customers near bore bunk railway bridge and is indulged in peddling Synthetic Drugs.

Acting on the credible the Inspector and his team in a swift action rushed to the spot and surrounded the area they kept a watch on the Nigerian National and caught him red handed while he was supplying drugs substances to his clients near a bridge on bore bunk road.

The team checked his bag and Recovered Synthetic Drugs as,90 grams of MDMA,30 grams worth 75 ECSTASY pills and a bike from him.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and revealed that he had come to India in 2013 on business visa and sold ready made cloths in Mumbai.

In October last year he came to India and rented a house in Avalahalli area and started peddling drugs to make quick money.

A case has been registered in JC Nagar police station under NDPS Act and Foreigners Act and further investigation is on and our team will question the owner of the rented house and efforts are on to track down the person who sold the drugs to the accused.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP North,Dharmendra Kumar Meena ACP,JC Nagar,Sub-Division,Smt.Reena Suvarna,PI,D R Nagaraj,PSI,Neminath T,and crime staff as,Sridhar,Santhosh,Shivaji Darur,and Rachana Chalavadi has been appreciated for the timely swift action in nabbing the Nigerian National and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

The commercial street police have arrested a  sales staff of a shop in safina plaza for stealing the purse belonging to Bharati Shetty,MLC of Soraba constituency in Shivamoga.

The accused has been identified as,Smt Nirmala,a sales staff.

Senior officer said,a complaint was registered in commercial police station by a MLC of Shivamoga,Ms.Shetty stated she had gone to shopping along with her PA on april 1 at around 1.30 pm and left the hand purse on the table of the shop in a hurry.

She realized two hours later and went back to check.The staff refused stating that they have not seen any purse and even if they have left there are hundreds of customers who visited the shop and one of them have taken.

The purse contained Rs.25,000 cash,debit cards, pan card and MLC ID card.Worried that her cards would be misused she complained to police.

Based on the Complaint,the commercial Street police inspector, Shivashankar HJ and team swing into action and visited the shop and after verifying the CCTV footage and after conducting  probe in detail and picked up a staff member of the shop on suspecion for questioning.

During questioning the sales staff identified as Smt Nirmala confessed the crime and based on her confession she has been arrested and the team has recovered Rs.21,000 cash and other stolen items from her possession.

The accused was produced before the court and the court has remanded her to judicial custody.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa,ACP Pulakeshinagar Sub-Division,Tabarak Fathima,PI,HJ Shivashankar and his whole team who has solved the case within 24 hours and nabbed the accused a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

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A 36-year-old man was stabbed to death by a group of armed men in Sahakarnagar on Sunday. Financial dispute is said to be the reason behind the murder.

The deceased has been identified as Vikram,a resident of Kodigehalli was working in with his relative in real estate consultant.

As soon as the murder was reported Kodigehalli police inspector and other crime staff rushed to spot and cordoned off the area.

Dog squad with finger print experts with senior officers rushed to spot and after Inspecting the spot and after collecting the information he said.

Senior officer said,Vikram was at the office when assailant barged into the office when the gang reportedly from Hyderabad argued over the money which is due to them.

Heated argument ensued following which the accused stabbed him and fled the scene.

The police rushed to the spot and conducted Investigation.Initial probe revealed that suresh, owner of the company where Vikram was working,have had a financial row with Hyderabad based consultant firm.

The consultant firm had liasoned to get contract for suresh and he paid them the commission.However the same company had given suresh another contract after the completion of first project.

The firm demanded commission from Suresh but he refused stating that they did not liasoned in the second project.

Enraged by this the firm management threatened him with dire consequences and suspected to be behind the murder.

We have definite clues about the assailants and will be arrested soon,a case has been registered in Kodigehalli police station and special teams have been formed to nab the assailants and further investigation is on he added.

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The city police have stepped up with foot patrolling to ensure strict implementation of the new restrictions and guidelines imposed by the State government.

Gyms shut their doors on Saturday while many churches have restricted the attendance of people for Easter services on Sunday

Dr Sanjeev M Patil,Deputy Commissioner of Police (West),said,When walking an extra mile to safeguard yourself and your family is just a yard, go for it. Practice social distancing.Our officers are on the road to help you.

As part of the enforcement drive, jurisdictional police visited public places,shops and commercial establishments to put up social distancing markers for people waiting in queues

Held a meeting with officers to enforce strict compliance to Government order to contain COVID.All ACPs with their officers are on foot patrol to educate the public about masks and social distancing.

social distance marking and corona awareness at SC Road in upparpet police station limits.

ACP,Ravi and team conducted awareness among people and issued masks to labourer in Market area.

ACP,UD Krishnakumar and team in JJ nagar Padarayanapura, and surrounding areas conducted awareness and educated people to wear mask and maintain social distancing.

ACP,Nanjundegowda and team conducted awareness and educated people in Sunkadakatte and surrounding areas to wear mask and maintain social distancing.

In several neighbourhoods,patrolling personnel used public address systems to remind people to wear masks and follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour he added.

A senior officer said,We are monitoring public places and areas that usually see heavy footfall to ensure enforcement of fresh guidelines.Any violations will be dealt with strictly and those failing to follow the rules will be penalised,as per law.

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Four juveniles held, 3 stolen Bikes Worth  recovered:

The Devanahalli police recently arrested a group of four juveniles and recovered three stolen bikes from them.

The accused aged around  17 years from Chikkaballapura were caught by alert night beat policemen when they noticed the accused were standing on the bypass road with three bikes at around 4.30 am.

The police surrounded them and after checking the bag to find one of their backpack has two registration number plates and a toolkit.

When the accused did not give convincing reply they were brought to the station and a detailed questioning led them to confess to the crime.

Based on their confession the police are making efforts to recover more bikes which they had stolen from in and around the city and sold it to the people.

The accused confessed that they have watched videos on social media on how to steal locked bikes and started stealing the bikes parked outside the house at the residential areas,the police,said.

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An 85-year-old pedestrian killed after a speeding motorcycle knocked him down in Wilson Garden on Saturday morning.

The biker had reportedly borrowed a old sports bike for test ride and he also slipped from bike and sustained injuries.

The deceased has been identified as Subramani C,a resident of Mission Road and he was the owner of Mani Driving school.

A senior police officer told reporters, that the incident occurred around 7.30 am when Mani was returning home after morning walking.

The bike rider identified as Maaj Ahmed had taken bike for test ride and was overspeeding the bike and hit Subramani who was crossing the road.He died on the spot while Ahmed had multiple injuries and the passers-by rushed him to a private hospital where he is being treated.

The accused Ahmed,who is 33 years old is a resident of Jayanagar T Block and works in a real estate agency.Wilson Garden police have registered a case of negligence driving and further investigations are on.

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Two Drug peddlers Arrested synthetic drugs Worth Rs.10 lakhs seized by CCB Anti-Narcotics Wing:

The Anti-Narcotics Wing of CCB Police have nabbed two youth peddling Synthetic Drugs and seized Escasty pills and LSD papers worth Rs 10 lakhs from them.

The accused have been identified as Zaden Saud, 23, from Jayanagar 7th block and his associate Nagaraj Rao, 22, from Banashankari 2nd stage.

Senior officer told media persons,that as our drive on drug peddlers is on and our team are working tirelessly to bring control in the drug supply in the city.

Our Anti-Narcotics wing ACP, Gautham kumar received a tip off that two youth peddling synthetic drugs to their customers from the parking lot of a private hospital on KR road.

As soon as the information was received ACP, Gautham kumar along with inspectors and crime staff swung into action and rushed to the spot.

After reaching the spot the team of cops surrounded the parking lot and the duo were caught red handed by the team peddling Synthetic Drugs to their customers.

The team nabbed the duo and during search we found,100 Ecstasy pills and 100 LSD Strips in their possession and based on which the team arrested them and took them to police station for further questioning.

During the interrogation the accused confessed the crime and revealed that they have purchased the drugs from their contact Anooj and Harshavardhan and selling it to their clients. 

The team have also seized, two mobile phones from the accused and Rs 8000 cash.

The duo has been booked under NDPS Act and efforts are on to track down the person who sold the drugs to the accused.

We suspect that the duo are part of the inter state drug racket and Investigation to ascertain their network is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant,has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-1,KP Ravikumar ACP Anti-Narcotics Wing,Gautam Kumar,PI,and other crime staff who has successfully nabbed the duo red handed while peddling drugs and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

A group of Bajrang Dal men attacked and allegedly stabbed a man who was travelling in a private bus to Bengaluru along with his female friend belonging to another religion.  Mangaluru city police have arrested four accused, who are members of the Bajrang Dal involved in the case.

“The incident occurred at around 9.30 pm when a group of Bajrang Dal members stopped the bus in which the man and the woman were travelling and assaulted the man. He was also stabbed by them. The woman, aged 23 also has suffered injuries,” the commissioner said.

Meanwhile, soon after the incident, the commissioner formed four teams and nabbed four persons by evening on Friday. The arrested are Balachandra(28) from Attavar, Dhanush Bhandary(25) from Kanduka, Jayaprashanth(27) from Shaktinagar and Anil Kumar(38) from Urwa. Among them, Dhanush is already facing four cases of murder. He is also a rowdy sheeter.

The accused have been booked under section 307(attempt to murder). “In the last three months, as many as 4 such cases of attacks have taken place. We are investigating who instigated them to assault the duo,” said the commissioner. He also revealed that the woman has filed a complaint with Kankanady police and the duo knew each other for many years.

“The woman, who is a graduate has stated that she was looking for a digital marketing job in Bengaluru hence she had asked her friend to come along with her. The attackers knew the woman and had seen the duo together many times. However we will also check nearby CCTV footage to identify the attackers,” he added.

To prevent such incidents in the future, the additional police personnel will be deployed in public places especially in tourist spots, beaches and bus stands. “Police patrolling and Abbakka team will be vigilant to ensure the safety of the people who travel late in the evening and the night.”

 Two clusters have been reported from Kolar district where 27 children of an orphanage and 33 garment workers from a factory on the Bengaluru-Narasapura highway tested positive for the virus.

KOLAR: Two clusters have been reported from Kolar district where 27 children of an orphanage and 33 garment workers from a factory on the Bengaluru-Narasapura highway tested positive for the virus.
Speaking to The New Indian Express, Kolar Deputy Commissioner Dr Selvamani said that all the students of the orphanage are stable and have been isolated. The orphanage is maintained by a private trust in Athigiri Kuppa village, about 5 km from Bangarpet.

In a similar case, following one positive case at the garment factory, all thousand workers were tested. District Health Officer Dr Vijaya Kumar said that among them, 33 tested positive and they had been isolated.Dr Selvamani said that all the officials of the city municipality, town municipalities and local bodies have been instructed to patrol their jurisdiction to catch people who violate Covid norms.