Pramesh Jain

Two Notorious Drug Peddlers including Nigerian National arrested by commercial Street police,Drugs Worth Rs.35 Lakhs Seized:

The East Division police of commercial Street police has arrested two drug peddlers including a Nigerian National and recovered Narcotics Drugs substances worth Rs.35 lakhs from them.

The accused has been identified as,Okoro Christian Ifeanyi,36,Nigerian National with Rohit Christopher B,28,resident of TC Palya.

The duo were caught near union Street junction while they were trying to sell the drugs to their clients in a two wheeler.

Senior officer told media persons that to curb the drug menace across city a special squad has been formed and were asked to keep a watch on drug peddlers in their jurisdiction police station limits.

The special Anti-Narcotics squad received a tip off that a two persons in a two wheeler are in possession with drugs and waiting near union Street junction, to handover the drugs to their clients.

Based on the credible information Commercial street police inspector and staff rushed to the spot and they kept a close watch on the duo and after getting doubt and suspicious on them the team apprehended them and when they checked their bag they found drugs substances as MDMA with them and caught them red handed.

The team brought them to station for questioning and while they searched the team found 350 grams of MDMA powder,2 mobile phones,10 empty ziplock plastic covers,and a two wheeler and 1 duplicate Visa was found in their possession and after estimating the value of siezed Narcotics Drugs substances the total worth Rs.35 lakhs has been seized.

For further investigation the team took them into custody and during interrogation the accused confessed the crime and it has revealed the African National has come to India on tourist Visa for 3 months in the year 2018 and after which he is staying illegally in the city and is into peddling drugs.

A detailed investigation by the team the accused spilled the beans that he used to procure MDMA drugs from chebuki from his counterparts through courier and the Nigerian National said that he met and befriended Rohit Christopher at Football academy in TC palya while playing football.

After befriending with his help both were peddling and supplying drugs to Nigerian nationals and college students in KR Puram,Ramamurthynagar and other areas and to make easy money and lead a lavish life they were into peddling of drugs are now cooling their heels in jail.

We will question the house owner who has rented a house to Nigerian National and after investigation action will be initiated on the owner of the house for renting a house to Nigerian to stay illegally a case under NDPS Act and Foreigners Act has been registered and further investigation is on to track down their network.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa,ACP Pulakeshinagar Sub-Division,Smt.Tabarak Fathima,PI,HJ Shivashankar,PSI,Arjun A,and crime staff as,Syed Anees Pasha,Ashok Tembad,Sathish,Girish, Sadashiv H Belagali,Umesh BC has been appreciated for nabbing the notorious drug peddlers including a Nigerian National who was staying illegally in the city and recovering huge substantce of drugs from them for the commendable and exemplary work done by the Inspector and team a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government is planning to open jewellery retail outlets and promote the yellow metal with ‘Brand Karnataka’ image.

The government is also planning to produce and sell gold coins with state emblem ‘Gandaberunda’ (mythical two-headed bird) embedded in them, and aiming to partner with private jewellers.

“Gold bars will also be sold in the retail outlets.

The state government is planning to produce gold jewellery on the lines of Mysore Silks and Mysore Sandalwood Soaps which have huge market and reputation among customers,” Minister for Mines & Geology Murugesh R Nirani.

He was speaking to reporters after a meeting with Jewellers Association and jewellery designers here.

“This landmark initiative will help government generate more revenue and employment opportunities.

Since gold is one of the most popular investment choices of the people, the government’s venture is expected to achieve great success,” Nirani said.

The success of Mysore Silks promoted by Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Ltd (KSIC) and Mysore Sandalwood Soaps promoted by Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd (KSDL) has prompted the decision to produce gold coins, jewellery and run shops with brand Karnataka promotion.

Initially the retail outlets will be opened in Tier-1 cities and based on customer response they will be opened in Tier-2 cities.

The government is also planning to set up a Special Economic Zone exclusively for jewellery in the ‘Kalyana Karnataka’ region, where it is proposing to set up a jewellery park in one of the locations.

The government is also planning to rename Hutti Gold Mines Ltd as Karnataka State (Hutti) Gold Mines Ltd.

Bengaluru: The Congress on Thursday announced its candidates for the April 17 byelections to two Karnataka assembly constituencies, fielding Mallamma, the wife of late legislator B Narayan Rao who died of COVID-19 in last September, in Basavakalyan.

Basanagouda Turvihal, who recently joined the party, would be its candidate in Maski segment, a Congress press release said.

The party did not name the candidate for the Belgaum Lok Sabha seat, which will also go to bypolls on April 17.

It, however, declared Ashok Managuli as candidate for Sindagi assembly seat, for which election has not yet been announced. The seat has fallen vacant following the death of senior JD(S) leader M C Managuli in January.

The Congress aims to retain Basavakalyan and Maski, which it had won in the 2018 assembly elections.

The death of Narayan Rao due to COVID-19 in September last year has necessitated the bypoll in Basavakalyan.

Among other factors, Congress seems to be eyeing sympathy wave in favour of Mallamma.

Turvihal was the BJP’s candidate from Maski in 2018 and had lost by a margin of just 213 against Prathapagouda Patil of the Congress, who is now with the BJP.

Maski seat fell vacant following the disqualification of Patil for his role along with others that led to the collapse of the previous Congress-JD(S) coalition government.

The bypolls will be held on April 17 and the counting of votes will take place on May 2.

According to party sources, the candidate for the Belgaum seat is likely to be announced by the end of this week.

By-polls to Belgaum Lok Sabha seat has been necessitated following the death of Union Minister Suresh Angadi of the BJP due to COVID-19 in September last year.

Pramesh Jain

Ramesh Jarkiholi sleaze CD case: Ramesh Jarkiholi CD row gets new twist huge sum of cash found in lady’s house! Prime Suspect Naresh Gowda released video,SIT hunt on for woman :

While the SIT officials who are on the massive manhunt for the suspects in the case,Bhavit and Naresh Gowda,the alleged prime suspect  released a video claiming that they are nothing to do with the case and said that there is a conspiracy to implicate them.

Naresh Gowda released a video and admits that I know the woman in video,approached me stating that she has been cheated and sought help.

I told her to get the evidence and we have had conversation for few times,this does not mean that i have plotted everything.

The reason why i am not appearing before the SIT is for the abvious reasons.However ill appear before them in coming days and clarify.

Its a bigger plot and i have not taken money.I have borrowed loans paying EMI,if i had taken money why will cheque get bounce as if my salary gets late there will be a cheque and I am paying the charges for it.

The police are treating the people who helped the woman,and harassing them and their families,instead of investigating Ramesh Jarkiholi sleaze CD case.

The police instead of helping the woman,they are treating her as accused.

Meanwhile,social activist,Bhimappa Gundappa and Gadad filed a petition with cubbon park police seeking action against Ramesh Jharkiholi.

Based on his petition,the government formed SIT to probe about the CD, but why no action has been taken based on the statement of the woman,he questioned.He further requested the police to initiate action against Ramesh Jarkiholi .

Earlier SIT officials searched the house of the woman and a house in Basaveshwaranagar,  where the prime suspect was staying.

A team headed by Assistant commissioner of police,HN Dharmendra and team searched the house on Wednesday night.Sources in SIT said that they have found some valuables including huge cash,SIM card and eletronic gadgets from her house.

The officials took a search warrant from the court before going for search.They have also recorded the statement of the woman’s building owner.

Upon searching the house of prime suspect the officials found laptop,pen drive and recepit of gold valuables purchased worth few lakh.

The officials are now verifying the source of income to buy gold and the alleged Suspect also organised a grand function of his daughter’s naming ceremony.

The officials have sent the seized devises to Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) to retrieve the deleted data if any.

The SIT team who was in contact with the Belagavi police and the family members of the woman after they lodged a case of kidnap in Belagavi have now taken up the investigation of the kidnap case too.

On the directions of DG and IGP,Praveen Sood the case was transferred to RT Nagar police station. Soon after registering the FIR the case was transferred to SIT.

On the other hand a team is also making efforts to trace the woman.The woman is changing the places for every one or two hours,according to SIT officials.

In continuation of tracking the three prime suspects in the CD scandal,the SIT officials on Wednesday picked up three more persons into questioning who are linked to Tumakuru based journo,a prime suspect in the case.

The SIT officials searched the residence of the detainees situated in Manjunathnagar and seized some documents for analysis.

One among the three picked up for questioning is said to be working for the prime suspect and said to have vital information about the scandal.

The SIT team during probe found a businessman has paid huge amount to the suspects in the case and has paid in cash to the CD gang to release the CD and now he is too absconding.

The SIT team is verifying all the suspects bank account transaction and with other technology skills they are investigating the case in all the angles.

His statement is important for the ongoing investigation,sources,said.

Meanwhile,SIT issued 3rd notice to the woman in CD to appear before them.

This is the third notice issued to her.The officials who are probing the case in all angles says that her statement is crucial for the ongoing investigation.

Though the woman issued a statement recently accusing that she has been cheated and harassed,her statement before the competent authority is considered more reliable and admissible in the court of law said senior officer.

In another development to CD scandal,KN Jagadish Kumar,city based advocate approached city police commissioner,Kamal Pant claiming that guidelines issued after Nirbhaya case has been violated and demanded necessary protection for the woman in CD.

The police and the government bound to provide security for the woman who in her recent video accused Ramesh Jharkiholi of cheating and sexual harassment and requested Home minister for security.

Instead of considering her statement as evidence and registering case against Ramesh Jharkiholi, the government is providing security and treating others as suspects whoever are supporting her.

When Ramesh Jharkiholi filed complaint,the police register FIR but why are they not doing the due diligence when Dinesh Kallahalli filed a complaint seeking detailed investigation into the scandal or when the woman request security through a video,mr Kumar questions.

Drawing parlance to Nityananda CD case,he said, even though the Godman claimed that it was consentual act,the CiD based on the statement of driver registered a case and probe.The same logic should be apllied here too,he demanded.

The victim had in her recent video request home minister for security and said that she has been cheated.Based on this the police should take cognizance and register suo motu case,instead of witch hunt and treating the woman as accused,he said.

He further requested the commissioner in his submission that the police should register a case against Ramesh and investigate in detail.

Pramesh Jain

Hit and run case turned into murder Supari killer, with son and wife held :

The whitefield traffic police probing a hit and run case solved a murder mystery of a 58 year old man where his wife and her son paid supari to a cab driver to kill husband and make it look like accident over property row.

The accused has been identified as,Anil Kumar,GS Devraj,and Yashodamma.

Senior officer told media persons,the deceased son identified GS Devraj from Gunjur filed a complaint that his father killed in an road accident by unknown vehicle in a isolated place near Narige road in Gunjur area of Whitefield on January 21 this year.

Based on complaint,Whitefield Traffic police inspector,SR Manjunath and investigation staff rushed to spot and began to probe the case.

During Mahazar,as,(spot inspection)led the police to suspect something fishy in the case.Later the team informed the same to their senior’s about the incident.

DCP,Traffic East,led a team headed by Whitefield Traffic police inspector to probe the hit and run case and during investigation the team found no CCTV cameras at the accident spot,as the accident was situated in isolated place with no CCTV cameras.

The road has many bad patches and humps and considering the impact of the accident,it was evident that it may be accident but planned so the team started investigating the case in different angles during investigation the police team further verified the CCTV cameras available on the stretch while analysing the CCTV cameras the team find a SUV without registration was passing by.

A closer examination led the police to identify the vehicle and with the help of a sticker on the vehicle,the police found the car is of rental company which rented out the SUV.

The police team visited the rental company checked with them to find that a person identified as Anil Kumar had booked the cab for few days and his phone was switched off.

The team then checked the car and GPS system installed in the vehicle also confirmed that the Vehicle had passed by from the accident spot.

The second call from the call record details revealed that the accused had called Subbarayappa on the pretext of buying his agricultural produce .

The police who recovered the call record detail from the nearest tower dump realized that the call was made to Yashodhamma but she feigned ignorance,during the questioning.

After the accident,the accused borrowed the the phone from a passers by to call Yashodhamma to inform.

The police suspected her role and tracked Anil Kumar who after a detailed questioning confessed the crime and said that he was offered Rs 6 lakh Supari by Yashodhamma and Devraj to kill Subbarayappa.

Anil confessed that he had taken advance of Rs 4.4 lakh and also took the help of his associates Nagesh and Dhanush to kill Subbarayappa.

Anil also told the police that he got the idea from an advocate and worked according.

Accused said during investigation that Devraj and Yashodamma asked him to kill the deceased and even asked him to trap his father in the pretext of buying his agriculture produce.

Based on their idea Anil laid a trap to get Subbarayappa to come on the isolated place where he was killed in an accident.

The deceased Subbarayappa,58,a agriculturist  was on his way to meet client on his moped when an unknown vehicle colluded with his moped.Due to the impact Subbrayappa thrown up and rammed into a roadside tree killing on the spot.

Anil further said that he got the damaged car repaired at a workshop in mulbagilu and paid Rs. 57,000 to get the front portion of the vehicle repaired.

The police seized the replaced front portion of the SUV from the garage and the SUV.

Based on the cab driver Anil Kumar statement,the team detained the son and mother who paid supari to killer and later went to police to mislead  them and filed a complaint of hit and run case.

During investigation the duo confessed the crime and revealed that Subbrayappa had an affair and the family thought he would bequeath property in her name.

Before he could do,the woman and son decided to eliminate to safeguard the property which they are legal heir.

Anil kumar along with,the accused Yashodhamma and Devraj have also been arrested and along with the gathered evidence will be handed over to the law and order police for the future course of action.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Traffic,Dr BR Ravikanthe Gowda,DCP Traffic East,M Narayan, ACP,Southeast Traffic,Shivashankar Reddy,PI,SR Manjunath,ASI,Muniraju,and Staff as,Venkataswamy,Nagaraju,Sharanbasappa R,Krishnappa,Nataraj,Sunil Kumar AN, Guruprasad and Malappa has been appreciated for their tremendous efforts and meticulous investigation in solving the hit and run case which turned into murder by giving Supari to gain property and for the exemplary work by the Inspector and their team a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Pramesh Jain

Sandalwood Drugs link: Telugu actor,Tanish appears before Govindapura police for questioning in Bengaluru:

The Govindapura police probing drug case linked to kannada film producer and others,questioned  Telugu actor Tanish for several hours.

Senior officer said,Tanish name cropped up after police following a tip off from a drug peddler arrested by them,raided the house of film producer Shankar Gowda .

Shankar gowda allegedly bought drugs from the peddlers for high end parties which Tanish had attended,the probe revealed.

Based on the information the Govindapura police summoned Tanish and questioned him before he was released.

He will be summoned again as todays questioning was incomplete,a senior officer,said.

The police earlier this months busted a drug racket run by African National and recovered drugs worth Rs 4 Crore.

Further Investigation led to arrest Mastan Chandra,a reality show contestant and his friend Shankar Gowda,film producer who are the clients.

Based on the information,the police raided the residence and offices of Shankar Gowda and also questioned him and the probe has been intensified in all angles he added.

1. Today, Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modiji reviewed the covid-19 situation across the country.
2. COVID cases are showing an increasing trend in the last 15 days.
3. Hon’ble Prime Minister expressed his concern over the spike in cases and advised the states to adopt strictest possible measures so that the situation does not go out of control.
4. Prime Minister’s observation

· India has set an example to the world in tackling the covid situation in the last one year.

· Prime Minister said that we have to be pro-active in test, track and treat strategy application.

· Vaccination does not ensure total safety against infections, therefore enough precaution should be taken by observing covid appropriate behaviour.

· PM has advised to make optimum utilisation of vaccine manufacturing facilities available in the states.

· To intensify vaccination drive and avoid wastage of vaccine.

· Administer vaccine to maximum capacity.

· Hon’ble Prime Minister assured that vaccine manufacturing is a continuous process and enough supplies are available. But advised the states to use the vaccine before the expiry date and avoid wastage.

5. I Have assured the Hon’ble Prime Minister that all out efforts would be made in Karnataka to control the COVID spike and ensure normalcy.
6. So far, Karnataka has reported around 9.61 lakh COVID-19 cases and more than 12 thousand deaths.
7. The State has seen peak in August to October 2020, Cases started declining since November 2020, but the decline was faster from the month of December 2020.
8. During the last about 10 days, the COVID cases are showing an increasing trend. The positivity rate has also increased to 1.65% as on March 15.
9. We have conducted a review with the experts and officers on 15.3.2021.
10. on the review, the following action has been initiated.

(i) Taking up a fresh IEC campaign informing the public to observe COVID appropriate behaviour.

(ii) Enforce wearing of mask and avoid crowding at public places.

(iii) To earmark more beds, ICUs etc., for COVID patients.

(iv) It is decided to set up 3 COVID Care Centers in Bengaluru in advance to take care of an immediate surge.

11. We are also focusing on intensifying vaccination drive with about 3500 Centers across the State.
12. We have planned to increase the vaccination to about 3 lakh persons per day.
13. As per the Government of India’s policy, vaccination has to happen only at a health facility. We have requested for permission to take up vaccination drives in old age homes, apartment complexes,inaccessible‌ areas etc.
14. We are watching the situation closely and necessary actions will be taken depending on the existing situation as per Government of India guidance.

Wednesday: Karnataka State Football Association, Nalapad Academy and Bowring Institute jointly felicitated on Wednesday Bengaluru’s mixed martial arts fighter Mohamad Farad for his recent victory.

Farhad scored a fantastic one-punch knockout of Pakistan’s Uloomi Karim in the mixed martial arts promotion held in Bahrain on March 11.

Mohamad Farad said that in recent times mixed martial arts (MMA) has gained immense popularity. “This sport requires intense practice and effort and immense strength. I am happy that I was able to knock out our arch rival in a fight.. I am thankful to KSFA, Nalapad Academy and Bowring Institute for recognising my achievement and honouring me”, he added.

Speaking on the occasion KSFA president and legislator N A Haris said that it is a matter of pride that a Bangalore boy has achieved victory at the international level. “It is out prime duty to encourage such talent. The Association is committed to support Farad. I hope that Farad’s victory serves as an inspiration to more young people to take up this sport.”, he added.

Omar Haris Nalapad, Director, Nalapad Academy said that at the Academy sports was given importance. We are thinking about introducing mixed martial arts in our Academy, he added.

All India MMA Federation Joint Secretary and trainer Abdul Muneer, who spoke on the occasion, said that Farad has put considerable effort for his victory. “The Pakistani fighter Uloomi Karim has defeated several Indian fighters in the past. There is a lot of pressure on Indian sportspersons when they are facing our arch opponents”, he said.

All India MMA Federation President Aditya and Bowring Institute President Roop Goklany were present on the occasion, among others.

BENGALURU: After facing flak from the community over its order prohibiting the use of loudspeakers at mosques from 10 pm to 6 am, the Karnataka Wakf Board on Wednesday made it clear that the new directive will not stop morning azaan being called using loudspeakers by complying with the prescribed decibel limits.On March 9, the board issued a circular stating that loudspeakers should not be used from 10 pm to 6 am and loudspeakers can be used during the day by following ambient noise standards as per the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules 2000. The circular also mentioned decibel levels to be maintained.

The move has not gone down well with community leaders, questioning the need for the circular without discussing it with them.  “The contents of the circular have been misrepresented. The prohibition on using loudspeakers was misinterpreted as a prohibition for morning azaan, which is not correct, despite clear instructions that loudspeakers shall be used only for azaan, important announcements such as death, the timing of burial, the sighting of the moon, etc,” the board stated in its latest circular issued on Wednesday.

“It is in the last stage of development and it will be circulated to others so that they can adjust the sound according to permissible limits. We care for people and we are doing it on our own and it was not correct to issue such a circular,” he  said.Congress MP and State Wakf Board Member Syed Nasir Hussain said Wakf board members discussed it over the phone and they will ask the board to put it on hold till the next meeting.

Pramesh Jain

Two Notorious HBT offenders arrested,Rs.7.5 Lakhs Worth stolen property recovered:

The North Division police of Nandini layout police arrested two habitual offenders and recovered gold valuables worth Rs.7.5 lakh from them on Wednesday.

The accused has been identified as,Nagesh,21, resident of Konanakunte and Chandra,19 resident of Laggere.

They were caught on last Tuesday while they were moving suspiciously near a jewellery shop to dispose the booty.

Senior officer told media persons,a complaint was registered in Nandini layout police station in which complainant stated that when she went to temple some unknown person has barged into house and has robbed their 112 grams gold ornaments.

Based on complaint a special team was formed and swung into action,Nandini layout police sub-, Inspector,Naveed,and crime staff were on  patrolling near Kanteerva studio.

While on patrolling the PSI and team noticed two person moving suspiciously near a Jewellery shop the team kept a watch on them for some time and when the team got suspicion about the duo they caught them.

After apprehending them the team brought them to station for questioning the team found gold ornaments in their possession and when they asked about the jewellery items they had they said they came to dispose the booty.

When the team grilled them the duo spilled the beans and confessed to the crime that they are involved in house break thefts in city and based on their statement the team has recovered 152 grams of gold ornaments and 2 two wheelers from them worth of Rs.7.5 lakhs.

A detailed investigation by the team it has revealed that Nagesh is a habitual offender arrested by Parappana Agrahara police in a bike theft in June last year.

In the jail he met Chandru who was arrested by Nandini layout police in a robbery case.The duo ganged up in the prison and after coming out of prison they were involved in at least five house break thefts and two bike thefts.The duo was taken into custody for further investigation.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP North,Dharmendra Kumar Meena ACP Malleswaram sub-division,KS Venkatesh Naidu,PI,Venkategowda,PSIs,as,Naveed,Guruswamy,and crime staff, as,Lokesh,Manjunath,Smt.Gayathri,Umesh,Cholaiah,Umesh,Basavana,Abhishek,Subhash, Basavaraj Kankanwadi,and Prasad has been appreciated for the commendable job done by them and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.