SHIVAMOGGA: The local police have registered a case against Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait for asking farmers to lay siege to Bengaluru, during a Mahapanchayat at Shivamogga on March 20.
In the suo motu case against Tikait, the Kote police from the town stated that he “wantonly provoked (farmers) with an intent to cause riots.” 

Condemning the case against Tikait, Karnataka Rajya Raita Sangha leader K T Gangadhar said, “By registering such cases, it is hiding its faults. Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s father S R Bommai was an activist, who took part in the JP movement. But his son is now getting cases registered against an activist. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa too was an activist, and the then Congress government had filed cases against him. We know how to face these challenges. This will motivate us and not weaken us.”

Ashwath Narayan, who holds the higher education portfolio, said it was decided offline classes will continue with strict implementation of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for COVID-19.

BENGALURU: Regular offline classes for college students would continue in Karnataka and semester examinations held as per the time table of universities, Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan said on Tuesday.

“We discussed the possible impact of the second wave of COVID-19 on the academic activities. The same would be communicated to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa,” he said in a statement, without elaborating.

Regular classes in colleges in the state had resumed in November last year after the institutions remained shut for six months due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Karnataka is witnessing a steady rise in fresh COVID-19 cases of late with the daily infections crossing the 2,000 mark on Tuesday after a gap of over three months.

BENGALURU: Congress is now planning to approach court, demanding an inquiry into the CD gate issue and six BJP ministers getting an injunction from court against publishing any incriminating reports against them, said Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah on Wednesday, adding that the party is consulting legal experts. He termed Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar’s statement that none of the 225 members in the House are saints as irresponsible. 

He said that this year’s budget shows committed expenditure at 102%, which means the government has to borrow again to pay the salaries of its employees. “Why none of the elected representatives, including the chief minister, ministers and all 25 MPs elected from Karnataka, have the courage to demand the state’s share? On average, Rs 2.5 lakh crore is paid to the Centre in various taxes. But in return, we get Rs 34,000 crore,” he pointed out. 

He said that when he was chief minister, committed expenditure was between 74 and 78%. “Why doesn’t the government focus on reducing committed expenditure? Yediyurappa is only announcing new boards and corporations and allotting money to them, but not focusing on development. He did not reply to our questions, but only read out a 24-page answer,’’ he added.

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Ramesh Jarkiholi sleaze CD case: Ex Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi phone sent to FSL:

The SIT officials have taken the mobile phone of Ramesh Jharkiholi for detailed analysis.

The phone has been sent to FSL to retrieve data pertaining to the CD scandal.

SIT who have questioned Ramesh twice so far did not getting necessary information which could help them to further investigation.

SIT officials suspect that Ramesh had communicated to the woman before and after the scandal broke out.

After retrieving the data from the phone will help the SIT to establish the motive behind the release of CD which is crucial for the case.

A massive manhunt is on for the suspect Kingpins and CD woman too.

Sources said,that the SIT officials have questioned Naresh Gowda wife at her residence in Tumakuru regarding the case and to collect more information.

Meanwhile one of the suspect Kingpin in the case Lakshmipathy withdrawn his bail petition through his lawyer.

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20 cars vandalised in ITI layout in Bengaluru,Trio including 2 juveniles held:

As many as 20 cars were vandalised and car windshield were damaged by a gang who was in inaberiated condition the trio were armed with lethal weapons and went on rampant and vandalised 20 parked cars in ITI layout under CK Achukkattu police station limits.

Senior officer told reporters,Panic gripped among the residents for sometime.Few residents called the police who rushed to the spot and caught the trio.

Alert patrolling police caught a gang of three including two juvenile who armed with iron rods and machete from which they vandalized as many as 20 cars parked outside the houses in ITI layout on Tuesday.

During investigation and during Inquiry revealed that the accused had a fight with their rival gang and wanted to show the might to them.

They got drunk and armed with lethal weapons walked on the residential lanes In the evening where their opponents stayed,and began to smash windshields of the parked cars.The entire incident was recorded in CCTV camera.

The accused are unemployed and used to hang around in the area creating nuisance.

The CK Achukkattu police have taken them into custody for questioning while efforts are on to track down others,who are on the run he added.

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Enforcement Directorate,ED attached 5 immovable properties worth Rs.4.83 Crore in a Bank Fraud case.

Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday provisionally attached 5 immovable properties worth Rs.4.83 Crore belonging to SK Subramanya Reddy,a businessman and others in a Bank Fraud case.

The immovable properties are located in and around Bengaluru.

According to an official release,ED initiated investigation on the basis of FIR filed by CBI, ACB,Bengaluru against T.L.Praveen Kumar,the then Branch Manager of Bank of Baroda,Kengeri Branch,who in collusion with SK Subramanya Reddy and others sanctioned 186 Gold loans against pledge of fake gold ornaments to 57 borrowers to the tune of Rs.12 Crore. 

All the barrowers were associated with SK Subramanya Reddy and pledge the fake gold to avail loan on his behalf.

During Investigation by ED revealed that S K Subramanya Reddy used these proceeds to settle his outstanding loans and overdraft facilities at Syndicate Bank and got his mortgaged properties released.

Accordingly,identified assets to the tune of Rs.4.83 Crore in the form of immovable properties have been provisionally attached under Money Laundering Act.Further investigation is in progress says a release.

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Woman molested at nightclub,bizman arrested by Cubbon park police:

The cubbon park police on Tuesday arrested a 38 year old man for misbehaving with a 24 year old woman in front of her family members and friends at a bar and restaurant on church street on march 21.

The accused has been identified as,Madhusoodhan Achari,38,resident of Pulakeshinagar.

The victim who was in shock took one day to recover before she approached the police.

Senior officer told media persons,a complaint was registered in cubbon park police stating that the victim had gone to the restaurant with her mother and friends for dinner in church street.

She met one of her friend at the restaurant and the accused who was with her they both joined  the table and after some time he started misbehaving with the victim.The accused even  groped and bite her shoulder,while others looked on.

The victim even raised objection for which he hurled abuses at her.Shocked victim returned home and the next day filed a complaint.

Based on the complaint the police arrested the accused and after thorough investigation the accused was produced before the magistrate and remanded to judicial custody.

A case has been registered against the accused in cubbon park police station charging him under section 354a,(physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures),323,(voluntary causing hurt)and 504 (intentional insult and provocation) and further investigation is on he added.

BENGALURU: After days of daily additions hovering around 1,000, Karnataka crossed the 2,000-mark on Tuesday, with 2,010 new infections bringing the state’s tally to 9,73,657 since the first case was reported on March 8, 2020.The last time the number of infections crossed 2,000 in a single day was on November 14, 2020, (2,154), suggesting that the state is at the start of the second wave. However, this is still a long way off from the state’s peak of around 10,000 infections a day in October last year.

“People should be vigilant and ensure that Covid-19 precautions are followed. People who do not wear masks and violate norms are being penalised. Functions and gatherings should be avoided for the next two months,” Sudhakar said.

The number of active cases, which had dipped remarkably in January and February, crossed the 15,000-mark on Tuesday, with a total of 15,595 cases. The number of new infections and active cases has only been rising since March 15, and the number of discharged/recovered patients has fallen. The state’s recovery rate dipped from 97.78% on March 15 to 97.11% on Tuesday.

Although these figures may appear disturbing, the overall mortality rate and positivity rate have been steadily dipping. The state’s mortality rate fell to 1.27% on Tuesday – the lowest recorded in the state – while the positivity rate dipped to 4.73%. This is so because although cases are on the rise, the number deaths per day has  largely been in the single digits since March 15 (except March 19 and March 22 which saw 10 deaths on both days). The five deaths on Tuesday takes the death toll in the state to 12,449.

However, despite the overall positivity rate falling to 4.73%, the positivity rate for the day alone shot up to 2.03%, indicating the rise in cases. Meanwhile, both Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Health and Health Minister Sudhakar have urged eligible people to get vaccinated against the virus.

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Notorious luggage lifter arrested by Byatarayanpura police Stolen property Worth Rs.12 Lakhs Recovered:

The West Division police of Byatarayanapura police on sunday arrested a 30 year old man who was stealing valuables from passengers after diverting their attention satellite bus stand.

The police have recovered stolen valuables worth Rs.12 lakh from him.

The accused has been identified as,Siddiq, resident of Laggere.

Senior officer told media persons,a complaint was registered by a complainant at Byatarayanpura police station stating that on January 10th she came to satellite bus stand in the night time and while returning back some person approached her as a passenger and by diverting her attention he robbed her Vanity bag in which she had 25 grams of gold ornaments in it.

Based on a complaint,Inspector,MN Nagaraju and his team swung into action and visited the crime scene and inspected the area and after analysing CCTV footage at the bus stand the team got the vital clue about the thief.

A special team was formed to check any untoward incident happens at bus stand a team of cops were deployed in Mufti to monitor the police team who recognised the culprit.

After closely watching the movements of suspecious elements the police zeroed in on Siddiq and caught him red handed when he was moving around the bus stand for his target.

The team apprehended the culprit and brought him to station for questioning during interrogation the accused confessed the crime that he came to bus stand to lift the luggage of passengers diverting their attention.

A detailed investigation by the team led the accused Siddiq to confessed the crime and he revealed that he used to move around bus stand to identify gullible passengers who are careless about their luggage and valuables.

siddiq posing as passenger would travel with them and steal valuables after diverting their attention.

With his arrest four cases has been detected reported in various police station and based on his statement the team has recovered 275 grams gold ornaments worth of Rs.12 lakhs recovered from his possession.A case has been registered in Byatarayanpura police station and further investigation is on.

We advise the people to be careful at the bus stand and about their valuables and to be careful while carrying valuables and if in emergency or distress call 112 and advises to ignore strangers while they are traveling.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP Kengeri Sub-Division,UD Krishna Kumar,PI,MN Nagaraju,PSI with crime staff of Byatarayanpura police station has been appreciated for the commendable job done by them in nabbing the luggage lifter and recovered stolen property from him and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.