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Ramesh Jarkiholi Sex Scandal: Karnataka Minister Resigns,Cubbon park police summons Dinesh kalahalli to seek more info :

Karnataka cabinet minister Ramesh Jarkiholi on Wednesday resigned on moral grounds pending an investigation into the alleged sex tape in which his name cropped up.

In his resignation letter,which has been accepted by Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and forwarded to the Governor for approval, and the Governor has approved the minister resignation in which he claimed innocence.

There should be an investigation into this.Even though I am innocent,am taking moral responsibility and resigning from my post in the cabinet,”Jarkiholi said.

Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi has been accused of sexually exploiting a woman who sought the minister’s help for a short film.

The allegations have been brought by Dinesh Kalahalli,a social activist,who released a video, screenshots and a telephonic conversation, allegedly between the minister and the woman.

Dinesh has filed a complained against the minister in the Cubbon Park police station. He also made it clear that he was not related to the victim, but was approached by her family as there was an environment of fear.

Karnataka Milk Federation chairperson Balachandra Jarkiholi on Wednesday urged Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to go for a CID or CBI probe into the sex scandal allegedly involving his brother and Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi.

Ramesh Jarkiholi’s brother BJP MP Balachandra Jarkiholi even said and also threatened to file Rs.100 crore defamation case against those who released the sex tape, which he called fake.

Meanwhile the cubbon park police on Wednesday issued notice to Dinesh Kallahalli to appear before the investigating officer for questioning.

B.Maruthi,Inspector of cubbon park asked Dinesh to appear for questioning to seek clarity on the some issues related to the case on Thursday 11 am.

The notice was issued to Kallahalli hours after Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai reacting to the incident said that he had ordered a detailed and transparent probe into this.

The cubbon park police had questioned Kallahalli and recorded his statement after he filed a petition seeking probe into the sex scandal.

Since he is not directly related to the incident,the police are probing on his relationship with the woman and her family
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The police are also probing whether the CD submitted to them has been fabricated and who and why the incident was recorded.

Meanwhile Dinesh Kallahalli approached,Girish S  Ramnagar Superintendent of Police and filed a conplaint that he os facing life threat and sought necessary protection.

Dinesh residing in Kallahalli in Kanakapura said that he is getting threat calls on his mobile and some unknown people are moving around his house suspeciously.

After receiving the request for protection the Ramanagar Superintendent of police deployed two police personnel at his house for his protection and security.

BENGALURU: The mystery woman seen in the sleazy video with now-resigned Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi had been visiting his chambers at Vidhana Soudha for the last at least eight months, officials told The New Indian Express. She had also, on many occasions, interacted with the staff at Soudha claiming to be a film-maker interested in bringing out a documentary on the state reservoirs. She had told them that she wanted to use drones to shoot the docu-films and wanted necessary clearances as unmanned aerial vehicles or not allowed at these protected sites.https://storage.googleapis.com/vendo-gcs.mmpww.com/jwplayer/index.html?r=24865414

Ramesh had introduced her to several officers at the Water Resources Department and had told them to assist her with inputs to make the documentary. She and Ramesh had been sighted outside Bengaluru too. Highly-placed sources said the narrative that she was a poor job-seeker who was exploited by Jarkiholi is not true as facts suggest otherwise. 

“The video, though came out in the open on Tuesday, was uploaded on social media sites from some foreign destination, not India, a few days ago. How can a poor job-seeker do it? The hidden camera used to film the sexcapade appears to be of high quality and costs upwards of  Rs 2 lakh. It has also been placed by an expert with a good knowledge of camera. Again, may not be the plan of a poor, hapless woman. The material has been flawlessly edited and the total raw footage could be at least three to four times the final edited version that was released. Editing too requires money,” they said.

While there is still no clarity as to who is behind the honeytrap, it is obvious from the video that the woman knew Jarkiholi intimately and addresses him in ‘singular’ in the video. The woman does not seem to have been threatened to get into the sexual act, as is evident from the clip, experts said. While some suspected that it could be the handiwork of someone from opposition parties, others did not rule out the possibility of Jarkiholi’s ‘powerful’ enemies within the BJP hatching the plot to finish him off politically. Only people with some clout could have executed the release of the video to perfection and managed the presence of news mediapersons at the Bengaluru Police Commissioner’s office at that precise moment.

Sources said CCTV records at Soudha and phone call records are proof that Jarkiholi and the woman had a long association. Jarkiholi did not have WhatsApp on his mobile phone and picked up another phone with WhatsApp that was available exclusively to this woman, they said. An officer remembers that the woman had introduced three men as her colleagues. Now, the hunt is on to trace them. The sources said that the two grew intimate during the Covid pandemic last year, and had video phone calls on several occasions.

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Notorious Inter-State HBT offender arrested by CCB,Pistol,Gold ornaments worth Rs.61.5 Lakhs recovered:

The Central Crime Branch police of Women Protection Wing team has arrested an interstate burglar from Uttar Pradesh involved in over 15 burglaries in and around the city .

The accused has been identified as, Khurshid Khan,41 of Sahibabad of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.

The police have seized a country made pistol,Five live bullets and stolen gold valuables worth Rs. 61.5 lakh has been recovered from his possession.

Sandeep Patil,Joint commissioner of police crime,said,team led by police inspector,Hazaresh Killedar and his team caught Khurshid Khan, 41, of Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh when he had come to the city on February,7th.

A team of police under Inspector camped in Ghaziabad area of Uttar Pradesh and were in search of the notorious burglar the team who were in action the team kept a close watch on his movements and after lot of efforts the team were successful in apprehending the burglar and brought him to Bengaluru on February 7th for further questioning.

During the course of investigation the team grilled him and the accused confessed the crime and spilled the beans about the stolen gold ornaments.

Based on his information the police team headed by Hazaresh Killedar and team escorted him and  Went to Uttar Pradesh and nabbed the receiver of stolen properties identified as Virendra Kumar, 46,a jeweller by profession.

After arresting the receiver from Uttar Pradesh the team has seized 1 kg 280 gms gold ornamnets worth 61 lakhs,1 Pistol and 5 live bullets from his possession.

A detailed investigation by the team it has revealed that,Khurshid is part of five to six persons involved in burglary.He and his associates are wanted in many house breaks in the city since 2013.

The gang used to come to city by train and commit series of burglaries during day time and return back.

The accused would watch over locked house for sometime before breaking into it.

They are so proficient and quick that they would hardly take 15 minutes to loot the valuables and escape.

After committing series of offence,the accused would return to their native and sell the booty to Virendra.

Khurshid who lead the gang would use the fire arm to scare people in case of any eventuality.

The accused was earlier arrested by Hariyana police under Arms Act.He was also arrested by Delhi and UP Police.Virendra was also arrested by Delhi police.

With his arrest we have solved 15 cases were reported in JB Nagar,Kengeri,Jnanabarathi,KG Nagar,Hanumanthanagar,Vijayanagar,Mico Layout,Subramanyanagar,Byadarahalli and Nandini Layout and other police station.A case has been registered and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant,has appreciated,Joint CP Crime, Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-1,KP Ravikumar,PI,Hazaresh Killedar,crime staff as,Nawaz Khan,Mufeez Khan, Raghavendra,Nagaraj,Srinivas,Ravikumar, Parashuram,and Sameer and two women staff also has been appreciated for the commendable and exemplary work done by them who has successfully nabbed the notorious burglar from his native in UP who was wanted in dozens of cases and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

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Custodial death case,PSI Suspended,Case to be probe by CID:Kamal Pant

A day after custodial death of a 63-year-old conman,sub inspector,Manjunath Kattimani of Hanumanthanagar police station has been suspended for dereliction of duty and an departmental enquiry has been initiated against four other staff who were at the spot for their negligence.

Speaking to reporters at Jansampark divas in Viveknagar, Commissioner of police Kamal Pant said,that sub inspector,D Manjunath has been suspended as he was in charge for the case and he was heading the team when Siddalingaswamy was taken for spot mahazar. 

Meanwhile an departmental enquiry has been initiated against Head Constables Ravi Kumar and Mrutyunjaya and constable Umesh , following which necessary action will be initiated against them.

The four police personnel had escorted Siddalingaswamy to his house on Friday to recover document pertaining to the case.

Despite their presence,the accused reportedly  pushed them out of kitchen and jumped through  an open window situated on third floor of the building.He crashed on the scooter parked outside the building and died due to severe head injuries.

The police rushed out and shifted the profusely bleeding Siddalingaswamy in a car to a near by hospital where the doctor declared him as brought dead.

The incident captured on the CCTV installed in the building.

Since the incident amounts to custodial death, the case has been handed over to CID and judicial magistrate will investigate the case and further action will be taken based on the report Kamal Pant said to media persons.

Meanwhile Swamy’s wife Devamani has a filed a case of unnatural death has been registered and the case will be handed over to CID.Devamani stated in her complaint that she was shocked to see her husband ran inside the kitchen and jumped from the balcony to end his life.

The officer further said that Swamy was arrested by Hanumanthnagar police on February 24 and during the interrogation he revealed two of his friends names who are also involved in cheating case and efforts are on to nab them he added.

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Inter-State Ganja trafficking network busted,Eight Notorious Peddlers arrested,681.8 Kg Ganja Seized by NCB:

NCB busts yet another Ganja trafficking network arrested eight persons and seized a total of 681.8 kg of marijuana from them.

Eight accused were arrested during the seizure namely S.Pawar,V.Pawar,B.Ware,M.Dhotre,D. Deshmukh,R.Gunjal,A.Gandhi and S.Sanap.

Based on a tip off from Bangalore NCB unit,a  team of NCB officials intercepted Swift Dzire car,one Honda City car and one Bolero Pick up near Pedda Amberpet Toll Plaza,near Rangareddy District,Telangana and during search the team found huge haul of drugs and seized 681.8 Kgs of Ganja.

The consignment was concealed in compressed form,kept in 335 brick like packets and wrapped with brown colour adhesive tapes.

This is a common modus operandi of Ganja trafficking sourced from Andhra-Odisha border.

During investigation it was revealed that the syndicate used to source ganja in huge quantity from Vishakhapatnam and distribute in various parts of Pune district and Osmanabad district of Maharashtra,Amit Ghawate,(Zonal Director,Bangalore),said.

According to Mr.Ghawate,Illegal Ganja Cultivation in India is largely concentrated around the naxal Infected Andhra-Odisha border areas.

Ganja from this region find its way to all over the country including Delhi,Mumbai,Maharashtra, Rajasthan,Tamilnadu,Kerala,West Bengal and is smuggled across the ocean to Sri Lanka,he said.

Difficult Terrain and inaccessibility make this area difficult for the law enforcement agencies to conduct destruction of illicit Ganja cultivation.

One of the other major Ganja cultivating region in India is the hilly terrains of Himachal Pradesh. North Eastern states of India are also vulnerable to Ganja cultivation due to its unique Geographical conditions.

Finally NCB acknowledges the role of Shri Amit Ghawate,(Zonal Director,Bangalore)and other team members of NCB Hyderabad Sub Zonal Unit and NCB Bangalore Zonal Unit with their concerted efforts in intelligence gathering and enforcement by NCB have so far had a telling effect on the seizure of Ganja sourced from Andhra-Odisha border areas he added.

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Karnataka Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi allegedly caught on sex tape,Social activist demands probe into ‘sex scandal’!

Ramesh Jarkiholi,Minister of Water Resources in the dock as city based activist approached police commissioner seeking detailed probe against minister for cheating a woman promising government job and threatening her dire consequences after she recorded their private movement.

In an major embarrassment to the BS Yediyurappa led BJP government in Karnataka,a social activist released a CD where minister of Major and Medium Irrigation from the Water resources department Ramesh Jarkiholi is seen with a woman in a compromising position. 

It is alleged that Ramesh had lured the victim on the pretext of providing a government job.

The Minister had sexually used the woman many times promising government job but later refused.

The victim however had recorded their private moments for which Mr. Ramesh started threatening her with dire consequences.

Fearing their life victim family approached Dinesh Kallahalli who in turn approached the police seeking details.

The Cubbon park police have taken up the probe into alleged sex scandal of Water resource minister Ramesh Jarkiholi who sexually abused a woman promising job and later threatened her with dire consequences after he came to know about the video being recorded .

We have received a petition about alleged incident related to minister and probe the matter to get more details.We will also question the victim who have been allegedly abused and threatened by the minister and to know more about the incident. MN Anucheth,DCP,Central Division,said.

Dinesh Kallahalli,city based RTI activist earlier on Tuesday evening approached city police commissioner and submitted complaint along with the video and audio clips along with the petition.

In his complaint,Mr.Kallahalli said that the victim resident of RT Nagar approached the minister seeking permission to use drone cameras to shoot at a dam for her documentary which she wanted to use it on social media.

Mr.Jarkiholi later assured her to get a job in KPTCL instead of permission and allegedly used her sexually many times kalahalli said.

However the victim realized that she has been cheated and recorded one of the private moment.

Mr.Jarkiholi realized about the video clip and allegedly threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed it to anyone.

considering the gravity of the situation,the family living in fear and approached Kallahalli seeking help.

The Cubbon park police have questioned me about the incident and the relationship with the victim.The police have recorded the statement. The police said that they would conduct a probe and assure to take action, Mr.Kallahalli told media persons.

The Cubbon park police who have taken up a non cognizable report would initiate probe to question the victim and the family members.

The victim has not only recorded video about their private moments but also recorded every meeting and phone conversation,she had with Ramesh Jarkiholi.

The reason behind these records is also part of the probe,a senior police officer said.

Union Minister for Coals and Mines Pralhad Joshi said he was not aware of the fact.

Speaking to reporters in Hubballi,he said if a matter like this has surfaced,it must be investigated to find out the truth.He also said he would speak to the Chief Minister in this regard.

Jarkiholi,who was in Mysuru,rushed to the city and met Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.He said he would rush to New Delhi to meet the BJP central leadership.

Denying any wrongdoing,Jarkiholi said this is a big shock and sought an investigation into this. He said it is a 100% fake video. 

“I don’t know who Kallahalli is.I don’t know who that woman is.I don’t know anything.I’m in a big shock.Let this be investigated,”Jarkiholi told reporters.If I’m wrong,let them hang me,when asked about resignation he said why should I resign when I am not wrong.

“The Jarkiholi family has built an empire. I’ve been a legislator for 21 years.Why was this done now? It’s a political gimmick,” the minister said. “I’m a dharmic man and I have no need to fear,” he said,adding that he will quit politics if proven wrong.  

This comes just two days before the start of the all-important Budget session of the legislature, causing embarrassment to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa. 

Jarkiholi, who represents Gokak, was among the chief architects in causing the downfall of the Congress-JD(S) coalition, paving the way for the BJP to come to power. He was earlier with the Congress. 

The incident could potentially dent Jarkiholi’s political career. His family holds a clout in the politically-significant Belagavi,Karnataka’s largest district. 

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West Division police of City Market Police has arrested eight inter-state dreaded criminals who were indulged in trading illegal sophisticated arms in the City.

The Market Police Inspector BG Kumara Swamy and his three Special teams which consists of 30 police officers and men has travelled about 1200 kilometres to nab this criminals a month long Operation was done by the inspector and his teams and recovered 13 pistols and 52 live cartridges from them.

The arrested accused has been identified as, Kadeer Khan,32,from Karnataka,Fayazulla Khan, 31,Vinay from Tamilnadu,Parag Kumar,39,from Uttar Pradesh,Shanawaz Ansari,29,from Gujarat, Naseer Sheikh,50,Salman Khan,28,and Fakhruddin,37,from Madhya Pradesh.

Kamal Pant,Commissioner of police,held a press conference at his house in the presence of Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACPs,as,P Ravi,U D Krishna Kumar,and other staff,he said a credible information was passed to Inspector BG Kumara Swamy of city market police station.

Based on the information the Inspector informs his senior officers about the illegal sophisticated arms are being trade illegally in the city and a person is halted in Konark Residency lodge on J.P. Street and is waiting to trade guns.

Based on the information a special team was formed by DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,a team headed by PI,City market police station BG Kumara Swamy and his team swung into action.

The team played a vital role as the team went as clients or customers to purchase the gun as the inspector and his team went to the lodge as decoy and met the person in the lodge where he was taken shelter the team met the person by name Khader Khan and the person showed them two country made pistol for which he asked 1.10 lakh for each pistol.

Later the team said him that we need more pistol and the person agrees to get it and when they asked from where does he source the gun and when he can get more arms at the same time he calls his counterparts as associates who were involved in the racket.

The police team kept a close watch on the Khader Khan and after collecting vital clues about the racket the team detained him on January 29th and arrested him under arms act and produced him before court and took him to police custody for further interrogation.

After getting police custody,the team grilled the accused who spilled the beans about the racket and other gang members.

Based on his statement three special teams swung into action a team consisting of 30 officers and men went to different places almost they travelled about 1200 kilometres in a month long operation the team was success in nabbing other 7 accused from different state and recovered totally 13 country made pistols and 52 rounds of live ammunition from them.

A detailed investigation by the team it has revealed that a small clue by a Sampigehalli murder case accused spilled about the illegal gun trading the inspector and his team took the case very seriously and collected all the concrete evidence and it was revealed that the gang was operating from Central Prison and Khader Khan and other gang would execute it.

The gang used to make a demo video to show to their clients the quality and how it works and bring fear among people and to commit robberies and dacoity this gang used to trade sophisticated illegal gun trading racket in the city.

But a month long operation by Inspector BG Kumara Swamy and his PSI, Smt.Shruthi G who is  expert in detecting crime by using technical skills,has played a vital role in the operation tracking down the notorious dreaded criminal in which one of the accused is a sharp shooter of uttar Pradesh.

By arresting these accused the team has averted many crimes and other heinous activities in the city totally 13 country made pistol with 52 live ammunition with two cars used for crime has been recovered from them.

A case has been registered in city market police station and further investigation is on to ascertain the details of their customers to whom they have sell the pistols a detailed investigation will be carried out by Inspector and his team.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP,West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP P Ravi,PI,BG Kumara Swamy,PSIs as,Smt.Shruthi G,Bhagvanthraya Patil,ASIs,as,Nagappa,Ramesh, Shivanna,Srinivas,HCs as,Vijay Kumar,Rajanna,Manjunath,Channappa, Monegowda,PCs,as,Mahanthesh,Mahesh, Shivappa Sajjan and Kiran Kumar for the commendable job done by them who has Busted the inter-state sophisticated illegal gun trading racket by arresting eight dreaded criminals.

Kamal Pant,Commissioner of police,announced a reward by tweeting,Kudos to DCP West& team for apprehending a gang of robbers involved in multiple cases of robberies and thefts.

Gold ornaments worth Rs.1.5 Crore,1.58 Kg of silver articles,13 pistols and 52 live cartridges were seized from the accused.A cash reward of Rs.1.15 lakh has been announced to the team he added.

Party hopes his support will help it reclaim lost clout in Chikkaballapur Lok Sabha segment; Former MLA Prasanna Kumar too returns to fold

BENGALURU:  It was a terrific Thursday for the Congress in Karnataka with two popular leaders adding to its strength. Independent MLA from Hoskote Sharath Bachegowda on Thursday officially extended outside support to the Congress Legislature Party, while former MLA B Prasanna Kumar made a comeback to the party fold.Sharath, a former BJP youth leader and son of BJP Lok Sabha MP from Chikkaballapur B N Bachegowda, officially associated himself with the Congress Legislature Party in the presence of KPCC President D K Shivakumar and CLP chief Siddaramaiah. While he, as an independent MLA, cannot join the party, many of his supporters, Sharath said, have shown an inclination towards joining the Congress. 

“Hoskote is not an island. I need support in raising issues concerning the public and I find that Congress Legislature Party shares my concerns whether it is the issue of fuel and LPG price hike or job losses etc. I have extended my support to the Congress and they will back me in my agitations for the people,” Sharath told TNIE. When asked if his next move was to formally join the Congress at the end of his tenure as an independent MLA, he said it was undecided.

With Sharath’s association with the party, the Congress hopes to reclaim its erstwhile clout in the Chikkaballapur LS seat. “When Sharath quit the BJP, many of his supporters followed suit. His support to the Congress will help us build a stronger cadre base in regions of Bengaluru rural district,” said Ramalinga Reddy, Working President, KPCC. 

Sharath’s decision to walk out of the BJP and contest the 2019 Hoskote bypoll as an independent had invited much flak for his father and BJP MP B N Bachegowda. “Since I am an MLA and my father is an MP there is no clash of interest between us. When I decided to walk out of the party, 90 per cent of our cadres supported me,” Sharath said insisting that he was not keen on jumping to national politics just yet. 

At a time when Congress legislator from Pulakeshi Nagar Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy has been openly expressing disappointment with the party leadership over DJ Halli riots, Congress welcomed his rival B Prasanna Kumar back into the party fold — a move that is being viewed as ‘Plan B’. 

Prasanna, who quit the Congress and joined the JDS after Murthy joined the party from JDS, had lost to the latter in the same constituency. “He is our own leader. He had lost his path for a bit but has now come back on the right track,” said Shivakumar, as he welcomed Prasanna back into the party. Prasanna’s entry into the Congress comes at a time the BJP has been publicly supporting Murthy whose house was vandalised by a mob during the August 2020 violence. 

BENGALURU: Dismissing allegations that Karnataka has prohibited people coming from Kerala, Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said that the state has not prohibited inter-state travel, but has only made it mandatory to produce RT-PCR negative certificate at the time of entry to the state.“Karnataka has not prohibited inter-state travel between Karnataka and Kerala. However, as a precautionary measure, guidelines have been issued that travellers entering Karnataka from Kerala must mandatorily possess a negative RT-PCR test report not older than 72 hours,” Sudhakar tweeted.

According to health department officials, the clarification came after the Wayanad district panchayat reportedly wrote to Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to lift the restrictions that have also impacted the movement of goods between the two states. While northern Kerala depends on Karnataka for vegetables, farm labourers from bordering areas of Karnataka travel regularly to Kerala’s plantations in Wayanad.

On Monday, tension prevailed across Kasargod, Kannur and Wayanad borders where people from Kerala blocked incoming traffic from Karnataka via the Bavali border check-point in Wayanad district. It was alleged that heaps of mud were dumped across inter-state roads to stop traffic from Kerala.

“Even ambulances carrying non-Covid patients from Kasargod to Dakshina Kannada were not given entry. We have faced this situation last year and know how difficult it is,” said Manoj Nair, an ambulance driver at a private hospital from Kasargod.However, a senior officer said, “We have to stop everyone (travelling across the border) for RT-PCR certificate. This is being done to ensure that cases don’t surge in Karnataka. It is a precautionary measure.”