IN wIn one more body blow to the Congress, parliamentarian KC Ramamurthy resigned from the party to join the BJP.

BENGALURU: In wIn one more body blow to the Congress, parliamentarian KC Ramamurthy resigned from the party to join the BJP. The Rajya Sabha MP will have to seek fresh re-election on a BJP ticket after joining the party. After Sanjay Singh and B Kalita, Ramamurthy is the third Rajya Sabha MP to quit the Congress. His resignation was accepted by Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu. Ramamurthy told TNIE, “I will join the BJP on Thursday or Friday. I had been considering it for some time.’’

The former IPS officer turned MP has 2 years 8 months left of his 6-year Rajya Sabha tenure, and was elected with the help of Congress and ‘rebel’ JDS votes in 2015. Congress leader VS Ugrappa said, “BJP is continuing with Operation Kamala (Lotus) to poach Congress leaders. We have information that they threatened Congress leaders like Ramamurthy with raids.” Ramamurthy’s resignation brings down the number of Karnakata Congress Rajya Sabha MPs from eight to seven.

The other MPs are Jairam Ramesh, Rajeev Gowda, L Hanumanthaiah, GC Chandrashekar, Dr Nasir Hussain, BK Hariprasad and Oscar Fernandes. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is a Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka BJP, the other two being Prabhakar Kore and R Chandrashekar. The total number of Rajya Sabha MPs from Karnataka is 12, with one JDS MP, Kupendra Reddy. The resignation is likely to hit the party, which is yet to recover from its MLAs quitting and bringing down the government. For the Congress, which is trying to shore up morale to fight the bypolls, the resignation could not have come at a worse time.

Pramesh Jain

This is the history and Jackpot for Bengaluru city police first time a huge recovery has been done by one accused in one single case and huge booty is recovered. 
In its first of its kind in the history of Bengaluru city police a biggest recovery has been done by Southeast Division police in which they have nabbed the notorious kingpin and recovered Rs.5 Crore worth of 12 kg of Gold,Diamond and Platinum ornaments with the vehicle used in committing crime has also been recovered from him.
The Lalithaa Jewellery heist in Trichy early this month had taken many by surprise. 
The jewellery store situated near the busy Chathiram bus stand in Trichy.However it wasn’t safe.
Two people wearing masks had managed to loot and scoot with nearly 24kgs of jewels.
The burglars has looted jewels worth 13 Crore rupees from Lalitha jewellery. 
Trichy police had caught Suresh and Ganesan based on the similarities between the two crimes.
Masked men had looted the Punjab National Bank at Bikshandarkoil in Trichy early this year.
Murugan had taken the lion’s share in the Lalithaa jewellery heist. 
Murugan had surrendered before the Mayo Hall court in Bengaluru on 12th. 
The Bengaluru city police recovered 12 kgs of gold,diamond and platinum ornaments from Murugan. 
There were striking similarities between PNB loot and Lalitha jewellery heist. 
Murugan hid jewels inside a dense forest in a small village called Venganur in Perambalur.
The Tamilnadu and Karnataka police have nabbed the culprits in the case.
Murugan has more than 90 cases pending against him across Karnataka,Tamilnadu,and Andhra Pradesh.
Murugan is currently in the custody of Bommanahalli police station in Bengaluru. 
Suresh and Ganesan are in the custody of Trichy police.
45-year old Murugan his relatives Suresh and Ganesan were the accused in the case.

The Southeast Division police of Bommanahalli police have arrested a notorious dreaded criminal a professional thief who is a habitual offender and recovered stolen property around 12 kg of Gold,Diamond and Platinum ornaments worth of Rs 5 Crore.
The accused has been identified as,Murugan alias,Balamurugan,Shivakumar,Shiva,45,year old resident of Tiruchirapalli in Trichy.
Trichy city police told media persons that  the recovered jewellery will be submitted to Trichy court after being produced at the Bengaluru court.Trichy police had already recovered 4.750 kg of gold jewellery worth Rs 1.76 crore from E Manikandan of Madapuram and P Kanagavalli of Seera Thoppu in Tiruvarur after arresting them on October 5.Kanakavalli is the sister of Murugan while her son P Suresh who escaped from police during a vehicle check on October 3 in Tiruvarur surrendered at Chengam court in Tiruvannamalai on October 10.He has been remanded in Trichy central prison.Trichy police will take both Murugan and Suresh into custody for investigations to recover the rest of the 30 kg jewellery.
Investigating officer told media persons that, Accused Murugan is a inter-State dreaded criminal who had hid the jewels in a plastic bag inside a dense forest near the banks of cauvery river in Trichy he took about 15 minutes to find the spot when we took him there for recovery we had taken Goldsmith’s and eye-witnesses from Bengaluru at that time of recovery.He dug the ground and gave us the bag that had jewels.Murugan had two other accomplices Suresh and Ganesh they are his relatives they were caught by the police after the Lalithaa jewellery heist the police had caught them and recovered whatever they had Murugan was staying in Trichy while they were nabbed we had found out through the CCTV footage of another robbery when all the three of them had travelled in an i10 car with that information we were sure that they were the criminals.He is a habitual offender and he is a professional robber this time he taught of getting settled he even wanted to do a film and most of his money he spent is on heroines and junior artists and in prostitution he has befriended a junior artist in kollywood and most of the money he has spent in constructing house and buying cars and his addiction of going to Pub and dance bars and was leaving a lavish lifestyle,a team of cops took him under confidence by telling you will still be alive for more 10 years as he has more health issues and it was very necessary for us to make him spill out about the heist where he has kept as he spilled that he has dig a pit and stored it in a hole in a dense forest near the banks of cauvery river.He even said he has planned to loot this jewellery shop three months advance from three months he was planning to loot and this operation was carried in three days it took them 3 days to loot as they drilled the wall of the shop from the gas cutter and gained the entry into the jewellery shop and Murugan was waiting outside the showroom he sent Ganesh and Suresh by tieing a rope in their legs as if anyone comes he can alert them by pulling the rope and with this the masked men entered the showroom and looted the huge booty and then escaped the Trichy police acting on tip off nabbed three person but the main kingpin mastermind accused Murugan was caught and we secured him and recovered the huge booty of jewels from him he added.
Bhaskar Rao,Bengaluru city police commissioner,said,In inter-state matters there will be lots of complications also.Property recovery is risky job extremely risky job if it becomes success we can appreciate if something went wrong then we will be investigating as who has shown negligency in recovery so they have done a commendable job even Home Minister of karnataka Basavaraj Bommai and DG&IGP of karnataka Neelamani N Raju has also appreciated them as a police commissioner I have also appreciated them and we are going to give them good rewards for whatever the good work they have done and this is a very appreciable work they have done and recently we have conducted property parade in other divisions and after which we have returned the same property to the victims by seeking court permission which will help in build up public confidence.But I can only tell you that offence detection is easy and after detecting crimes we should recover the stolen property then produce it to court and after seeking permission from the court we return the property to actual owner which is a very very risky job very very tuf job and any mistakes that takes place here is a very very expensive mistake and at that time no one can spare or rescue them and we only have to stand by them if their efforts are genuine.in Many cases many accused will try to put blame on them by trying to offer them some gifts to settle the matter and with this the accused will blame them in this situation also they have recovered the intact property it is a great challenging job it is a good example of our integrity also their hard work their dedication and they face lot of problems from language barrier recovering the gold as their procedures will be same and they will be thinking why they should not recover and all these all challenges they have faced and brought the intact property of 12 kgs of Gold,Diamonds as well as platinum ornaments this is a biggest recovery which a Bengaluru city police have done so we will be handovering the property to the court along with the offender and the Trichnapali police will get property released and I announce a reward of Rs.2 lakhs to the whole team for their immense efforts and exemplary work done in recovering the property he added.
DCP Southeast,Isha Pant said a team under the supervision of ACP MicoLayout Karibasavana Gowda,Bommanahalli Inspector D.R.Nagaraj and his team who was in search of offenders one team got a vital clues about the accused after analysing CCTV footage the team got credible information about the offender who is a notorious habitual offender who was arrested earlier by Bengaluru city police and was released on bail and then also he continued the same as the team was checking the CCTV footage at the crime scene in HSR layout and Bommanahalli the team gathered evidence and a team was sent to Tamilnadu and search of offender at the same team collected information about Robbery took place as the team was on search the team noticed this accused Murugan the team kept a close watch on him and were behind him as the accused reached Bengaluru in Mayo Hall court to surrender before surrendering as our team was tipped and one team was behind him alerted the court constable about the developments and the same information was passed to senior officers who asked them to secure him before getting produced as soon as he reached to Mayo hall court the court constable Ramachandra was alert at the court and secured him and the inspector and his team rushed to Mayo hall court the team even carried a laptop with them to prepare the arrest procedure to take him in their custody after finishing all the formalities the court sent him to police custody and during the course of investigation the team grilled him who spilled the beans and based on his statement a team headed by Inspector D.R.Nagaraj and his crime team escorted the accused to Perambalur in Trichy to recover the property as the team reached the spot for sometime he was searching the place where he is digged up after identifying it along with Goldsmith’s and eye witnesses we have recovered the 12 Kg of Gold,Diamond and Platinum from the pit where he has stored and based on his statement the cops have recovered intact property from them she even said the team has done major recovery which is one of the biggest case in 1 case and 1 accused in case there is one inter-State criminal by name Murugan he has been arrested by Bommanahalli police and around 12 Kgs Gold,Diamond,and platinum jewellery has been recovered from him.So he has committed this type of crime in various states like Andhra,Tamilnadu and Karnataka.So in this particular case he did a huge Robbery in one of the Jewellery shop in Trichy called Lalithaa jewellers so from him we have recovered 12 kg of intact Jewellery and the recovery was done in quite a movie like passion were he had dug a pit and he had put all the jewellery inside that pit and Bommanahalli police team led by Inspector and his whole team recovered the ornaments intact,and he has almost lot of cases against him in all these three states and he has also done a major robbery in Punjab National Bank in Trichy and in HSR Layout police station of southeast division and Bommanahalli police station so like this he has committed lot of crimes and we have recovered  these 12kgs and he is in our police custody and we will be recovering more from him when asked does he alone commits this offence Isha Pant said,actually he has two of his associates Suresh and Ganesh,in which Suresh is his Sister son and Ganesh is also his relative so three of them they come from Trichy in car in i10 or Tavera and they do such crimes and they go back to Tamilnadu so basically he is from Tamilnadu and he is in Trichy.He has a lot of health issues however he hasn’t stopped his criminal activities.He does not indulge in small crimes he goes after the big ones he travels in cars like i10 and Tavera he has even built a big house in Trichy.Robbery is his profession.The Lalithaa jewellers owner and manger must provide documents to prove that the ornaments belong to them only then can we confirm and return the ornaments we still have a lot to recover we have to follow up with the receivers and recover them he has been involved in several crimes in the past and hence we cannot provide more details about the other cases as of now and we will seek body warrant of other accused from the Court and finally,Home Minister of karnataka,Basavaraj Bommai,DG&IGP of Karnataka,Neelamani N Raju,has appreciated,Police Commissioner, Bhaskar Rao,Addl CP East,S Murugan,DCP,Southeast,Isha Pant,ACP Mico-layout Sub-Division ,kari basavana Gowda,Bommanahalli,PI,D.R.Nagaraj,PSI, Shivappa,ASI,Shivashankar,crime staff as,Ramachandra,Ramalingegowda,Chikkavenkatashetty,Jayprakash,Ramesh,Raghu and others have done a tremendous and exemplary work who has successfully nabbed the notorious dreaded criminal a professional Robber and recovered intact property of 12 kg ornaments worth Rs.5 Crore and the team has arrested the kingpin Murugan and his associates were arrested by Tamilnadu police and with this the Lalithaa Jewellery case has been detected by our team and a reward of Rs. 2 lakh will be given to the team by the Bengaluru Police Commissioner’s office and other suitable reward will be given by the government,she added.

Rules mandate, as does past experience, state that if a carnivore has killed a human being, it needs to be captured or killed.

BENGALURU: The killer tiger, which had kept forest officials on their toes for five days before it was captured near Gopalaswamy Betta Range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Sunday, will never roam free again. According to the Forest Department, the five-year-old male, weighing around 170 kg, will remain at Kooragahalli Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, 15km from Mysuru, for the rest of its life.

The animal was counted in the last tiger census in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. Camera trap analysis revealed that it had travelled from Nagarahole (Antharsanthe) to Molleholle to Kundakere in Bandipur, and then to GS Betta Range, before being captured.

“Since it is a healthy male and has no injuries, we want to release the big cat back in the forest. But there is pressure from people not to do so. Besides, no risk can be taken again as it has killed two humans, though it was because of fear and hunger. Around five years ago, when a tiger captured in Chikkamagaluru was released in Dandeli, it had died. This earned the department a lot of flak, we don’t want that,” a senior official told TNIE.

Some forest officials have recommended a few places where the animal can be released as an experiment, like Bannerghatta National Park or BR Hills or Bhadra Reserve, where the tiger population is low and pressure from humans on the forests is also less.

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Sanjai Mohan said he was aware of the pressure from both quarters (to keep the animal in custody and to release it). He is also aware of the social media campaigns for and against the department. But for the safety of the animal and people, it has been decided that the animal stays in the rescue centre, he said.

Rules mandate, as does past experience, state that if a carnivore has killed a human being, it needs to be captured or killed. Had it not killed any humans, it could have been relocated.

The tiger’s new enclosure has around an acre of space where a near-to-nature environment has been created for the animal. At present, the tiger is finding it tough to adjust to the new environment. It keeps growling and is cautious even of its own shadow. It is very alert, said an officer from Mysuru.

Balachandra T, Director, Bandipur Tiger Reserve, said there was no need for DNA tests as the animal was captured after thorough verification of photographs and camera trap images. He added that for DNA analysis, there should be a sample base for verification. But that is not available with the department. Only faecal matter analysis could be done, but that too when the tiger was captured just two days after it had killed the humans. This report could have been matched with the humans’ DNA for verification, but that is out, he said.

The National Centre for Biological Sciences is preparing a DNA database for captured and seized tigers and items for analysis. Samples from the wild will also be collected and stored.

LEARNING EXPERIENCE
The whole exercise of capturing the tiger was a learning experience for the department. PCCF Sanjai Mohan said they have realised the need for infrared cameras and completely stop the use of flash cameras. The department has one night-vision camera and more will be procured in the coming days. Thermal cameras are also on the cards. The department has also written to the government to deploy more veterinarians. At present there are just five, but at least 10 are required, Mohan said.

The workers have demanded the settlement of wage revision effective January 1, 2017, asking for a pay parity with officers.

BENGALURU: Defence production and upgradation work is set to be hit as workers of the country’s aerospace and defence production company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) are to launch an indefinite strike starting October 14 across the country.

This, despite talks between the All India HAL Trade Unions Coordination Committee (AIHALTUCC) — which has called for the strike — and the management of the defence public sector undertaking.

The workers have demanded the settlement of wage revision effective January 1, 2017, asking for a pay parity with officers.

However, HAL union general secretary Suryadev Chandrashekar on Sunday told TNIE that discussions held with the management till Sunday did not reach any fruition.

All nine units of the industry in seven states will strike work indefinitely starting Monday, he said.

A meeting between officials and representatives of the recognised unions was held on October 12 and 13, HAL said in a communique to the media, as a solution to employees’ problems, while keeping in mind the interest of the organisation.

As a measure to address some of the issues, the management offered to enhance allowances under the Cafeteria system to 22% for workmen in Scale 1 to 10; and 20% for workmen in Special Scale as against uniform rate of 19% offered earlier.

It also assured that all the workmen would stand benefited in terms of allowances on account of introduction of the Cafeteria system.

The management also offered a revised rate of fitment benefit at 11%, the officials added. The wage negotiation committee also apprised the unions of the ill-effects of resorting to any strike or agitation which would jeopardize the interest of the employees or organization, and the nation at large.

It rued that the employees resorted to the “recalcitrant approach” despite the management’s appeals and efforts towards an amicable wage settlement.

Pramesh Jain

Journalists from various Kannada news channels and national media staged a silent protest in Bengaluru on Thursday against the Karnataka assembly Speaker,Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri‘s decision to impose media restrictions within the assembly proceedings.
Editors and Senior Journalists,from various different regional news channels and national media representatives on Friday October 11th staged a silent protest after the karnataka assembly Speaker called for a ban on live telecast from the Assembly House. 
A photo journalist wore a black eye band condemning Karnataka Speaker’s order against media. 

News channels have been broadcasting proceedings of the Karnataka Assembly and the Vidhana Parishad since 1994.
Though the journalists approached the Speaker to lift the ban,Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri stood his ground,reiterating that restrictions were imposed as per rules.
Journalists were miffed after Kageri left the chamber without listening to their grievances.
Reacting to this,Press Club of Bengaluru with other media houses and journalists called for a protest at Bengaluru’s Anand Rao Circle. 
More than 100 Video and Photo journalists with represntatives from Regional and National Channel took part in the silent protest at Maurya Circle against the Media Gag order by Karnataka Assembly speaker for the ongoing session of 3 days he banned which miffed the representative of all private channels. 
The protest was organised by Press Club of Bengaluru President,Sadashiva Shenoy,with H.V Kiran and Anand P. Baidanamane.
Security was placed at the protest spot DCP,Central,Chethan Singh Rathore with ACP,T Basheer Ahmed with PI,Sanjeev Gowda with other officers and staff were present at the Maurya Circle. 
Former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy joined the protest and slammed the speaker’s move banning private channels live telecasting the Assembly Session,he said no one should restrict the fourth pillar of democracy in covering the live telecast of Assembly session as they are the who passes the ongoing sessions developments to public and said today he will raise the issue in the house of the Assembly demanding Speaker should immediately lift the ban and allow private channel to cover the live assembly session he added.He even slammed the current BS Yediyurappa-led government over the ban, which disallows national and regional private TV channels from covering the proceedings of Karnataka Assembly live.They are trying to gag the media and the fourth pillar of democracy is being stopped in its work.I condemn this and reject such a move by the speaker, he said after meeting the journalists who are staging a protest against the gag.HDK even said that there had been a proposal from the state Home ministry during his time in office.He had,however refused the proposal.The media must not stop us while are walking the corridors of Vidhana Soudha,but we must make facilities instead for them to ask questions,he told reporters.
Siddaramaiah Former Chief Minister,leader of opposition condemned the move of BJP government and Speaker by tweeting he said,The decision of the Speaker, to disallow journalists from taking the video & photographs of the session, shall be condemned.In case speaker feels that journalists are misusing the liberty, the rules of the house should be modified and not bring in a complete ban.Is blocking journalists an attempt to protect @BJP4Karnataka’s blue boys from being caught again?In that case, is it not the party’s duty to teach blue boys a lesson?But, in @BJP4Karnataka, they reward such anti-social elements with ministerial berth, even if they lose.Wah!The latest media blockade by speaker seems to be in the direction to mute the opinions of Opposition.Live relay of Assembly by @DDChandanaNews was partial towards ruling party members. Most of the times, when opposition speaks, the camera is not focused on the one who speaks he tweeted.
Sowmya Reddy R Jayanagar MLA tweeted, against the Media ban by Assembly speaker she said,What’s the responsibility of a healthy opposition ? Isn’t that our job to speak up for the people of our state! To ensure we ensure the government is doing its job properly! If our voices inside the assembly can’t be heard outside to people then isn’t this death of democracy!!!As a 1st time MLA I want to talk and discuss about pressing issues regarding the our city, my constituency (Jayanagar) many issues & including the worst hit floods & how Karnataka government has handled past 60 days. shocked with the events that have unfolded past 2 days.Outside tv media has been banned since today at the assembly! Today when we (opposition) spoke against Govt’s failure to handle flood relief, there was no focus on us but guess who? Yes, only the speaker or the CM or anyone from the ruling party. That’s why the media gag! She tweeted. 
BS Yediyurappa tweeted from his official twitter account on Thursday had said that he would appeal Karnataka Assembly speaker Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri to recall the ban, which was issued ahead of the three-day winter session of the Assembly he tweeted after few hours the tweet was deleted Sources with the BJP told reporters,that the tweet was deleted because Yediyurappa’s statement could have given the media the impression of infighting within the BJP.His statement was against party dictates so the tweet was taken down,” the source added.
Deepa Balakrishnan,Senior Journalist of CNN News18,tweeted, Press Club of Bangalore is leading a protest today against #Karnataka #Speaker #Kageri ‘s unilateral order to keep Pvt channel video- and photo-graphers away from covering Assembly proceedings; top editors and journos are here this morning at the Gandhi statue.Today @Vijaykarnataka has a black, blank space spanning two columns where ‘pictures’ of the #Assembly session should have been.. protesting the unilateral ban on photography and videography inside Assembly #mediagagged #freedomofpress,And a photographer Pandarinath @XpressBengaluru sits blind-folded in the backdrop of the Gandhi statue to protest the ban of videographers and photographers from #Karnataka #Assembly coverage she tweeted. 
HR Ranganath Public TV Managing Editor said,We cannot be fools to believe that the decision will be reversed because of the opposition against it.The question is not about whether the Chief Minister or the Speaker has taken the decision.We need to understand about where this idea that the Vidhana Soudha and the Assembly is a place where politicians can take unilateral decisions is coming from,He even said that politicians are eager to ensure that the news that portrays them or their party in good light should only be published. “This eagerness is increasing every day and politicians want to present a packaged news bulletin to journalists. This must be resisted not only today but also going HR Ranganath, Managing Editor of Public TV, a Kannada news channel, said at the protest. 
Hariprakash Konemane, Editor of Vijay Karnataka,a Kannada language daily newspaper, stated that this decision will be used as a precedent to take unilateral decisions. “In the first stage, TV cameras are banned from Assembly. This will be used as a precedent in the future. We have taken a stand against this in today’s edition of Vijay Karnataka in which we have published a blank picture instead of a photograph on our story on this issue,”he said.
Ranganath Bharadwaj,Chief Producer of TV9 Kannada,said,Those who are afraid of us and have something to hide take such steps we tell the world what you do during assembly session.Who eats tobacco,who lazes around and who uses their phone that’s why you are afraid of us the government is not doing the media a favor by letting us inside Vidhana Soudha it’s our duty to tell the people what their representatives are doing he added.
Another senior journalist said,This is something that people and the government need to pay attention to the media also has to instil some fear into the government the real issues are highlighted he added.
HD Deve Gowda, Janata Dal (Secular) National President: This kind of attitude of the present govt shows that it is intentionally snatching the freedom of media going on for decades. We hope & trust that this govt will reconsider its decision he added.
Senior Journalist,Ms.Shantala said,They are trying to suppress the Freedom of press it is against the interests of the people she said.
It is alleged that Several opposition leaders were also in agreement with the proposal, sources claimed.Informally, several JD(S) leaders,especially HD Kumaraswamy had supported this.When leaders are sleeping or doing something else, that gets captured.A few Congress leaders too wanted the ban to be imposed,” the source added. 
In 2012, a camera man of Private channel had captured footage of the then Karnataka MLA Laxman Sangappa Savadi watching porn on his phone inside the Assembly. Following the uproar, Laxman Savadi was forced to resign. In February 2012, the then Speaker, KG Bopaiah had banned private television channels from recording and broadcasting live proceedings of the House until a committee set up to probe Savadi’s behaviour submitted its report. The ban was later lifted.
In 2014, after the Congress came to power, the then Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa had told the media that the government was mulling a proposal to ban television cameras from broadcasting live the Assembly proceedings. However, this proposal had then fallen through.

Top Congress leaders raided Rs 5 Crore unaccounted Cash Seized in Income Tax Raids Against Karnataka’s Former Deputy  CM,G Parameshwara,& Former union Minister, RL Jalappa and others :
It was a big shocker for two top senior congress leader,Dr G Parameshwara and RL Jalappa when income tax officers conducted raids in his residence,colleges  and the hospital owned by them.
Income Tax department official have  conducted search and seizure operations at Siddhartha Group of Institutions owned by senior Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara in Tumakuru.
The income tax department is at it again in Karnataka.
Former Deputy Chief Minister Dr.G.Parameshwara woke up to a rude shock on thursday morning.
It is said 300 I-T officials conducted raids at 30 different properties and premises of Parameshwara.
Taxmen conducted raids across Bengaluru,Tumakuru,Koratagere, Nelamangala,Doddabalapura,and Kolar.
The I-T department laid a seige on Siddhartha group of institutions owned by Dr.G.Parameshwara.
Medical colleges are under I-T scanner for allegedly charging exorbitant money for medical seats.
I-T officials had led their eyes on medical colleges owned by Siddhartha group of institutions.
Every educational institution owned by Siddartha group of institutions raided by the I-T department.
I-T officials have scrutinized documents on seat allotments in medical colleges.
Siddhartha group of institutions have their presence in Australia as well as Malaysia.
Dr.G.Parameshwara’s Siddhartha group of institution is estimated to be valued at Rs.5000 Crores.
The I-T raids have evoked sharp reaction from congress leaders.
The timing of I-T raids on Dr.G. Parameshwara has raised lots of suspicion.
It is alleged that central government is targeting Congress leaders as the elections are approaching.
The I-T officials also conducted raids on former union minister RL Jalappa’s hospital in Kolar.
A four-member team of IT officials also conducted searches at Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology and Sri Siddhartha First Grade College in Tumakuru. The officials are said to be from Bengaluru I-T cell.
Sources said raids were also on at a group of educational institutions owned by senior Congress leader R.L.Jalappa in Kolar. Sources in I-T deparment said that the individuals were not targets of the search and seizure operations but these operations were against the educational institutions based on specific information.
The raids come hours before the Karnataka Legislative Assembly is set to convene for a three-day session on Thursday.As opposition Congress has alleged “politics of vendetta,” the session is expected to be stormy.
“I have come to know that Siddhartha Group is being raided. Let I-T take any action if they find anything illegal. But we will answer to this if this is politically motivated,” said Dr. Parameshwara.
Congress cries political vendetta and political witch-hunt raid by I-T department. 
Eshwar Khandre,KPCC,Working president,told media persons,BJP is misusing their power by conducting raids on Deputy CM,Dr G Parameshwara’s residence,medical and engineering institutions.These I-T raids are conducted to pressurize and suppress the self esteem of the opposition leaders he added.
Ramesh Kumar,former speaker,told media persons,If income tax raids are conducted according the whims and fancies of the BJP,people would lose trust in the I-T department this is very dangerous for the country and our democracy he added.
Siddaramaiah former chief minister told media persons,Congress leaders in Karnataka have been targeted time and again and these IT raids have been carried out deliberately.During the elections they had targeted the congress leaders in the same way by misusing the IT department this is political vendetta.He even said by tweeting,the series of IT raids on @Drparameshwara,RL Jalappa and others are politically motivated with malafide intention they are only targeting @inckarnataka leaders as they have failed to face us on policy and corruption issues he tweeted.
Mallikarjun Kharge,Former MP, told media persons that,Congress leaders are being targeted even though they pay taxes to the IT department they should follow the procedure by issuing notices to them before raiding the premises he added.
HD Kumaraswamy,former Chief Minister of karnataka,told media persons that,IT departments are established to conduct raids on those who haven’t paid taxes or posses illegal properties.Nowadays central government is misusing the IT department to conduct raids on particular leaders,The central government is using the IT department to silence the opposition and scare them we condemn the use of IT by the central government for vested interests he added.
Ramalinga Reddy,Former Minister,told media persons that,IT raids have become normal in this country they are now conducting raids to upcoming elections he added.
BJP denies any involvement.
KS Eshwarappa,BJP leader told media persons that,Will it be right for us to say that congress was responsible for all the IT raids that happened in the residence of BJP leaders? We cannot politicise IT department be it IT, CBI, ED or ACB these are neutral institutions it is not right for siddaramaiah to politicise the issue he added.
About Rs 5 crore cash has been seized till now from various premises that were searched, they said. Around 30 places in Bengaluru and Tumakuru linked to the senior Congress leader and his associates were raided on Thursday.The tax sleuths said they are continuing with the searches at 25 locations on Friday as well.

Drunk miscreants harass woman, assault her husband and brother-in-law; they had come to city in search of jobs

BENGALURU: Knowing the top police brass helped a real estate company executive get the police and the locals to track down and nab a four-member gang who harassed his wife in the wee hours of Wednesday.  The four miscreants were arrested within an hour of the incident.

His 28-year-old wife, Bindiya Baid, has filed a complaint against the gang who harassed her at about 1.15 am when she along with her husband Jai Baid and brother-in-law were leaving a restaurant in 5th Block, Koramangala. When Jai and his brother went to bring their car, the gang members standing near the hotel started passing lewd comments about Bindiya and even touched her inappropriately. Jai’s brother witnessed it and immediately went back and confronted the gang, questioning their misbehaviour. 

The gang started beating up Jai’s brother who fought them back. Jai rushed to his brother’s rescue when the four accused assaulted the brothers with an iron rod. 

On learning about the incident, the police swung into action and managed to nab the miscreants. The arrested are identified as Sanketh, Ponanna, Nisham and Aiyappa, who have completed their degree and have come to the city in search of jobs. They are lodged in Parappana Agrahara jail. They were under the influence of alcohol when the incident happened, an officer said.

Speaking to TNIE, Jai said, “One of them attacked me with an iron rod which they had carried with them. Meanwhile, they again touched my wife and abused us.”

The gang allegedly assaulted the brothers right from the restaurant to Jyothi Nivas College.  However, by then many people gathered at the spot and caught hold of the miscreants and beat them black and blue. 
All four started running in different directions and escaped from the angry mob. Meanwhile, Jai who knew the top brass in the police department got in touch with them. 

Koramangala police reached the spot and teamed up with the local people, Jai and his brother and looked for the miscreants in the surrounding area. 

By 2.30 am, three of the gang were traced near Ganesha temple in 5th block, Koramangala. The police detained the trio and arrested another person based on their tip-off next day. 

Jai said, “I really appreciate the efforts made by police sub-inspector Eshwari PN and head constable Manjunath who worked hard to put the miscreants behind the bars. Manjunath even dropped us home in the wee hours after taking the complaint.” 

According to Koramangala police, the gang has eve-teased and harassed more than five to six women before they harassed Bindiya. But, none of them questioned them in fear.  

Pothole Rajas is an NGO that ropes in citizens, who on being disappointed by the lackadaisical approach of the civic authorities in mending roads, do the job themselves. 

BENGALURU: With the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) blaming rains for not being able to fix pothole-ridden roads in the city, many ‘Pothole Rajas’ have come to the rescue, filling several potholes in the city. 

Pothole Rajas is an NGO that ropes in citizens, who on being disappointed by the lackadaisical approach of the civic authorities in mending roads, do the job themselves. “Pothole Rajas and Ranis are enabling citizens and organisations to take ‘law into their own hands’, and repair potholes on the roads. Any citizen can come forward and fill up a pothole,” said Sourabh Kumar, Chief Operating Officer of the NGO.

On Sunday 15 volunteers headed to Iblur and fixed potholes from Iblur to HSR Layout BDA complex, covering a stretch of about four km, and fixed 30 potholes in three hours. “On our complaint number we receive about six to ten complaints every day. We figured that a majority of the complaints were from Iblur. We did a survey on the spot and found the stretch was really bad and decided to have it fixed”, added Kumar.

It was further pointed out that Pothole Rajas use eco-friendly methods. “There is no environment pollution caused during the process of manufacturing the raw material. Besides, we use weather-proof pothole fixing solution. The average time taken to fix a pothole is ten minutes and the cost of fixing one pothole of 50 mm depth is Rs 3,500,

A resident from Iblur said, “The road was so bad with potholes everywhere, more like a death trap. We are very happy that the team came and fixed the pothole here.” So far, the team has covered around 6,000 potholes in various cities like Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Amritsar.

Pramesh Jain

“Appeal to general public by Commissioner of police,Bhaskar Rao and other senior officers to guard their mobile phones or other valuables while walking on the streets they should guard their mobile phones with a wire a guard wire and they should take precautions and should not be careless on roads by speaking on the phone we appeal to public to take precautions as the snatchers who come to snatch mobile they not only snatch the mobile even they stab people and go to the extent of murder also only just for a mobile which is cost of Rs.10-50 thousand but life is very precious mobile can be purchased again but life cannot be purchased so take care of your mobile phones and stop showing carelessness on the road it is appeal to you all by whole Bengaluru city police “Be Safe and Stay Safe”.Avoid using mobile phones in crowded places and guard your phones with guard wire And avail insurance from the mobile companies.

Central Division police have arrested 10 Inter-State mobile lifters gang and busted the biggest ever racket and recovered 563 High End stolen mobile phones worth of Rs.1.25 Crore.
In a joint operation by Ashoknagar and SJ Park police of Central Division with 62 men and officers has nabbed 10 persons in which five are notorious inter-State mobile thieves and Extortionist gang and other five are receiver who used to purchase the robbed mobiles and sell it after tampering the IMEI number. 
The accused has been identified as,Kizer pasha,21,a garment dealer and resident of JJ Nagar,Arif Khan,39,a real estate agent and resident of JJ Nagar,Asif Khan,36,a real estate agent and a resident of JJ Nagar,Nawaz Sharif alias Akram,42,a auto driver and resident of Chikka basthi,Afzal Sharif,alias Moulvi Afzal alias,Sattar Afzal,36,a auto driver and a resident of JJ Nagar,Aslam,47,a scrap dealer and a resident of Padarayanapura,Kaleem,20,a tyre dealer and a resident of Padarayanapura,Salman,22,a garment dealer and a resident of Padarayanapura,Syyed Akbar,42,a auto driver and a resident of Ullala upanagara,and Amir Zameer Khan,28,a mobile dealer and resident of Hyderabad.
The mastermind in the biggest mobile theft ring and the racket was runned by Asif Khan and Arif Khan who are close aides of former Cabinet Minister of karnataka Zameer Ahmed Khan.
The Central Division police officials who has arrested the ten Inter-State mobile snatchers in which five are thieves and five are receivers and they are real Estate agents,auto drivers and garment dealers.
This is big catch by the Central Division police who has nabbed 10 people in which five are inter-State mobile thieves and five persons are receivers who used to receive theft mobile phones from the accused in less price and after flashing the mobile phones and erasing all data and tampering the IMEI numbers they used to send it to other states by parcel they used to send it to Hyderabad to a  mobile dealer Amir Zameer Khan who has a mobile shop in Jagadish Market and he used to sell it in Hyderabad’s chor Bazar for lesser price.
Investigation officer said,the SJ park police personnel who is placed at technical wing by name Ranganath was tracking the theft mobile phones as there was rampant increase in crime of mobile thefts taken in last few years as the offender used to stab innocent victims and in many cases they even killed innocent vicitms while robbing and snatching the mobile phones so the Head Constable Ranganath concentrated and showed more interest in tracking the mobile phones and as he was analysing the data of theft phones one day he found that most of the mobile are robbed or snatched in the crowded place so while analysing the data he kept a close watch on the places where the mobiles are being robbed and in one complaint a mobile was traced to Hyderabad then one special team was sent to Hyderabad and the team kept a close watch in the area for about one month and the team got a concrete and vital clues as one mobile was traced to Hyderabad’s jagadish market the team kept a close watch on the shop and after inquiring about the shop owner the team got a vital clue that the shop owner is indulged in buying and selling used mobile phones as second hand mobile phones and our team picked him for further questioning and brought him to Bengaluru and then he spilled the beans and said that he used to get mobile phones from Bengaluru in a parcel and he revealed the names of sender and based on his statement we approached our senior officers to nab the realtor Arif Khan and Asif khan who is a close aide of former cabinet minister so we seeked assistance from our seniors who gave us adequate force and with their able guidance a team of 60 member police team who surrounded the whole area first and after taking preventive measures they knocked to the realtors house and picked him from his house in the wee hours and based on his statement the team has nabbed totally 10 persons including them and recovered 563 stolen mobiles from their possession.
DCP Central,Chethan Singh Rathore,told media persons This is an inter-State gang and more people are a part of it there are people who work as robbers and Pick-pocketers there are people who will collect this in Bengaluru there is a another team that will flush the data from the collected items and send to other states he added.
Bengaluru police Commissioner,Bhaskar Rao,with Addl CP West,Umesh kumar,Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Central,Chethan Singh Rathore,was present at the press conference addressing the media,Bhaskar Rao said,as there were rampant mobile theft cases were reported in the CBD areas and mainly in the central Division,so a high value meeting was conducted by Addl CP West,Umesh Kumar,with DCP Central,Chethan Singh Rathore with all ACPs and PIs with technical wing staff were present at the meeting after collecting the information about mobile theft cases,DCP Central,Chethan Singh Rathore,formed a special team under the Supervision of,ACP,Cubbon park Sub-Divsion,Pratap Reddy,PIs and other crime staff with technical wing Head Constable,Ranganath swung into action as the head constable Ranganath used to look after about tracking the theft mobiles as during the tracking of the theft mobile the head constable found that mobiles which are being theft in crowded places are being traced in other states and few months back a mobile phone was traced to Hyderabad.After getting information based on the information and vital clues a special team was sent to Hyderabad to keep a close watch on the shops who are involved in selling and purchasing of used mobile phones the team which kept a close watch on the shop in Jagadish Market a team went as a decoy and approached the shop owner in the pretext of selling and purchasing the mobile phones as customers and the shop owner received the mobile phone from the decoy cop and another cop went to purchase the same he sold him for lesser price of the value so based on this the team picked the shop owner identified as Amir Zameer Khan and the team was successful in nabbing this person during interrogation he revealed that he used to receive mobile phones through Courier from Bengaluru and he used to receive it through parcel by courier by a person name Arif Khan and he used to send 20-25 mobile phones in a packet based on this the team has conducted a secret operation to recover stolen mobile phones and nabbing the persons involved in this racket.The team who got to know about the kingpin of the racket after getting information about Arif khan the team had a challenging task to nab him as he is close aide of former cabinet minister who used to take part in every public programmes with him and it was a big challenging task for the team to nab him a 60 member police team surrounded the whole area and then they knocked the doors of Asif khan who is even a realtor and the team secured him and took him to custody and after sustain interrogation by the team based on his statement the team has nabbed another eight persons involved in the racket the team started grilling all the accused and it was revealed that around 100 member gang who are away from their house are operating in the city in pick-pocketing and robbing mobile phones in which we have nabbed five notorious persons who used to operate in the city they used to do pick pocketing in the buses,market area and in crowded places and deserted place they used to even snatch mobile phones operating in two wheelers and Auto-rickshaw they used to operate in the morning and night times and after committing offence they used to handover it to Arif and Asif under whom this gang used to operate and the five persons were given commission based on the quantity, quality and condition of the mobile a detailed investigation by the team has revealed that Arif and Asif are the two kingpin behind this big networking mobile theft racket and after receiving the theft mobiles they used to clear the datas from the mobile phones in Burma Bazar and National Market and after flashing the datas and adding a roadside type charger he used to send it to other states through parcel and most of the theft mobiles was received by Ameer Zameer Khan after receiving it he used to sell it in Hyderabad’s Chor Bazar in lesser price based on the statement the team has detected 563 HI-End mobile phones of different companies,as,Apple IPhone-12,Samsung mobile phones-81,MI mobile phones-92,Vivo mobile phones-57,Oppo mobile phones-44,Nokia mobile phones-21,Sony mobile phones-17,HTC mobile phones-08,1Plus1 mobile phones-08,Lenova mobile phones-22,Motorola mobile phones-42,Redmi mobile phones-29,Honor mobile phones-23,Real me mobile phones-12,LG mobile phones-09,Micromax mobile phones-14,with other companies 72 mobile phones altogether 563 mobile phones has been recovered from these big networking mobile theft gang and he even said,I will conduct an internet meeting regarding the mobile thefts many people take multiple SIM cards this is only increasing crimes we haven’t focused in this but we will start doing it.as chain snatching and mobile snatching crimes has been rampant so I appeal to citizens to take care of their mobile phones by guarding it wire as safety wire as in olden days we used to put it in specks a wire which guards the specks so if it is tagged in mobile phones it will guard or the public should insured their mobile phones while purchasing and the insurance company owner should bring rules that if it has inbuilt GPS tracker then only we will issue insurance for the said device as even the GPS can be dismental but the inbuilt GPS cannot be dismental if their is a inbuilt GPS fixed in the devices so much of theft can come down as we have advanced technology and those mobile phones recovered were sold in reselling shops mobile is no longer an instrument of convenience mobile has now become a weapon also a dangeorous weapon if cops keep control on mobile phone thefts and in future we will have a separate wing set up as M-Crimes like M-Governance which the central government has and our team will collect information from the CID and CBI with cyber experts about the M-Crimes and we are seriously thinking putting rigorous efforts our officers will concentrate and put their minds together on preventing mobile crimes as it is increasing in quarrelling,kidnapping,murder and extra marital relationship and getting fluid but this people have done a wonderful and good job in busting this big networking racket who are even experts in IMEI tampering as alterations a case has been registered in SJ park and Ashoknagar police station and further investigation is on as this is big networking racket and many more receivers are involved we suspect this gang is involved more than 10,000 mobile thefts in last 3 years and finally I appreciate,Addl CP West,Umesh kumar,DCP Central,Chethan Singh Rathore,and his team as ACP Cubbon Park,Pratap Reddy and PIs as,Tanveer,N Jagadish,and Rafiq KM,and their team of 13-PSIs,45-HC/PC,and the whole operation was monitored and supervised by DCP,Central,Chethan Singh Rathore,under his able guidance and directions the team has conduct the investigation the whole investigation was taken by him and Ranganath head constable attached to technical wing with his rigorous efforts in tracking the mobile phones and with his inputs the three inspectors in which Tanveer who has done a exemplary work in a joint operation with other inspectors as,          N Jagadish,and Rafiq KM with more than 60 members of police personnel has done a secret operation and handled the situation very smoothly and safely in which they have nabbed the notorious kingpin Arif Khan and Asif khan who identify themselves as social worker and Realtor in the area the team has shown their real face to the society and exposed them and their criminal activities and a suitable reward will be given to the team who has busted biggest mobile theft racket and recovered 563 stolen High-End mobile phones from them finally the department would train a set of police personnel in detection of mobile phone theft,which is on the rise.We will also write to mobile manufacturers recommending measures to help us track down stolen mobile phones,he added.

Pramesh Jain

South Division police arrested-229 Offenders,detected-342 Cases,Recovered Valuables Worth of Rs.5.17 Crores,& Neighbourhood Watch Scheme launched by CoP – Bhaskar Rao.

The South Division police of three sub Divisions 16 police stations have arrested 229 accused and detected 342 cases and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.5.17 Crore.
Bengaluru city police commissioner,Bhaskar Rao,Addl CP West,Umesh Kumar,DCP South,Dr.Rohini Katoch Sepat with all ACPs inspected the stolen property recovered which was displayed by the 16 police stations two wheelers,four wheelers,gold and silver ornaments were displayed at the Nimhans Convention centre commissioner collected information from the inspectors about the accused and property recovered he even saw a Hi-End vehicles recovered by the team from the accused who used to theft the same vehicle to commit offence and after inspecting the property Commissioner handed over the property to its actual owner as property was returned to the victims after obtaining court orders and he even launched Neighbourhood watch scheme by giving a Cap and badge as identity to the residents of South Division and the residents were even seen displaying placards that we are with our cops joining hands in prevention of crime.
The South Division police under Jayanagar,VV Puram and Subramanyapura Sub-Divisions,16 police stations inspectors and staff have arrested 229 Notorious offenders involved in,Robbery,Chain Snatching,Housing breaking theft (HBT),Vehicle theft,Mobile phone theft,Laptop thefts,NDPS(Ganja),Extortion,attention diversion and other cases registered against them across city and altogether the team has detected 342 cases and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.5.17 Crore from them.
The team has recovered,8Kg,749.9 grams of gold ornaments,25Kg,525 grams of silver articles,155-Two-wheelers,27-Three-wheelers,10-Four-wheelers,122-Mobile phones,54-laptops,and a Cash of Rs.23.85 lakhs altogether total property worth of Rs.5.17 Crore recovered based on the statement of the accused.
The South Division police under 3 sub Divisions 16 police stations inspectors and staff has successfully detected 342 cases registered against them in various police stations as.
Jayanagar police station inspector,S Nanjegowda and his crime staff has arrested-18 accused and detected-27 cases registered against them and stolen property as,gold with,7-Two-wheelers,13-mobile phones,and 990 grams of Ganja has been seized and altogether valuables worth of Rs.27.43 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
Basavanagudi police station inspector,Kempegowda and his crime staff has arrested-10 accused and detected-37 cases registered against them and stolen property as,Gold,and silver ornaments with 1-Two-wheeler,and 1-Four-wheeler, cash-Rs.1.75lakhs,46-mobile phones,altogether worth of Rs.38.79 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
JP Nagar police station inspector,Manjunath KR,and his crime staff has arrested-21 accused and detected-17 cases registered against them and stolen property as,gold,7-Two-wheelers,2-Three-wheelers,1-Four-wheeler,cash-1.5 lakhs,11-mobile phones,54-laptops,altogether valuables worth of Rs.57 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
BTS Manja’s associates with extortionists gang arrested :
Meanwhile the JP Nagar police station inspector,Manjunath KR and his crime staff has arrested four persons involved in extortion and Robbery cases the crime staff on the suspicious basis picked a gang of four person while they were on rounds and the team took them to station and during questioning the team was not convinced with their statements so our team grilled them more to get information about their profession during the course of investigation it is revealed that all the four are involved in extortion and Robbery cases and they revealed that they used to rob cab drivers by taking them to isolated places.Their Modus Operandi was they used to book ola cabs to places like Bannerghatta road,kengeri,nice road and other places and after booking the cab they drove them to isolated and deserted place and rob their valuables by assaulting them in some cases they even escaped with their vehicles and in some cases they used to keep the driver along with them to get money in this way they used to commit crime by robing the valuables from the cab drivers by arresting all the four accused our team has solved five cases registered against them in other divisions and a robbed car is also recovered from them and the accused has been identified as,Rakshit,Prabhu and Siddaramaiah,and Pavan and all the four accused has been sent to judicial custody and further investigation is on,in another case the team has arrested BTS Manja a rowdy sheeter who is landed in Parappana Agrahara jail he used to pass information to his associates from jail and place where to pigmie bankers he used to guide them and in June a dacoity was filed when a person was bringing money a few people followed him then bumped into his vehicle on purpose causing an accident four people joined in and stole cash of Rs.2 lakhs that the complainant had.The JP Nagar police registered a case later we got to know that the Kingpin was BTS Manja a rowdy sheeter who is currently in jail from jail he has provided all the information to the accused said by,Dr.Rohini Katoch Sepat.
Siddapura police station inspector,Shankaracharya,and his crime staff has arrested-21 accused and detected-11 cases registered against them and stolen property as,gold and silver with 8-Two-wheelers,1-Four-wheeler,cash-Rs.5150,03-mobile phones,and 680 grams of Ganja has been seized and altogether valuables worth of Rs.12.75 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
Banashankari police station,Inspector,Janardhan PR and his crime staff has arrested-14 accused and detected-10 cases,registered against them and recovered stolen property as,gold and silver articles with,1-Two-wheeler and four-wheeler,cash-Rs.1.03 lakhs,1-Mobile phone and 3100 grams of Ganja was seized altogether worth of Rs.20.08 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
Subramanyapura police station inspector,HV Paramesh,and his crime staff has arrested-32 accused and detected-50 cases registered against them and stolen property as,gold,with 23-Two-wheelers,2-Three-wheelers 1-Four-wheeler,cash-Rs.10,000,03-mobile phones,altogether valuables worth of Rs.44.10 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
Konanakunte police station inspector,Dharmendra,and his crime staff has arrested-15 accused and detected-14 cases registered against them and stolen property as,gold and silver with 9-Two-wheelers,1-Four-wheeler,cash-Rs.4500,altogether valuables worth of Rs.25.54 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
OG Kuppam attention diversion gang arrested :
Meanwhile Konanakunte police inspector,Dharmendra has nabbed three person identified as,Praveen,Venkatesh and Ravi the dreaded criminal gang who hails from OG Kuppam in Andhra Pradesh this gang is involved in attention diversion cases,they used to divert attention of people near banks and petrol bunks on the credible information and reliable inputs the team nabbed all the three accused whose Modus Operandi was to keep a close watch on People who goes to bank for withdrawing amount and while returning they used to follow them and they used to divert the attention of people by throwing itching powder on them or by dropping some slush or by dropping few currency on the road and near their feets or by dashing the vehicle as doing accident also they used to commit robberies and escape with the money by arresting these accused the inspector and his team has recovered about Rs.5 lakhs cash from their possession and all the accused are sent to judicial custody and further investigation is underway,Dr.Rohini Katoch Sepat said.
Puttenahalli police station inspector,Ramchandra Choudhari,and his crime staff has arrested-11 accused and detected-21 cases registered against them and stolen property as,gold with 16-Two-wheelers,1-Four-wheeler,cash-16.30 lakhs altogether valuables worth of Rs.32.85 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
Kumarswamy layout police station inspector,Hazaresh Khilader,and his crime staff has arrested-09 accused and detected-24 cases registered against them and stolen property as,gold and silver with 22-Three-wheelers,cash-Rs.9500,altogether valuables worth of Rs.19.10 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
Meanwhile the Kumarswamy layout police station inspector,Hazaresh Khalidar and his crime staff has arrested a bike lifter gang who hails from Kolar as the gang used to load tomatoes and other vegetables from Kolar and after unloading it into Bengaluru while returning back they used to lift one or two vehicles while returning back to Kolar and they have theft many two wheelers the inspector and team received tip off about the vehicle lifting gang the team gathered all information and has successfully nabbed the gang and recovered stolen vehicles from them said by,DCP South,Dr.Rohini Katoch Sepat.
Thalaghattapura police station inspector,Ramappa B Guttedar,and his crime staff has arrested-03 accused and detected-02 cases registered against them and recovered property as,cash-Rs.2800,with 5360 grams of Ganja has been seized altogether valuables worth of Rs.1.10 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
VV Puram police station inspector,Shivshankar,and his crime staff has arrested-17 accused and detected-19 cases registered against them and stolen property as,gold with 7-Two-wheelers,1-Three-wheelers,2-Four-wheelers,cash-Rs.5000,21-mobile phones,altogether valuables worth of Rs.35.79 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
Kempegowda Nagar police station inspector,Uday Ravi,and his crime staff has arrested-08 accused and detected-19 cases registered against them and stolen property as,gold with 25-Two-wheelers,cash-Rs.6000,altogether valuables worth of Rs.1.07 Crore has been recovered from them by the team.
CK Achukattu police station inspector,Puttaswamy,and his crime staff has arrested-08 accused and detected-15 cases registered against them and stolen property as,gold and silver with 10-Two-wheelers,1-mobile phone altogether valuables worth of Rs.21.03 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
Girinagar police station inspector,Siddalingaiah,and his crime staff has arrested-18 accused and detected-43 cases registered against them and stolen property as,gold and silver with 19-Two-wheelers,1-Four-wheeler,cash-Rs.2.47 lakhs,3-mobile phones altogether valuables worth of Rs.34.87 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
Shankarpura police station inspector,Jagadeesh,and his crime staff has arrested-12 accused and detected-13 cases registered against them and stolen property as,gold with 14-Two-wheelers,cash-Rs.16,500,9-mobile phones altogether valuables worth of Rs.32.70 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
Hanumantha Nagar police station inspector,Ravi CV,and his crime staff has arrested-12 accused and detected-20 cases registered against them and stolen property as,gold with 8-Two-wheelers,cash-Rs.20,290,11-mobile phones,altogether valuables worth of Rs.07.05 lakhs has been recovered from them by the team.
Number of cases detected and number of  accused arrested involved in the various type of offences are,as,Robbery cases-32 detected,arrested-70 accused,Chain Snatching cases-43,detected,arrested-17,accused,HBT-61,detected,arrested-31 accused arrested,vehicle theft-110,detected,arrested-58,accused,Mobile phone theft-14,detected,arrested-6 accused,NDPS(Ganja),5,detected,arrested-7,accused, others-77,detected,arrested-40,accused. Altogether 342 cases has been detected by arresting 229 accused.
Property seized by three Subdivisions of South Divisions.Under Jayanagar Sub-Division,ACP,Shanthamallapa and his inspectors and team has recovered cash worth of Rs.4.34 lakhs,Gold ornaments,worth of Rs.82.01 lakhs,Silver articles worth of Rs.4.45 lakhs,Two-wheelers worth of Rs.13.50 lakhs,Three-wheelers worth of Rs.2 lakhs,Diamond ornaments worth of Rs.2 lakhs,Four-wheelers worth of Rs-6.85 lakhs, Laptops worth of Rs.26.90 lakhs,mobile phones worth of Rs.9.15 lakhs,other items worth of Rs.2.75 lakhs and Ganja worth of Rs.1.11 lakhs has been seized altogether valuables worth of Rs.1.55 Crores recovered.
Property seized,Under VV Puram Sub-Division,ACP,Valli Basha,and his inspectors and team has recovered cash worth of Rs.2.95 lakhs,Gold ornaments,worth of Rs.1.27 Crores,Silver articles worth of Rs.48,500,Two-wheelers worth of Rs.74.85 lakhs,Three-wheelers worth of Rs.70,000,Diamond ornaments worth of Rs.20,000,Four-wheelers worth of Rs-25.50 lakhs,mobile phones worth of Rs.3.60 lakhs,other items worth of Rs.3800  altogether valuables worth of Rs.2.35 Crores recovered.
Property seized Under Subramanyapura Sub-Division,ACP,Mahadev and his inspectors and staff has recovered cash worth of Rs.16.52 lakhs,Gold ornaments,worth of Rs.54.31 lakhs,Silver articles worth of Rs.7.87 lakhs,Two-wheelers worth of Rs.26.08 lakhs,Three-wheelers worth of Rs.3.88 lakhs,Four-wheelers worth of Rs.13.75 lakhs,mobile phones worth of Rs.16,000,other items worth of Rs.4 lakhs and Ganja worth of Rs.1.07 lakhs has been seized altogether valuables worth of Rs.1.28 Crores recovered.
After inspecting the property and returning the properties to the actual owners Bhaskar Rao with other officers on the stage felicitated Inspectors,Sub-inspector and staff for their best performance in detecting crimes and recovering valuables from the accused.
One Inspector,PSI,ASI,HC and PC were rewarded by Commissioner of Police Bhaskar Rao,with Memento and Certificate for their best performance and good work in detecting crimes and recovering valuables from the accused.
Police Inspector,Uday Ravi was rewarded as Best police inspector in detecting crimes and recovering valuables worth of Rs.1 Crore and more.
Police sub-inspector,Nagesh was rewarded as best police sub-inspector for his brave act in nabbing the notorious dreaded criminal involved in double murder case of JP Nagar police station he played on his life and nabbed the notorious mastermind after opening fire on the accused and injuring him.
ASI,Puttaswamy as Best ASI,for arresting dreaded criminals and recovering valuables.
Apsar Ali,was rewarded as Best Head Constable for his best performance in detecting crimes.
Brahmanand was rewarded as best police constable for his best performance in detecting crimes.
Three Subdivisions one each police station inspectors and staff was rewarded with a Momento and certificate to staff as a honour,Kempegowda Nagar police station inspector,Uday Ravi and his staff was felicitated under VV Puram Sub-Division,Subramanyapura police station inspector,HV Paramesh and his staff was felicitated under Subramanyapura Sub-Division,JP Nagar police station inspector,Manjunath KR and his staff was felicitated under Jayanagara Sub-Division,for their best performance in recovering stolen property and detecting crimes.
New initiative of community policing was launched as Neighbourhood Watch Scheme:
A scheme in which many enthusiastic residents seen shaking hands and meeting senior officers in joining hands with police department as from each police station 10 residents will be selected as Neighbourhood watch scheme members who will help in preventing crime and sharing information,DCP,South,Dr.Rohini Katoch Sepat told media persons,that,our senior officials attended property parade in the South Division on tuesday they also launched a scheme called Neighbourhood Watch Committee.This is like community policing it develops the relationship between the residents and the police it also helps our cops in their night beats in bringing down the crime rate in the city she added.
Bengaluru police commissioner,Bhaskar Rao,addressing the gathering at Nimhans Convention hall centre said that detecting crime is not so easy but many victims are happy after getting their belongings back as to recover the property from accused is not easy but as based on the information and technology the south Division cops have detected 342 cases by arresting 229 accused with this they have detected totally property worth of Rs.5.17 Crores,He even said today we are gathering here again after a long time as last I came here when our former President Of India late APJ Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi addressed in this great place and today I am happy that our police department programme is also being held here in this great place Nimhans convention center and he said citizens to download Suraksha APP and said when you are in distress do call our Dial 100 and in 3 seconds the call will be answered and in 10 minutes our Hoysala staff will visit the spot and solve the issue and the citizens will be updated through SMS and our command center which is operating 24 hours will be monitoring each and every call if you are in distress just press the Suraksha APP button and just on your phone camera and just rotate it from the place our team will be track the location and come to your rescue I appeal everyone to utilize this service for the safety purpose as we have 272 Hoysala with us and in future it will be increased by the government and I appeal to elderly women’s and others to cover their gold ornaments while going to temple and parks which will help in preventing chain snatching offences in the city he even said,When I was the SP of Bengaluru District many dacoity cases were reported in Anekal and we did not have enough staff to take on the robbers the residents were very angry with us then we sought a solution from the residents the residents said they were ready to work with us so if the citizens join hands with the police,no crime will take place in view of this the South Division police have initiated a fantastic scheme if the residents can share some time it will be very helpful to the cops with this all finally Bengaluru police Commissioner,Bhaskar Rao,has appreciated,Addl CP West,Umesh Kumar,DCP South,Dr.Rohini Katoch Sepat,ACPs,as,Valli Basha,Mahadev,And Shanthamalapa,PIs,as,S Nanjegowda,Kempegowda,Manjunath KR, Shankaracharya,Janardhan PR,Paramesh HV,Dharmendra,Ramchandra Choudhari,Hazaresh Khalidar,Ramappa B Guttedar,Shivashankar,Uday Ravi,Puttaswamy,Siddalingaiah,Jagadeesh,and Ravi CV,With best cops as,Nagesh,PSI,Puttaswamy,ASI,Apsar Ali,HC,and Brahmanand a police constable and all other probationary PSIs and whole crime staff of South Division were appreciated for their exemplary work and tremendous job done in detecting various type of offences and recovering property worth of Rs.5.17 Crores from the accused he added.