Parmesh S Jain

The Anti Cruelty Officer Mr.Tarun Agarwal from People for Animals along with the police,rescued a 1.5 year old pet dog from a house in Avalahally on Friday.

The pet dog Sweety was being beaten and tortured by its owner on the pretext of discipline and training .

Sweety the rescued dog,has been handed over to Sanjana Madappa,Trustee of Second Chance Sanctuary,for rehabilitation.

A case was filed by Tarun K Agarwal against the owner of the pet identified as Venkatesh prasad, 38,a techie by profession and residing in Mathrushree Layout,Maragondanhalli village,in the outskirts of the city of Bengaluru.

Based on the complaint,the Avalahally police charged Prasad under IPC Section 289 ( Negligent conduct with respect to animal) and IPC Section 428 (mischief by killing,poisoning, maiming or rendering useless any animals or animal ).

The police have summoned Prasad to appear before the investigating officer for questioning.
Blood reports and vet investigations at the hospital revealed that Sweety has gone through immense trauma and is very stressed.

She needs to be treated in a safe and calm environment.She is friendly with everyone.

However,when someone tries to bring their hand towards her to pet,for few seconds,she gets super anxious and we can see fear in her eyes.

She reacts thinking the person might hit her”, Tarun,said,based on the feedback he got from those fostering her.

She came with a choker metal chain with no collar,she is just 6 kgs and did not need a choker chain at all.She was kept in wooden box,he added .

She would now be sent to get herself rehabilitated,she would undergo behavioural training for 3 weeks.

Not sure how much impact the Trauma has caused her & she needs emotional recovery.The owner was reportedly beating and choking her to discipline her just because she sniffed the garbage bag is what the owner claimed.

I received a frantic call on the 05th of aug 2022 from a reporter(person who reported the incident) about a pet dog being severely abused by the owner.

As a video of the inhumane behaviour was already being circulated & as the matter was being attended to,I had not intervened till this call & an email prompted me to immediately rush in to take action.

At the Avlahalli police station,the officer in charge was surprised that I was there to file a complaint as he was under the impression that the matter was resolved”.

Much awareness & sensitization of the police force & the public is the urgent need of the hour”, said Mr.Tarun Agarwal.

Being an Anti-Cruelty Officer,Mr.Tarun,added that the department concerned i.e The BBMP AHead, turns a blind eye &a deaf ear repeatedly to all such cases & the burden of entirely handling all such cases falls on a couple of welfare officers who have to work against all odds to find a safe haven for the tortured animals.

If only the local authorities empowered all volunteers with a coordinated approach,cruelty cases would be on the decline & animals would be safe.

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A 51-year-old migrant labourer was beaten to death over theft charges in Dwaraka Nagar in Bagaluru police station limits on Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Amarnath Mahato,construction labourer living with his family in Maruthi Nagar Yelahanka .

Senior officer told reporters,Mahato was caught by three persons including owner of a hardware shop accused him of stealing iron pieces from the shop premises and beat him mercilessly.

The trio later left the severly injured Mahato when passers-by objected.He was later taken to a near-by private hospital where he succumbed later.

Based on the complaint filed by the family of deceased,the police have arrested the trio on the charges of murder for further investigations.

Similar incident was reported on last Monday when a 35-year-old labourer was allegedly beaten to death by a site engineer over the allegation of stealing iron from a construction site in Chikkalasandra in South Bengaluru recently.

The police have arrested the accused Bhargav, 24, a resident of Banashankari and are investigating further.

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The K R Puram police on Sunday arrested a 21-year-old bike lifter and recovered 19 bikes worth Rs.9 lakh from him.

The accused Shoib Khan,from Devasandra used to move around the residential area to identify bikes parked in front of the house and steal them.

The accused would break the handlocks and take away the bikes.He wold ride the bikes for few days before selling it to people for throwaway prices without documents.

Based on series of complaints,the police analyzed the cctv footage before zeroing in on Shoib said a senior officer.

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Two childred aged four and three years were buried alive while two women injured when part of the wall of their sheet house collapsed on them due to heavy rain near Kudlu cross in Kudur police station limits in the wee hours of Sunday.

The deceased have been identified as Parbeen sunak,4,and his cousin Ishika,3.

The injured Monisha and her daughter in law Meena have been admitted to the hospital for treatment,while Nikesh who was sleeping in the adjacent room escaped unhurt.

Senior officer told reporters Parbeen had come along with his grandmother Monisha to visit Nikesh and family from Bengaluru.

The victims are from Nepal and Parbeen and Monisha were staying in Bengaluru while Nikesh and Meena working as labourer staying in the sheet house in the far house belonging to Mubin Shariff,with their daughter Ishika.

The incident occurred at around 2.30 am when the partial wall of the cowshed of adjacent house belonging to Ganga Rangamma collapsed on the room where the four people including the two children and women were sleeping.

Due to the impact the two children buried alive while the women were rescued by people who rushed to the spot and pulled out the debris .

The Kudur police reached the spot and shifted the victims to hospital but by then it was too late.The doctors declared the two children as brought dead while Monisha and Meena are being treated and out of danger.

Based on the complaint by Nikesh the police registered a case of death due to negligence against Ganga Rangamma and also against Mubin Shariff for further investigations.

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Alert patrolling police on Saturday caught a 35-year-old man and seized two autorishaws which he had stolen to earn money for his vices .

The accused Raghu Marigudi,was caught while he was waiting for the passengers at Vidhana Soudha layout circle.

The alert police when approached he tried to escape noticing the police approaching him.

On suspicion the police confronted him and a detailed questioning led the police to crack a Autorickshaw theft case reported outside BBMP hospital Shankar Nagar on July 29.

Raghu was brought to the station along with the autorickshaw before the inspector, Venkategowda.

A detailed questioning led him to confess to stealing two autorickshaws,one of which he had sold it to a person for a price of Rs.5,000 and the other he was using to ferry passengers to make money .

The accused worked in a tent house as labourer and addicted to alcohol.He was living alone after his wife dumped him due to his addiction.

In order to arrange money for his drinks the accused started stealing the vehicles,

The Nandini layout police recovered the stolen autorickshaws and further investigating to ascertain his criminal background.

BENGALURU: Veteran BJP leader BS Yediyurappa said the party has given him a big responsibility which he had not expected. Addressing a press conference after the party announced his elevation to the BJP Parliamentary Board and Central Election Committee, the former Karnataka chief minister said, “When I stepped down as CM, I decided to bring the BJP back to power with full majority.

The party recognises the efforts of workers. I never wanted to retire from politics and public life. I will ensure that the party will come back to power with more than 140 seats. We will not allow any other party to come to power in Karnataka,” he said.

The move has come as a big boost to the BJP in Karnataka as the Lingayat strongman was included in important committees amid speculation that he was sidelined after he stepped down from the CM’s post in July last year. He is now likely to play a bigger role not just in Karnataka, but also in other states. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Yediyurappa over phone and told him that his services were needed not just in Karnataka, but also across south Indian states.

“Party has given me everything. I was travelling across the state as a common party worker and our leaders saw the potential and put their faith in me. I will never stop working for the party,” he said.
Taking a veiled dig at senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah, Yediyurappa said the scene in Karnataka will change drastically in the next few days. “Some leaders who are assuming that they will become the next CM will be disappointed. People will give a befitting reply in 2023 assembly and 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Narendra Modi will become the PM again,” he said.

A senior party leader said that in the last few months, issues surrounding hijab, halal meat, textbook controversy, disallowing Muslim vendors near temples, murders in Dakshina Kannada and the Savarkar poster issue have dented the party’s image. “When Yediyurappa was CM, we did not face any such issue. He is indispensible for BJP in Karnataka,” he said.

Political analyst Prof Sandeep Shastri told TNIE that this move is a political accommodation for a senior leader who was made to step down as chief minister last year. Going by his age, which is 75+ years, many people even thought he would be included in Margadarshak Mandal. This way, it is indicating that he holds a key position in Karnataka”.

For Yediyurappa, it’s an elevation as his role has now been expanded to the national level, said Prof Shastri. It is still not known if he will have a say in selecting a CM candidate or MLA candidates in 2023, he added. State Congress Working President Ramalinga Reddy said now that the elections are nearing, the BJP is depending on Yediyurappa for votes, and once the polls are held, he will be removed.

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Awareness about vascular diseases must be created among youngsters and professionals prone to vascular diseases:Karnataka Health Minister

The Vascular Surgeons association had organized a Walkathon from Bengaluru’s Town Hall to Kanteerava stadium on the occasion of World Vascular Day on Saturday,August 6. Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar flagged off the walkathon.

Speaking to reporters at the event, Minister Sudhakar stated,It is an age of growing vascular diseases and we have limited Vascular surgeons in the country.

For a population of 1.3 billion,we have only around 500 vascular specialists.Spreading awareness about vascular health is paramount both in rural and urban areas.

We have to ensure a strict health regimen to protect our blood vessels.If this is not done,it could lead to severe health problems including Non-Communicable Diseases or aneurysms etc. These in turn could cause life threatening situations,Minister Sudhakar added.

Pointing out that some people are prone to vascular diseases,he said,every 6 seconds,a person loses his/her leg in the world.

We need to increase awareness among youngsters and those professionals who are prone to such issues because of their professions like policemen,teachers etc.Who stand for long periods of time.

Awareness must also be created among professionals who have to work in front of computers for long periods of time,who have a sedentary lifestyle.

Several likeminded vascular specialists,hospitals have come forward,organized and participated in this beautiful program.This event and its intention is very good,he said.

Minister Sudhakar also told the reporters that the Karnataka government will take all necessary measures to prevent vascular diseases.

Minister Sudhakar speaking to reporters also stated that a person from Ethiopia who had traveled to India had some symptoms of Monkeypox.

We sent samples for a lab test and it came out negative for Monkeypox yesterday,however,it was smallpox.As of now,there hasn’t been a single case of Monkeypox.

However,we are being vigilant.We are taking up surveillance measures at our state borders and we have taken all precautionary measures.

We have also made sure there is thermal screening at every port and airport round the clock.There are three officials at each place working in 8 hour shifts.This is the reason why no case has been reported in Karnataka,he said.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana’s main opposition Congress will not contest the upcoming panchayat elections on its symbol, former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday said after the state legislature party meeting here.

The panchayat polls are scheduled to be held in the state in September.

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Hooda, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Assembly.

State Congress chief Udai Bhan was also present in the meeting, a party statement said.

Hooda said the Congress MLAs held a detailed discussion over the Panchayat elections.

The Congress will not contest the panchayat elections on party symbol, he said.

The Congress leader also alleged that the government deliberately postponed the panchayat elections.

“Due to this, the development of villages came to a standstill and there was a lot of corruption in the absence of panchayat representatives,” he said.

“The Congress demands that rights of backward classes be ensured in the elections and they should be given the benefit of reservation,” he said.

Hooda said issues arising out of the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year on the shamlat land (common land) were discussed in detail in the party meeting.

“Now, the government has issued an order to transfer the land in the name of panchayats.

This decision has led to an atmosphere of panic in the village because people have been living on these lands for many years and many have even sold the land further and hence it would not be right to evict them,” said Hooda.

Hooda demanded that government should call a special session of the Legislative Assembly and make changes in the Village Shamlat Land Consolidation Act.

On August 10, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had said in the state Assembly that as per Supreme Court’s directions, the mutation of the shamlat deh (common land) in the name of panchayats is not a cause of worry and aimed at stopping the illegal transfer of this land.

“We are only seeking mutation of such land in favour of the gram panchayats,” Khattar had said while asserting that mutation would not change the title.

In April, the Supreme Court had held that in respect of the land taken from the proprietors from their permissible ceiling limits under a Punjab law, it is the management and control alone which would vest with the panchayat and not the title.

Hooda had last week demanded that the state government file a review petition in the apex court.

Hooda said that the party’s upcoming programmes have also been finalised in the meeting.

“It has been decided to postpone the ‘Vipaksh Aapke Samaksh’ program to be held in Yamunanagar on August 28. It will now be on September 11 as the Congress party is going to hold a ‘Halla Bol’ rally against inflation in Delhi on August 28. Haryana will have a strong participation in this,” he said.

Before the rally, a public awareness campaign will be launched against inflation across the state, he said.

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A 39-year-old dentist allegedly hanged her ten-year-old daughter before ending life at her house in Kaveri nagar in Banashankari on Saturday.

The deceased have been identified as Shyma Narayana and her daughter Aaradhana, student of a 4th standard at a private school .

Senior officer with Banashankari police inspector and staff visited the spot and after inspecting the spot it was revealed that Shyma a native of Virajpet married to Narayanaswamy,also a dentist and the couple runs a hospital in Hanumanth Nagar.

The incident came to light when Narayanaswamy Called Shyma from the hospital but the phone was not reachable.

After repeated attempts,he informed the security guard to check and also sent his staff to the house to find the duo was hanging to the ceiling of the room of a house.

The Banashankari police rushed to the spot and shifted the body to KIMS hospital and awaited Shyma’s brother to come from Australia to file a complaint .

The post-mortem was conducted on Monday and the police has taken up a case of un natural death and are investigating.

The post-mortem report will reveal the the cause of death and there was no death note found.

We police suspect difference between the couple could be the reason behind the extreme step.

( Those in distress or having suicidal tendencies can call Aarogya Sahayavani Ph: 104 for help)

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The Banashankari police are on the lookout for a gang of four persons who waylaid a food delivery executive and robbed his valuables in the wee hours of Saturday.

The victim,Naveen Kumar H,25,working for Zomato,returning home from work when the gang standing on the roadside near meghana,shalini apartment,kadirenahalli,waved at him to stop.

As soon as Naveen Kumar stopped his scooter, the accused pounced on him, snatched the mobile phone and took cash Rs.3,000 from his pocket and snatched his scooter and sped away.

Naveen Kumar managed to reach police station and filed a complaint., Based on the complaint, the police have registered a case of robbery and efforts are on to identify the accused.