Parmesh S Jain

The Cyber crime police are on the lookout for a conman who posing as acting Chief Justice cheated Public Relations officer of High court and made away with Rs.90,000 transferred to his account through Amazon gift hampers .

Senior officer told reporters Based on the complaint filed by K.Muralidhar,the cyber crime police on Saturday registered a case against unknown person charging him under impersonation,cheating and also under various sections of IT Act.

Mr. Muralidhar said that the accused having a picture of acting CJ in his DP sent him a message on his official mobile number asking him to send amazon gift vouchers .

Assuming that the message is from CJ,Mr. Muralidhar purchased nine amazon gift voucher online each priced Rs.10,000 from his SBI bank account and also from his friend’s account to the number .

The fraud came to light when Mr.Muralidhar confirmed after transferring the vouchers.

The Cyber crime police are now trying to track down the accused based on the mobile number he is using as acting CJ and where the money was transferred he added.

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A 50-year-old food delivery executive was beaten up and push from the stairs of third floor when he asked for the remaining amount of the bill, which the accused had ordered.

The victim,Girish AK,sustained multiple injuries and treated at the hospital before filing a complaint with the Amruthahalli police on Tuesday.

Girish,in his complaint,said that he was working for Chings restuarant in Bhuvaneshwari Nagar in Amruthahalli as delivery executive,from where the accused Reddy had ordered Chicken Biryani and a bottle of Pepsi.

Though Reddy paid online for Biryani he did not pay for the Beverages following which the cashier had asked Girish to get the cash from Reddy after delivery.

Girish went to Reddy’s apartment situated on Dasarahalli main road and after delivery asked to pay cash for the beverages he had ordered .

Irritated by this Reddy started hurling abuses at him for which Girish objected.Enraged by this Reddy slapped Girish and pushed him from the stairs .

Girish lost balance and tumbled down and sustained multiples injuries.He went to the hospital to get treatment and informed the cashier about the incident before filing a complaint with the police .

The police went to the apartment to secure Reddy’s custody but he is absconding.Efforts are on to track him down.

Based on the complaint,the police have registered a case of assault and criminal intimidation and efforts are on to track down the accused Nagarjun Reddy, who is presently on the run said a senior officer.

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A 40-year-old pillion riding homemaker woman was killed on the spot while the rider injured when she came under the wheels of a BMTC bus on Magadi Road on Thursday.

The driver was booked for rash and negligent driving who brushed with the handlebar of the scooter causing both the riders to fall.

The deceased has been identified as Sharada KR, a resident of Mahalakshmi Layout .

Senior officer told reporters,the accident occurred at around 11.45 in front of the Royal Mart on Magadi Main Road coming under the Byadrahalli police station limits.

The victim riding pillion was indeed wearing a half-helmet,but soon after she fell,the helmet also had slipped away from her head.

Victim’s nephew Sukh Dev was riding the scooter, too fell sustaining injuries to his hand and leg, the police said.

Sukh Dev and his aunt Sharada were on the way from their house in Mahalakshmi Layout towards Kachohalli where Sharada was running a fancy store.

When the scooter reached in front of the Royal Mart near College bus stop on Magadi Main Road,a rashly driven BMTC bus in a bid to overtake the scooter brushed with the scooter’s handle.

Sukh Dev riding the bike lost control and fell to the right,Sharada who was riding pillion fell and came under the rear wheel of the bus crushed to death .

Sukh Dev informed Sharada’s husband Khemaram Choudhary over phone who rushed to the spot and inquired with Sukh Dev.

Sharada’s body was shifted to Victoria Hospital for postmortem.

Based on her husband’s complaint, the Byadrahalli police have registered a case booking the driver of the BMTC bus for causing accidental death due to rash and negligent driving and further investigations are underway.

There were no potholes or any road construction work that was happening nearby and it was due to the BMTC bus driver’s reckless and rash driving that the accident occurred, the police said .

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The Cubbon park police are on the lookout for a Tamil Nadu based businessman who allegedly raped a 35-year-old software engineer after inviting her to a hotel room situated in Central business district on the pretext of business talk on last Saturday.

Senior officer told reporters, according to complaint filed by the victim,she stated that the accused was known to her for many years.She met the accused on August 6 in a hotel.

The woman wanted to develop an application related to OTT and had approached the accused, a businessman in Tamilnadu,to invest in her new venture.When she met in the hotel room he took advantage of the situation and allegedly abused her.

The woman was under the shock and after recovering she filed a complaint with the police on August 10,four days after the alleged incident took place.

The cubbon park police have subjected her for the medical test and a special team is formed to nab the accused who is hiding in Tamil Nadu.

Senior officers visiting the hotel and the room where the accused stayed they got confirmation that the woman had been to his room.The CCTV footage verified her visit.

The woman staying in East Bengaluru is married and has two children.She is into the film field working in a technical team.Once we catch the accused we will get to know more details about the incident,said a senior officer.

A case has been registered in Cubbon park police station and a special team has been formed and are working on it he added.

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During this Azadi Ki Amrit Mahotsav,pledge to donate your organs which could be the amrit of someone’s life,said Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar during a press conference held on Friday, August 12.

The press conference was held to brief about the the awareness program where a human chain will be formed from Bengaluru’s Mekhri Circle to Freedom Park on Saturday to mark the World Organ Donation Day.

The human chain will consist of over 5000 which would include students,youth and ASHA workers to express cooperation amongst people.

In addition to this,several belonging to the field of health and medicine will stand in the shape of kidneys at Tripuravasini from 8 – 8:15 am to raise awareness,Health Minister sudhakar said.

Also,CM Bommai will be felicitating family members who donated the organs of their loved ones who unfortunately had been declared brain dead, at an event that will be held in Vidhana Soudha.

Additionally, those who were the recipients of the organs will also share their thoughts on the occasion.

CM Bommai will also take an organ donation pledge.I too along with other officials will also take a pledge along with CM Bommai at the event,Minister Sudhakar added.

We call blood donation a great donation.I would like to go one step ahead and say organ donation is the superior most donation.

Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi also has appealed to citizens of India during one of his Mann Ki Baat address.

Karnataka has State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (SOTTO) and there is an option to take the pledge online.

Over 11,000 people have already taken the pledge online.Karnataka should become a role model in this.A total of 4354 people have registered for a Kidney transplant in Karnataka.

SImilarly,1141 people have registered for a liver transplant and 91 people have applied for a heart transplant.

The recipient will be decided on the basis of match and further on first come first serve basis within the match,Minister Sudhakar said.

There is a need for 3-4 lakh Kidney donations. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,the number of donations had gone down.

There were only two two places for organ donation in the entire,one at Bowring and the other at NIMHANS.

The Karnataka government took measures to open one such facility at each medical medical college in Karnataka and currently the number has grown to 18, said Minister Sudhakar.

It is heartening to see so many come forward to pledge themselves for organ donation.Even our beloved Puneeth Rajkumar’s eye donation has helped restore vision to 5 people.

Organs of Actor Sanchari Vijay have helped save 5 people,Minister Sudhakar added.

To hasten the process of donation, harvest, transportation and transplant of organs, an air ambulance facility is being planned and will be available shortly.

In Victoria Hospital’s gastroenterology unit an organ harvest facility has been created with very low expenditure under the Ayushmaan Bharat scheme.

We are also contemplating placing a price cap for organ donation in private hospital to make it more affordable, stated Minister Sudhakar.

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General Manager,Sanjeev Kishore felicitated the staff of SWR,who showed exemplary safety consciousness and displayed alertness in averting untoward incidents.

On 08.06.2022,Ravi Kumar Meena,Station Master of Chitradurga,noticed a Slack Adjusting Barrel (SAB) rod cut in hanging condition in a goods wagon and he informed Guard and Loco Pilot for attention under instructions of Carriage & Wagon Controller.The timely action of the Station Master prevented a major safety mishap.

On 12.06.2022,Siddesh R, Loco Pilot (LP) & Shri Valimikumar, Asst.Loco Pilot (ALP) Goods train, while approaching Koravangala station, observed smoke in the Loco and Loco Pilot immediately applied emergency brake and stopped the train at Koravangala Station.

Fire extinguishers available in engine and at station were used and the fire brought to control. Fire brigade was also called from Hassan by station master.Thus, the alertness of LP & ALP prevented a major fire incident.

On 25.06.2022, Donigal Station Master received information from Damodar Paswan,Key man/Sakaleshpur, that seven elephants were seen between Kadagaravalli –Donigal near the track.

Station Master issued caution order to whistle freely to the loco pilot of subsequent trains.The timely message conveyed by Shri Damodar Paswan/Key man/Sakaleshpur prevented run over of elephants.

On 29.06.2022, Shri Praveen. T, Loco Pilot (LP) & Shri Gokul Bhat, Asst. Loco Pilot (ALP) of Train No. 07379, observed a tree falling towards track by touching Overhead Equipment (OHE) between Kulem – Kalem section.

Loco Pilot applied emergency brakes and stopped the train and informed all concerned to take necessary action.Thus,the timely action of LP & ALP averted a major mishap.

Additional General Manager,P K Mishra and Principal Chief Safety Officer, Shri Alok Tiwari have appreciated the alertness and prompt action by these staff.

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A group of six college students who were on jolly drive in a SUV have lost control and drove into a lake near Anekal on Friday morning.There were no casualties reported in the incident.

Senior officer said preliminary investigation,that students were driving in a SUV.When they were riding on the mud road alongside the Chinnayanapalya lake in Anekal taluk around 11.30 am the student who was driving the SUV lost balance and plunge into the lake.

Passers-by rushed to their help and pull out the students from the vehicle before the vehicle submerged .

The student who was driving the vehicle managed to escape along with one more student while others were there at the spot till the vehicle was pulled out of the lake using a crane.

All six students are alleged to have skipped class and had a party.They are all students of a private college in Hullahalli.

We suspect that the students were under the influence of alcohol.But they claim that they were on the way to the college.

So far no one has filed a complaint about the incident,we will trace the student who was driving the SUV and subject him to medical examination as part legal action to be taken,a police officer, said .

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Only 17% of people have taken booster dose: Health Minister.

Karnataka sees uptick in Vector Borne diseases due to heavy rains,floods.

Legal action will be taken against hospitals that refuse to treat COVID-19 patients.

Not taking the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine even when it has been made available free for everyone amounts negligence and we as responsible citizens must avail booster shot to enhance immunity”said Katnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Thursday,August 11 at a press conference he addressed after a meeting with the COVID-19 technical advisory committee.

“Youth should take the responsibility of getting their family vaccinated.Make sure you and your family get the booster dose,he added.

Minister Sudhakar informed media persons that the entire nation is seeing an uptick in the COVID-19 positivity rate and Delhi currently has a positivity rate of over 18%.

The average positivity rate of Karnataka is 7.2% at the moment.However,the positivity rate is higher than the state average of 7.2% in cities like Bengaluru,Shivamogga,Bagalkot,Bellary.Dharwad currently has the highest positivity rate,said Minister Sudhakar.

Karnataka is currently conducting 30,000 COVID-19 tests each day and as per the guidelines of the Union government,only those who are symptomatic are being tested.

Even in case of primary contacts,only those who are symptomatic are being tested,said Minister Sudhakar.

Expressing his disappointment, Minister Sudhakar said that despite 100% completion of the initial two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, only 17% of people have taken the booster dose.

Responding to a reporter who questioned him about the reason for the low coverage Minister Sudhakar said that some initially blamed the government for making the booster dose paid.

Minister Further stated that the reason for low coverage was that many had become complacent and overconfident that nothing would happen to them as they had survived the previous COVID-19 waves.

Experts across the world have said that the immunity decreases or wanes after 6-7 months of taking the vaccine and the booster dose would be required to boost immunity again.

The booster dose helps reduce hospitalizations and deaths,said Minister Sudhakar.

He further highlighted the need for those above the age of 60 and those with comorbidities to take the booster dose stating that most COVID-19 deaths in recent days has been in those who had other comorbidities that worsened the effects of COVID-19.

Minister Sudhakar informed media personnel that Corbevax has been given approval by the Union government for use as the booster dose and it would be inaugurated on Friday.

He further stated that Corbevax could be taken as the booster dose irrespective of whether an individual had taken Covaxin or Covishield for their first and second doses.

Minister Sudhakar also gave an advisory for COVID-19 patients above the age of 60 and with comorbidities to go to a hospital or a doctor and seek treatment.He reiterated that it was an advisory and not a mandatory thing that has to be done.

Speaking about recent complaints of private hospitals refusing treatment for COVID-19 patients,Minister Sudhakar said,No hospital can deny treatment for a COVID-19 patient with an excuse that they dont treat COVID-19.

Every hospital must treat COVID-19 patients in isolation wards. I have received many complaints that many hospitals denied treatment like this.

This is not just inhumane but also illegal. If any such complaints are received, strict action will be taken under the KPME and Epidemic act.”

Speaking about Monkeypox,Minister Sudhakar stated that the TAC took a comprehensive view of the whole situation.

Till now, a total of 9 cases,5 in Kerala and 4 in Delhi have been detected.As of now,we haven’t seen even a single case in Karnataka,however, surveillance and necessary precautions are being undertaken at the border districts.Hospitals have been prepped with all the necessities,he said.

Minister Sudhakar also stated that the TAC discussed other vector borne diseases such as Dengue, Malaria, H1N1 and Chikungunya and also said that there is an uptick in the number of such cases except malaria due to heavy rains and floods that Karnataka recently witnessed.

According to Minister Sudhakar,Malaria cases had decreased from 419 in 2021 to 116 in 2022. However Dengue had increased from 1266 in 2021 to 4405 in 2022.

Similarly Chikungunya increased from 454 to 978, H1N1 saw a massive increase from 3 to 345. Minister Sudhakar said that the increase in dengue could probably be also because of increased testing which was just 9000 in 2021 and 36,000 in 2022.

Minister Sudhakar stated that most cases were detected in the BBMP area within Bengaluru Urban, Mysuru,Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Hassan.

Minister Sudhakar informed media personnel that the COVID-19 TAC would be further expanded in the future to look at Malaria,Dengue and public health as a whole in Karnataka.He said that entomologists and microbiologists will also be included in the TAC for this.