Parmesh S Jain

It was a planned attack by Nagesh who followed the victim for many days and even purchased few liters of acid from lab a week ago,before splashing half a liter of acid on the victim while she was climbing stairs of her office in Sunkadakatte on April 28.

The accused used a letterhead of a housekeeping company to purchase eight liters of acid citing that he needs to clean the solar panels .

The accused soon after the attack abandoned his bike and took an autorickshaw to reach Hosakote from where he called his family and friend to inform about the incident.

The family advised him to surrender before the police but he had some other plans in his mind,a police officer,said.

Nagesh called the advocate to seek anticipatory bail, but was advised that the process may be delayed .

He even thought of ending life by jumping into the lake,but changed his mind and boarded a bus to Thiruvannamalai and join the ashram to repent, the police said .

After reaching Ramanasri Ashram Nagesh purchased a safron colored rob and started living and even did odd jobs in the ashram to gain the confidence of the management.

Meanwhile several police teams launched massive manhunt and even circulated posters containing the latest picture of Nagesh pasted in public places in southern parts of the city,seeking information on him.

One of the person who identified Nagesh took the picture of Nagesh from his mobile and sent it to police who confirmed from a burn injury at his right hand sustained during the attack.

A team of police posing as devotees rushed to Ashram and watched Nagesh before securing him on Friday.

Nagesh was brought to the city and while being escorted for a spot inspection the accused attacked Head constable,Mahadevaiah and tried to escape.The police opened fire to stop him from fleeing.

Home Minister,Araga Jnanendra appreciated the police effort of arresting Nagesh and assured strict punishment for the accused .

Family members of the victim happy that he has been arrested and ensured strict punishment and sought assurance about the safety and required help from the government.

The staff behind this big catch are ASI,Shivanna and Ravi Kumar Police constable who is ex-servicemen they shared their challenging moments.

ASI Shivanna and Ravikumar are part of 50 member police team as to nab the assailant 10 teams were formed and were sent to different states in search of acid attacker.

ASI Shivanna and Ravikumar told media persons,that they got a tip off from their senior that the accused is hiding somewhere in Tirunavallai in Tamilnadu and they started pasting his posters in public places and religious places by seeing this a local auto rickshaw driver and locals called our senior officers and gave information that the accused is in Ramanashri Ashram.

We asked the local to share his pic and after sharing the pic we noticed burn marks on his hand and then immediately we started removing the posters as by seeing he might get alert so we removed the posters from the area and in and around the Ashram then we entered the Ashram as devotees.

After entering the Ashram we went and sat next to him on both side and we sat doing preaching as religious sage for about one hour and after keeping close watch we secured him and took him into custody.

Serving as ex-servicemen helped in speaking local language and our investigation skill helped us nab this acid attacker as it was very challenging case for us and it is a good experience also to us said ASI, Shivanna and Ravikumar police constable of Magadi Road Police Station.

Finally Chief Minister of Karnataka,Basavaraj Bommai,Home Minister of Karnataka,Araga Jnanendra,Health Minister,Dr K Sudhakar,MLA, Rajajinagar,Suresh Kumar S,DG-IGP,Praveen Sood,has appreciated,Tamilnadu Police team and Bengaluru City Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant,and his team as,Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACPs,as,P Ravikumar,T Kodandarama,KC Giri,PIs,as,Prashanth M,Shankar Nayak,Vasanth C,Ravikumar,Sathish Kumar,Raju M S Gowda, Shivakumar,PSIs,as,Murthy,Sathish,Manu, Bhagvanthraya Patil,ASI,Shivanna,crime staff as,Mahadevaiah,Ravikumar,Parameshwar Nayak,Naveen,Umesh,and whole crime staff and ACP Kengerigate special squads who has done a excellent investigation and a tireless efforts in detecting the clueless case a reward of Rs.2.3 lakhs announced to the team and a appreciation letter has been given to all for their excellent work who has brought the confidence and faith on the department by detecting the challenging and sensational case he added.

Parmesh S Jain

In an effort to improve the image of the city police,the city police strive to be more responsive and credible to achieve best policing practice and while dealing with the law and order situation, said newly assumed 37th city police commissioner,CH Pratap Reddy on Tuesday.

Interacting with the media minutes after taking charge,Mr.Reddy said that Bengaluru city name is recognised globally along with law and order issue and crime situation is also becoming viral.

The City Police should strive to maintain the name and carry forward the best policing practices,he said,adding that the heads of all divisions have already put their ideas together to realize the responsive and credible policing idea.

Reacting to visions he has,Mr,Reddy,said they contain anti-social activities with reference to rowdyism,illegal foreign stays,gambling and narcotics,and women safety,traffic management,  investigations of cases with scientific tempers are his priorities.

There is no consideration for any negligence on part of the police officials.Any irresponsible work at the Division and station level will be dealt with severely,he warned.

Mr.Reddy thanked the government for considering him for the post and his predecessor, stating that all the works initiated by outgoing Commissioner,Kamal Pant will be carried forward with a touch of improved efficiency  .

Outgoing commissioner,Kamal Pant soon after handing over the baton to Mr.Reddy,thanked all officials for their cooperation and good work.

I greatly thank the citizens of Bengaluru for their support and heartfelt thanks to my colleagues for their unflinching cooperation in maintaining peace and law and order . 

I had a great stint as commissioner of Police and wishing the best for Mr.Reddy for his new tenure  Mr.Pant tweeted his last message on the city police commissioner handle before exiting .

Q&A:

Q.As you mention about responsive and credible policing,what are the plans you have to carry forward the idea ?

To begin with every division will have a crime monitoring unit to focus on important cases under a senior police officer which needs constant monitoring from racking the cases to take it to its logical end to prosecution. 

There are many instances where the crime will go out of focus due to various reasons and do not have a proper follow up system. 

All such cases are being monitored and taken to its logical conclusion,which includes keeping a track on the accused while they were in prison through prison monitoring system. 

Q.Since the city is back on its track in terms of traffic after covid restrictions,what are the ideas you have on traffic management?

Since the last two years the traffic due to covid enforcement people were working from home and hence the traffic was under control.

Since the city is now returning to normalcy and coming back to old bengaluru,traffic congestions are being monitored at the junction level to ensure free flow of traffic .

There are many projects on cards to reduce traffic density and improve infrastructure.This includes installing more devices and equipping the traffic police with enforcement cameras.

For eg.Random checking across the city of vehicles for traffic violations has been stopped and with the help of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras and red light violation detection enforcement cameras and installation of CCTV cameras across the city under central government scheme.  

This is a big step towards smart police management where everyone from constable to commissioner works to ensure law and order and traffic management at its best.

Q. What is the status of the towing vehicles in the city ?.

The towing vehicles are part of the traffic management system and their services are needed for a smooth flow of traffic.

The tigers will be introduced again but after the revised guidelines and with the permission of the authorities concerned.

Q.There is a demand for extension of nightlife in the city. What is your take on this ?

My predecessor and the officials have taken the decision on this and the status quo will be maintained on this .

Q.There are allegations of rampant corruption among the CCB officials and the local police in terms of allowing certain illegal activities like allowing gambling,which was in the news recently.How are you going to tackle this issue?

As I said,any dereliction of duty and negligence on part of the police officials will be strictly dealt with seriously.About the allegation of CCB officials,the power broker in this case has already been arrested and investigations are on to ascertain the role of any officials which will be handled accordingly .

Q.Bengaluru city has the highest number of cyber crimes registered.How are you going to handle a limited number of staff to investigate ?.

With a highest number of cases registered, the city is also known for its best practice while handling cyber crime cases. 

The introduction of the CIR (cybercrime incident report ) system is first ever in bengaluru which was followed by other metro cities.

This is working very well in handling financial frauds and stopping illegal online payments within golder hour.This CIR system will be analyzed  and improved further for better services .

Parmesh S Jain

The Amruthahalli police on Tuesday arrested a 25 year-old woman and her boyfriend for stealing Rs.40 lakh worth gold from her mother’s house, replacing it with the replica of the gold jewels,as she was planning to settle down in life with her boy friend.

The accused has been identified as Deepthi and her boyfriend,Madan C, 27.

Senior officer told reporters,a complaint was filed by victim Rathnamma who stated that someone has replaced her gold jewels into duplicate gold and made away with Rs.40 lakhs worth gold ornaments.

Based on complaint,PI, Guruprasad G and his team swung into action and visited the house of the victim and during investigation the team got suspecious on victim’s daughter while questioning her and kept a close watch on her Movements.

The team followed her Movements and got to know that she had a boy friend and she had helped with financial.

The team after getting confirmation the duo were arrested and during investigation they confessed to the crime and revealed that Deepthi,a divorcee and having two children,started living with her mother .

She went to learn driving and met Madan,the instructor,and the duo had a relationship.

Madan,who was married,planned to dump his wife to live with Deepthi.To arrange the money for their future life,Deepthi decided to rob her mother’s gold ornaments.

As per the plan,Deepthi took the gold jewels and replaced it with the replica.

They later sold the gold and even bought a car and took a shop to start a stationery business in Yelahanka.

However,their plan was foiled when Rathnamma, who wanted to attend a relative’s function,took out the jewels to wear and found them to be duplicates.

The police recovered the jewels and seized the car and the shop for further investigation.The duo have been arrested and taken into custody for further investigations.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,A subramanyeshwara Rao,DCP Northeast,Dr Anoop A Shetty,ACP,Rangappa T,PI G Guruprasad,PSI and other staff who has done a commendable job in arresting the daughter of victim and her boyfriend and recovered valuables from them a suitable reward will be given to whole team he added.