Archives for December 2020

Pramesh Jain

Four Notorious Inter-state Drug Peddlers arrested by Anti-Narcotics Wing, CCB,Seized Narcotics substances worth Rs.1.15 Crore.

The central crime branch sleuths of Anti-Narcotics Wing on Wednesday made a important major crackdown and busted another inter state drug racket and arrested four who were hoarding huge amount of drugs in a rented house to sell it for the new year revellers.Narcotics substances worth Rs.1.15 Crore Seized from their possession.

The accused has been identified as,M Thirupal Reddy,32 from Ananthapura in Andhra and his associates,Kamalesan,31 and Satish Kumar,27 from Krishnagiri in Tamilnadu and Afzal Pasha from RT nagar.

The CCB narcotics wing which have stepped up vigil anticipating huge cache of drugs smuggled into the city especially in December for the new year .

Sandeep Patil, Joint commissioner of police,told media persons,A team of officials headed by DCP Crime-1,KP Ravikumar,and team on Tuesday based on tip off raided the house in  Venkategowda layout in Kempapura near Hebbala and arrested M.Thirupal Reddy,32 from Ananthapura in Andhra and his associates Kamalesan,31 and Satish Kumar, 27 from Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu and Afzal Pasha from RT nagar and seized 5.6 kg of hasish oil, 3.3 kgs of Marijuana worth Rs 1 crore .

During interrogation it has revealed that Thirupal Reddy was sourcing the drugs from his contacts in Vishakhapatnam and storing in the house ahead of new year,so that they could sell it to his clients.

The team of officials who have seized four mobile phones from them realized that the accused have a long customer list comprising of college students and techies and some of them have also paid advance to the accused to get the drugs on new year.

The CCB officials booked the accused under NDPS act and taken Reddy into custody to ascertain his drug network.

“City Police commissioner Kamal Pant appreciated the CCB efforts”.

Kamal Pant,Commissioner of police,said we have instructed the police to step up vigil and monitor sensitive areas including party places, pubs and hotels and keep close watch on peddlers.

Since this time there is no revellry on MG Road and Brigade road,the police have been asked to focus on hotels,restaurants,clubs,party halls and other public places to ensure covid guidelines he added.

It may be recalled that the Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths of Anti-Narcotics wing arrested a Nigerian national on Tuesday, after months of investigations.The accused, who is popularly known as the Chief, is said to be the kingpin of cocaine supply in the city.CCB police have arrested a couple of accused recently and following their interrogation outcome, police arrested Chidiebere Ambrose.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal has appreciated,Joint CP,Crime,Sandeep Patil, DCP Crime-1,KP Ravikumar,ACP, Gautham of  Anti-Narcotics Wing,PI,Mallesh Bolletin,and other staff for the exemplary work done by them and there will be,No SCOPE for DOPE!.Great work by the Anti-Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch for busting a notorious inter-state gang of drug peddlers.Ganja and other narcotic substances worth 1.15 Cr, a two-wheeler, and a car have been seized from the accused. A suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

PRAMESH S JAIN

The West Division Police of Byadarahalli police have arrested a 19 year old on charges of Rape and murder.

A 19-year-year-old student who came to city two days back to get admission in a city based college was allegedly raped and murdered by her brother’s friend in Byadarahalli on Wednesday.

Byadarahalli Police have detained the accused,a college student,for questioning.

Senior officer told reporters here,that both the victim and the accused are from the same state and accused is friend of the victim’s brother.

The victim has come to the city to join engineering course,the accused offered to help in her admission since the family had requested him.

Both victim and the accused went to college on Tuesday and half of the admission process was pending so on Wednesday,the accused called her to his room on morning and told her the both can go together.

The victim who was staying elsewhere came to accused house in an autorickshaw on Wednesday morning to go to college to complete the admission process.

The incident came to light when the accused rushed out of his house after some time screaming  for help.

He told the neighbour that his friend is unconscious and also called two of his friends who are staying near by,for help.

With the help of neighbours the accused later took the unconcious victim to a near by hospital in an autorikshaw where the doctors declared her as brought dead.

The Byadarahalli police based on the information rushed to the spot and detained the accused for questioning.

Preliminary probe revealed that the victim was raped and murdered.However further investigation is on to ascertain the motive he added.

BENGALURU: Soon after the House assembled, Deputy Chairman Dharme Gowda, a JDS MLC, occupied the Chairman’s seat even as the quorum bell was ringing and the Chairman who was in his office was yet to arrive inside the House. Angry legislators rushed to the well and physically dragged Gowda from the seat. While the BJP accused the Chairman of holding on to power by rejecting the no-confidence motion without placing it before the House, the Congress blamed the ruling party of trying to prevent the Chairman from entering the House and making deputy chairman occupy the chair even when the chairman was in his office.

After putting Chandrashekar Patil in the presiding officer’s seat, Congress MLCs stood guard around him to prevent BJP members from unseating him. All this while, the Marshals were struggling to control the situation. Amid the din and highly-charged atmosphere, the Chairman walked into House and immediately adjourned the House. But the ruling and opposition members continued to indulge in heated exchanges.  

BJP, the single-largest party in the council with 31 members, accused Shetty and Congress of holding on to the post even after losing the confidence of members and the majority required to continue in the post. The leaders said they had followed required procedures and issued a notice for moving the no-confidence motion, but it was not listed in the agenda as the Chairman rejected it.

“Today’s developments highlighted the Congress culture. They forcibly removed the Deputy Chairman from the seat holding him by his neck,” said Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa after he was briefed about the developments. After JDS openly stated that they were supporting BJP, Congress should have immediately asked the chairman to resign as they do not have the majority, Yediyurappa said.  

Shetty from Congress and Gowda from JDS were elected when the JDS-Congress coalition government was in power. Now, in the changed situation, especially after BJP emerged as the single-largest party in the Council and struck a good equation with the JDS, the party is keen on ousting the chairman, who they accuse of being partisan. But the Congress blamed BJP for the ruckus in the House. “How could the Deputy Chairman occupy that seat when the Chairman was in the office? The Deputy Chairman should not have done that,” Opposition Leader in the Council S R Patil .

Congress Legislature Party chief Siddaramaiah said it was a black spot on parliamentary democracy. It was a conspiracy by BJP and JDS, he alleged.JDS MLC Basavaraj Horatti said the chairman lost the majority supprt and since the no-confidence motion was against him, the Deputy Chairman had occupied the seat.The government, however, defended its decision to allow Deputy Chairman to conduct the House. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy said, “He (Shetty) has rejected our motion of impeachment, though he has no powers to do so. He cannot be a judge in his own case.” Revenue Minister R Ashoka said, “We condemn the Chairman’s behaviour. Our fight will continue.”