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Cash for Bed scam: Prime Suspect Kingpin arrested by CCB

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Pramesh Jain

The CCB officials probing the bed allotment cash for bed scam racket which was exposed by BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and other MLA’s has arrested a prime suspect Kingpin who is BJP MLA Satish Reddy close aide.

The accused has been identified as,Babu,34,resident of Roopena Agrahara.

Senior officer told media persons,
Continuing investigations into the bed allotment, the CCB officials on Tuesday arrested Babu,34, one of the prime suspects in the racket.

During investigation it was found the accused is said be close to Bommanhalli MLA,Satish Reddy,who earlier claimed to have exposed the bed allotment scam.

The team conducted a detailed probe into the matter and it was revealed that Babu,resident of Roopena Agrahara used to run the racket through Nethravathy,a social activist and Rohith Kumar who were arrested by the Jayanagar police earlier.

While Nethra and Rohith used to get the customers for the beds through thier whatsapp network,Babu used to coordinate with the bed availability and hospital details.

The accused then give them commission and keep the lion share of the money they would get from the bed allotment scam,which differ from person to person based on his financial status.

Soon after the arrest of Nethra and Rohith Babu avoided the arrest by getting admitted for covid treatment.However the CCB kept a close watch and arrested him on Tuesday.

Last week CCB team arrested accused identified as, Anthony,working as Marketing executive in Sapthagiri hospital who used to take money from patients to get bed allotted.

We produced him before the magistrate through video conference and the court has remanded him to CCB police custody till May 31 to ascertain his network and investigate more about the racket he added.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant,has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-1,KP Ravikumar,ACPs,as, Gautam Kumar,Hanumantharaya,Parameshwar and other staff for the excellent investigation and arresting the kingpin of the Racket and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Duo held for Vandalising hospital in Bengaluru

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Pramesh Jain

The West Division police of Kengeri police on Tuesday arrested two persons who assaulted the security guard of BGS hospital and abused the doctor and damaged the property by hurling stone at the glass doors of hospital and shattering them on Sunday

The accused has been identified as,Prashanth, 39,a driver by profession and his relative Venkatesh, 32,

Senior officer told media persons,we have arrested two persons for creating Mayhem at the BGS hospital who has damaged the hospital property and assaulted doctors and hospital staff.

The duo created ruckus after they were not allowed to visit their relative who was admitted in the hospital for covid treatment .

The duo alleged that they were not allowed to visit their relatives for the last four days and abused and beat up the security guard who stopped them from entering the hospital.

The duo later used unparliamentary language against the doctors and smashed the glass doors with a stone and created a tense situation.

The hospital authorities immediately intimated the Kengeri police inspector, Inspector Vasanth and his team rushed to the spot and nabbed to duo and took them to station for further questioning.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and said that they engaged in assault with the hospital staff and doctors as they were not allowing them in to meet a relative. They have been booked for a case of assault,vandalising hospital property and also under sections of the NDMA and further investigation is on.

Private hospital booked for denying admission to Covid patient in Bengaluru .

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Pramesh Jain

The West Division police of Vijayanagar police on Tuesday booked a private hospital for denying treatment to a 64-year-old covid patient after she refused to buy the Remdesivir injection offered by the hospital at Rs.15,000 per each shot and later sourced it from the health department.

Upset About the fact that the family complained  to the health department,the hospital discharged the patient and later refused to readmit her after she developed health complications.

The matter was brought to the notice of the health officer BBMP, Dr.Rajendra,who in turn filed a complaint after taking stock of the situation with the jurisdictional Vijayanagar police seeking legal action against the hospital authorities.

Senior officer told reporters,based on the complaint,the Vijayanagar police registered a case against Bharathy Hospital situated in Prashanthnagar.

Dr Rajendra in his complaint said that the victim Gouramma of JP Nagar was admitted to Bharathy hospital on May 8 after she was tested Covid positive .

The hospital demanded RS.15,000 from the family to give Remdesivir injection to the patient.

Since the family could not afford it,they sought the help of BBMP for assistance who in turn arranged the injection through the drug inspector of the area concerned.

The hospital staff,agitated that the family had complained against them,the staff discharged the patients the next day without treatment and also mentioned in the discharge summary that the patient has recovered.

Soon after returning home the patient developed breathing problems and were taken back to the Bharathy hospital where they refused to admit .

The family approached the BBMP again and took the patient to another hospital he said in his complaint.

The Vijayanagar police have booked the Bharathy Hospital charging the hospital management under Essential Commodities Act and also under section 308 (Attempt To commit culpable homicide)of IPC and are investigating it further he added.

Three held Remdesivir Black marketing racket busted by Basaveshwaranagar police 25 Vials Seized

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Pramesh Jain

The West Division police of Basaveshwaranagar police have arrested three persons who were selling Remdesivir injections in black market charging exorbitant price and recovered 25 vials from them.

The accused has been identified as Sanjeev Kumar,32,from Bommanahalli in Electronic city and his associates Pratheek,27,and Abhijith,20 . 

Senior officer,told reporters,our Basaveshwaranagar police inspector,E Yeriswamy received a reliable inputs that a person is indulged in selling Remdesivir injections and the informant passed all details about the person.

After getting information the Basaveshwaranagar police inspector,Yeriswamy,acting on the reliable inputs he contacted the person on his mobile number who introduced himself as Sanjeev Kumar and asked to contact a person by name Abhijit and he passed his number.

Our Inspector posing as prospective customer contacted the person on his mobile number seeking a Remdesivir injections the caller told Inspector he has got vials and agreed to send so we ordered 2 vials for which he agreed and told us he is selling for Rs.10,000 each Vials and  asked to send advance payment through online.

To gain his confidence the Inspector transferred the advance payment and after receiving the payment the person agreed to send two vials the accused sent a person identified as Abhijith to hand over the two vials on Thimmaiah road at Mahaganapathinagar on Monday and to get the remaining amount.

As soon as he arrived with the Remdesivir vials the Inspector and his team caught him red handed and took him to police station for questioning.

During Investigation the accused confessed the crime and based on his confession the team arrested Sanjeev and Pratheek and recovered a total of 25 vials from their possession.

A detailed investigation by the team led the accused to confess the crime and it was revealed that they are working in a pharmacy and sourced the Remdesivir from their contact in Kerala so that they could sell it in the city due to the demand and make quick money.

The MRP of the injection is Rs 3400 per vial but the accused are selling it for Rs 10,000 each vial.

The trio have been booked under Drug control Act and cheating and we have taken them into custody for further investigations and to ascertain their network.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP West,Dr.Sanjeev M Patil,ACP, Vijayanagar Sub-Division,K Nanjundegowda,PI,E Yeriswamy,PSI,as,Kubera,ASI,Puttaswamy,and crime staff as,Mohammed Ali,Raghu,Ramesh, Srinivas and Rupesh has been appreciated for the exemplary work done by them in busting the racket and nabbing the trio and the team has successfully seized 25 vials from them and a for the excellent work done by the team a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

European Union​ takes on AstraZeneca in court over Covid-19 vaccine deliveries

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Deliveries have increased slightly since then but, according to the European Commission, the company is set to provide only 70 million doses in the second quarter.

AstraZeneca’s contract signed with the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, on behalf of member states foresaw an initial 300 million doses for distribution among all 27 countries, with an option for a further 100 million.

The doses were expected to be delivered throughout 2021.

But only 30 million were sent during the first quarter.

Deliveries have increased slightly since then but, according to the European Commission, the company is set to provide only 70 million doses in the second quarter.

It had promised 180 million.

EU lawyer Rafael Jafferali told the court that the company now expects to deliver the total number of doses by the end of December, but he added that “with a six-month delay, it’s obviously a failure.”

His main argument is that AstraZeneca should have used production sites in the bloc and the U.K. for EU supplies as part of a “best reasonable efforts” clause in the contract.

He said that 50 million doses that should have been delivered to the EU went to third countries instead, “in violation” of their contract.”

Jafferali has said that the company should use all four plants listed in their contract for deliveries to the EU.

He also accused the company of misleading the European Commission by providing data lacking clarity on the delivery delays.

“The information provided by AstraZeneca did not allow us to fully understand the situation before mid-March 2021,” he said.

The EU has insisted its gripes with the company are about deliveries only and has repeatedly said that it has no problems with the safety or quality of the vaccine itself.

The shots have been approved by the European Medicines Agency, the EU’s drug regulator.

While the bloc insists AstraZeneca has breached its contractual obligations, the company says it has fully complied with the agreement, arguing that vaccines are difficult to manufacture and it made its best effort to deliver on time.

Lawyers for the company will address the court later Wednesday.

As part of an advanced purchase agreement with vaccine companies, the EU said it invested 2.7 billion euros ($3.8 billion), including 336 million (USD 408 million), to finance the production of AstraZeneca’s serum at four factories.

The long-standing dispute drew media attention for weeks earlier this year amid a deadly surge of coronavirus infections in Europe, when delays in vaccine production and deliveries hampered the EU’s vaccination campaign.

Cheaper and easier to use than rival shots from Pfizer-BioNTech, the AstraZeneca vaccine developed with Oxford University was a pillar of the EU’s vaccine rollout.

But the EU’s partnership with the firm quickly deteriorated amid accusations it favoured its relationship with British authorities.

While the U.K.made quick progress in its vaccination campaign thanks to the AstraZeneca shots, the EU faced embarrassing complaints and criticism for its slow start.

Concerns over the pace of the rollout across the EU grew after AstraZeneca said it couldn’t supply EU members with as many doses as originally anticipated because of production capacity limits.

The health situation has dramatically improved in Europe in recent weeks, with the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths on a sharp downward trend as vaccination has picked up.

About 300 million doses of vaccine have been delivered in Europe — a region with around 450 million inhabitants, with about 245 million already administered.

About 46 per cent of the EU population have had at least one dose.

In total, the European Commission has secured more than 2.5 billion of vaccine doses with various manufacturers.

It recently sealed another major order with Pfizer and BioNTech through 2023 for an additional 1.8 billion doses of their COVID-19 shot to share between the bloc’s countries.

Following Wednesday’s hearing, a second one is slated for Friday, with a judgment to be delivered at a date to be announced.

In addition to the emergency action, the European Commission has launched a claim on the merits of the case for damages for which a hearing hasn’t yet been set by the court.

252 black fungus cases reported, no deaths

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VIJAYAWADA: No black fungus deaths have been reported in the State and a total of 252 cases have emerged from various districts so far, Principal Secretary (Health) Anil Kumar Singhal said on Tuesday. The State government has sent 2,100 more Amphotericin-B vials to the districts to treat black fungus cases in addition to 900 vials already dispatched. Briefing the media about the Covid-19 situation in the State, he said with black fungus being declared an epidemic, all the information pertaining to the cases is being tabulated and sent to the health department.

The number is likely to cross the 75,000- mark on Wednesday as more stock will be sent to the district hospitals, he explained. With regard to oxygen supply, he said the State has enough stock to meet any emergency situation in the next 3-4 days. “Keeping Yaas in mind, we have started stocking over and above the allocated 590 MT of oxygen per day for the last 4-5 days. A total of 767 MT of oxygen was drawn on Tuesday, which is 170 MT more than the allocation. About 630-640 MT is being supplied to hospitals and the rest is being stocked as a buffer,” he said.

Making it clear that there is no change in the vaccination policy of the government announced earlier, the Principal Secretary said Covid jabs to high risk groups in the 45+ age group are being administered since Monday. “We have to receive 78,000 more Covaxin doses from the Centre. At present, the State has 1,17,980 doses of vaccine, which is sufficient to administer the second dose to 90,000 people. The second dose will be administered from Wednesday,” Anil Kumar Singhal said. On Covishield vaccine stock, he said the State has 4,35,990 doses sent by the Centre.

The State has procured 12,74,290 doses of vaccine on its own. The same is being used to administer the first dose of vaccine to high risk groups. On ‘herbal medicine’ of B Anandaiah of Krishnapatnam, he said the Ayush Commissioner had observed the process and the samples were sent to labs in Hyderabad for analysis. At the same time, the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) and Ayurvedic College in Tirupati have also collected the medicine samples to study its efficacy.

“Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked the Ayush Commissioner to find out if any people who got eye drops, have developed any adverse symptoms. The report is expected by Friday. Lab findings from Hyderabad will also be known by that day. Based on the findings of the CCRAS, the State government will take a decision on allowing the distribution of medicine,” he added.

Black fungus: Center allocates 29,250 additional vials of Amphotericin-B to States and UTs

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NEW DELHI: The Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Sadananda Gowda informed on Wednesday that additional 29,250 vials of Amphotericin-B, used in the treatment of Mucormycosis, were allocated to States and Union Territories, based on their number of patients under treatment.

Earlier, additional 19,420 vials of Amphotericin- B were allocated on 24th May and 23,680 vials of the drug were supplied across the country on 21st May, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers informed. 

political Tensions buzz ahead of Cabinet meet

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BENGALURU: There has been an intense political activity in the state since Saturday with prominent leaders rushing off to Delhi and some top ministers holding a hush-hush meeting.Minor Irrigation Minister CP Yogeshwara who visits New Delhi regularly to meet the party central leadership was on Monday night accompanied by party MLA Arvind Bellad, who is considered an upcoming leader.

Though Yogeshwara and Bellad, who represents the Hubli-Dharwad South constituency, could not meet any of the top leaders, they spoke to Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh over phone, party .It is discussed within party circles that Bellad, a LIngayat leader, is one of the top names doing the rounds for the chief minister’s post if there is a vacancy at the top.

It was said that Mines and Geology Minister Murugesh Nirani too was expected to head to Delhi, but the visit was cancelled at the last minute. The sudden intense activity, coming ahead of the cabinet meeting on Thursday, has raised many eyebrows within BJP circles.What set off the buzz was the meeting in Hubballi on Saturday. Union minister Pralhad Joshi, who too is said to be in the race for the CM’s post, met ministers Dr K Sudhakar, Byrathi Basavraj and former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, who were instrumental in bringing BJP to power. 

Sudhakar, who was visiting Tumakuru, later headed to Chitradurga, where he was joined by Byrathi Basavraj. The duo then went to Shiggaon, Haveri to meet Home Minister Basavraj Bommai and PWD Minister CM Udasi. The four met over dinner. But more interesting was the breakfast meeting the next morning in Hubballi where Pralhad Joshi joined them.

PU-II exams in July, dates yet to be fixed

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The Second PU examinations will be held in July this year, but the exact dates are yet to be worked out, said Pre-University Education Department Director Snehal R said on Tuesday.

BENGALURU: The Second PU examinations will be held in July this year, but the exact dates are yet to be worked out, said Pre-University Education Department Director Snehal R said on Tuesday. The exam pattern and timetable too will be decided after discussion and announced later, she said. The PU department requires around 75 days to schedule, conduct and announce the exam results, she said.

She appealed to departments concerned to hold all-India entrance exams for professional courses only after CBSE Class 12 exams, which are scheduled between July 15 and August 26 this year. By that time, the Second PU exams too should be completed to help students appear for competitive exams.

Salman Khan files defamation complaint against actor Kamaal Khan

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MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has filed a defamation complaint in a Mumbai court against actor Kamaal R Khan over the latter’s review of the just released Hindi film ‘Radhe’.

Kamaal Khan acknowledged the development.

He tweeted, “Salman Khan files a defamation case against me for Radhe’s review!” As per the notice, Salman Khan’s legal team will be mentioning the matter for an urgent hearing before an additional sessions judge of the city civil court on Thursday.

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