Archives for October 2021

Parmesh Jain

A 45 year old financier and his friend were brutally murdered at an isolated place in Ballur in Attibele in the ouskirt of the city on Thursday.

The deceased have been identified as Deepak and his friend Bhaskar,28,a vegetable vendor.

According to the police,the Deepak accompanied by Bhaskar had gone to recover the money he lent to one his customer.

Police suspect that heated arguments which led to bloody attack.The initial probe reveal that the duo has resisted the attack.But the assailant overpowered them and crush their head with boulder killing them on the spot.

Senior police officers rushed to the spot and conducted a detailed probe.

We have some clue on the accused and will be arrested soon, a senior police officer , said.

A 36 year old woman died under mysterious circumstances while returning home after getting vaccination in kamakshipalya on Friday.

The deceased has been Identified as,Mangala, wife of Dinesh and resident of Laxman Nagar, Kamakshipalaya.

According to the police,Mangala had received vaccine at Hegganhalli govt hospital at around 11.20am.While returning home she suddenly collapsed in market near her residence and was immediately shifted to hospital where in she was declared brought dead.

The Rajagopalnagar police have taken up a case of un natural death and awaiting for the post mortem report ro ascertain the exact cause of death.

Parmesh Jain

The Anti-Narcotics Wing of CCB busted one more online drug racket and arrested two peddlers and seized hydro ganja and other narcotics substance as,300 MDMA pills,100 LSD papers, 350 grams of charas,1.5 kgs of Hydro ganja worth Rs 60 lakhs seized from their possession.

The accused are associates of Ravi and Ravidas .

Bengaluru City Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant,along with Joint commissioner of police, Crime,Sandeep Patil with DCP,BS Angadi,ACP, Anti-Narcotics Wing,KC Goutham,held a press conference at his office and addressed media persons after inspecting the drugs seized after a grand operation as War on Drugs.

Pant said,the Anti-Narcotics wing headed by Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,received a tip-off about drugs peddling in the city as the they received information from the peddlers who were arrested recently the team grilled them who revealed that two persons hailing from Delhi are peddling drugs in Whitefield area posing as delivery boy.

Based on a tip off,a team of officials raided a paying guest in Bellandur and arrested the accused.

During raid the police seized 300 MDMA pills,100 LSD papers,350 grams of charas,1.5 kgs of Hydro ganja worth Rs 60 lakh from their possession.

The police team grilled the accused who spilled the beans and it is revealed that the accused would purchase synthetic drugs using bit coins.

The prime accused is a native of New Delhi,used to operate from a PG in Bellandur,peddling drugs using online delivery service.

The accused would conceal the drugs in birthday gifts,soaps,photo frames and books and perfumes bottles.

The accused were sourcing drugs from dark net and selling drugs to their customers using delivery services concealed under gift parcels.

The accused would also communicate with their clients on viop and whatsapp calls and messages to avoid scrutiny from the security agencies.

Novel ways of drug delivery! CCB arrest 2 drug peddlers..using Dunzo/Swiggy, delivered drugs packed in Bday gift box, hidden in Books..seized Rs 60 lakhs worth of Ecstacy pills, LSD, Ganja..procured through DARKNET,using BITCOINS..used Wickr,Session app to communicate..@CPBlr tweeted by Sandeep Patil,Joint CP Crime.

Based on the information,the CCB officials track down the accused and arrested them.

Both the accused have been booked under NDPS and taken into custody for further investigation.

Finally City Police Commissioner Kamal Pant, appreciated Joint CP,Crime,Sandeep Patil, DCP Crime-2, BS Angadi, ACP,KC Goutham,PIs,as,BS Ashok,and Deepak R and their whole team who has done a exemplary work and a grand operation secretly and nabbed two inter-state dreaded peddlers and for the commendable and meticulous investigation done by the team cash reward announced for the whole team Pant added.

Parmesh Jain

The City Civil and session Court convicted a 28-year-old man with 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.10,000 in a POCSO case .

The accused Kiran Kumar from Benson town had sexually assaulted his seven-year-old relative (niece), repeatedly when she had visited her father during the school vacation in March 2017.

The victim and her brother used to visit the father,who was staying separately with the accused over a domestic row.

During one of this assault, the victim’s brother witnessed the act for which the accused assaulted and threatened him with dire consequences not to reveal it to anyone.

However the victim unable to bear the harassment narrated the ordeal with the mother who filed a complaint with the JC Nagar police.

The then inspector Girish Nayak arrested the accused and after a detailed meticulous investigation by the inspector and his team collected concrete evidence and filed a charge-sheet before the court.

Public prosecutor KV Ashwathnaraya argued the case and ensured that the accused get the maximum conviction but also suitable compensation to the victim.

After examining all the evidence and details,The Judge,AG Gangadhar,While pronouncing the quantum of punishment,even directed the district legal service Authority to provide compensation of Rs.4 lakh to the victim

The Indiranagar police have arrested a group of three friends who burgled a jewelery shop and made away with 1.3 kgs of gold valuables worth Rs.60 lakhs on last thursday to recover from the business loss they had incurred during covid period.

The police arrested the accused identified as, Mahendra,owner of an eatery,his friends Neelakantha selling construction material and samson, salesman at a watch showroom.

Senior officer told reporters,as there was a case registered by the jewellery shop owner of CMH road in which he stated that his shop has been burgled by some miscreants after breaking open the shutters.

A special teams were formed to nab the culprits by DCP East, Dr SD Sharanappa a team headed by PI,Indiranagar Hareesh BC and team swung into action.

Two special team were formed to nab the miscreants one team who were on Patrolling noticed three men moving suspiciously near a pawn store to sell the stolen booty were caught by alert PSI and staff.

The team took them to custody and during investigation they found huge gold ornaments in their possession the inspector asked them to produce documents to prove the gold belonged to them they failed to produce any documents.

The team grilled them and during interrogation the accused confessed to the crime and spilled the beans.

Mahendra and Neelakantha had incurred huge loss in business during covid period and borrowed heavy loans.

Unable to repay the trio planned to burgle and watched the trick of the trade on youtube and social media to learn stealing and how to break in they purchased tools and practiced on how to break locks and shutters .

The accused also recceed many jewel shops before zeroing in on Meena Jewellery shop on CHM road due to less security measures .

AS per the borrowed car from one of their relative they changed the number plate before reaching the spot in the middle of the night.

They accused succeeded in breaking into the shop and stole valuables.They also used hand gloves to avoid finger prints and evidence.However their entire act was recorded on CCTV camera installed near the shop .

After stealing the valuables,the accused went to goa and spend sometime before returning to the city to dispose the valuables.

The police recovered the entire 1360 grams of gold valuables intact from them and taken the accused into custody for further investigation.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa,ACP, Kumar D,PI, Hareesh BC,PSIs,as,Amaresh,Sharath,Praveen C,Sharafuddin,Honesh,Probationary PSI,and crime staff as,Srinivas,Nayeem Ulla Hussain, Shashidhar, Chandrakanth, Manjunath,Nagaraj,Noor Pasha, Krishnamurthy,Yamanappa K,and Sharanappa has been appreciated for the commendable and exemplary work done by them in nabbing the three member gang and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added

Parmesh Jain

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets worth Rs.7.48 Crore belonging to S.M.Basavaraju,retired Chief Engineer of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB),Bangalore under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act,2002 (PMLA).

The attached movable and immovable properties include balance amounts lying in bank accounts, 3.41 kgs of gold and diamond jewellery along with immovable properties situated in various locations in Bangalore and Mysore which includes two residential sites,a commercial complex and six residential flats.

ED initiated a money laundering investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the Lokayukta under Prevention of Corruption Act.

As per the Charge-sheet filed by Karnataka Lokayukta in the year 2018,Basavaraju had amassed wealth beyond his known sources of income and was in possession of disproportionate assets worth Rs. 4.45 Crore in excess to his known sources of income.

A Money laundering investigation conducted by ED revealed that Basavaraju,had amassed wealth and purchased various movable and immovable properties in his name or as benami properties, in the name of his family members including his mother-in-law.Further investigation is in progress.

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Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta on Wednesday at around 11.30am to 2.30pm inspected the rain-hit places, initiated projects, Rajakaluve and filling of potholes and other works in Rajarajeshwari Nagar zone and South zone.

Mysuru Highway (near BDA Housing Complex ) Rajakaluve development work inspection:

Rajarajeshwari zone,Yeshwanthpur assembly constituencies, Hemmigepura ward- 198, Mysuru Highway near BDA housing complex at the cost of Rs.19.20 crore Rajakaluve wall construction and directing the water flow through the culvert construction progress was inspected.

During this inspection, the commissioner directed the officials to further speeden the work and complete it as soon as possible to Special Commissioner (Projects) and other officials of the project.

Inspection of Akkamahadevi Kalyana Mantapa back side area in ward number- 160 :

In the limits of Rajarajeshwari ward 160 behind Akkamahadevi Kalyana Mantapa during the recent rains animals had been washed away in the Rajakaluve and to prevent nothing happens in the future, a preventive side wall construction to be taken up as soon as possible by calling for work tender and have to take up this work, instructed the commissioner.

Inspection of Pramod Layout in ward-160 :

In the limits of ward- 160 Pramod Layout, during the rains the water had gushed into surrounding roads and there were enough damages occurred.

Hence, the layout Rajakaluve to have a preventive side wall construction to be taken up as soon as possible after calling work tenders,instructed the chief commissioner to officials.

South zone ward 165 Rajakaluve inspection :

In the South Zone Padmanabanagara assembly constituency Ganesha temple ward- 165 limits Rajakaluve inspection was done and the Rajakaluve has been filled with unnecessary materials and water flow has been obstructed due to it and surrounding areas have been facing problems.

Therefore,immediately whatever waste has been collected in the Rajakaluve to be cleaned and ensure smooth flow of water within 2-3 days and they have to submit a report about the work to Strom Water Drain-Chief Engineer has been instructed.

Jayadeva Hospital junction surrounding areas inspection :

The Jayadeva Hospital junction in the South zone limits was inspected and surrounding areas were reviewed for various developmental works.

Along with it,during the recent rains the roads have been further damaged and filling of potholes to be taken up even faster and complete the work, instructed commissioner to All Zonal Joint Commissioner and Chief Engineers he added.

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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits on Friday (22-10-2021) “Special Vaccine (lasika) Mela” has been organised and people who have not been vaccinated will be identified and vaccinated said, Special Commissioner (Health) Shri Thrilok Chandra to all zonal health officers.

In the meeting held with regards to preparation for the special lasika Mela, chief health officer Dr Vijendra, all zonal health officers, all medical officers and other officials were present.

After conducting a review meeting he said in city 86 percent have been vaccinated with first dose, 52 percent second dose has been administered to citizens.

To increase the further vaccination drive in the city, block level and lane level vaccination has being taken up.

In this regards, whoever has not taken vaccine will be identified and will be vaccinated through special lasika mela throughout the city tomorrow, and it is requested that citizens take complete benefit of this arrangement.

All eligible citizens in the city should take the benefit of this drive and slum dwellers, street vendors, various industrial workers, construction sites, market places, bus stations, railway stations and other places vaccine centers should be set up and citizens should be vaccinated.

Not just this, even traders association,Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) should be involved and collaborative work should be carried out to vaccinate everyone in the city.

In the city’s Primary Health Centers,vaccination centers, mobile vaccine centers,block and lane level vaccination has been given to all citizens and they are requested to utilise these facilities.