Parmesh S Jain

The Gangammanagudi police on Sunday registered a case against the accused of a pocso case for stalking,threatening and uploading fabricated video of the victims on social media to defame her .

The accused identified as Vinod, 25, was arrested for sexual assaulting a minor girl in 2017 whom he claimed to have relationship.

The accused came out on bail last year and started to harass the victim and the woman who is member of Child welfare committee and helped the victim in the case.

Senior officer told media persons the complainant said that the the accused stalked the victim to her school and spread rumours about her with other children and even uploaded the fabricated videos of victims and him on social media.

The accused had even called the woman who supported the victim and threatened her with dire consequences and even written bad comments about the victims on the walls opposite to the complainant house.

The Gangammanagudi police have charged the accused under stalking woman,intimidating to outrage the modesty of woman,criminal intimidation,threaten to damage the reputation and defamation against him and further investigation is on.

Parmesh S Jain

A 30-year-old electrician was killed due to electric shock while working inside the sump of ETA gardens apartment on Magadi road on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as,Mohan Kumar,was employee of Target Manpower solutions,which had taken the contract for all the utilities of the apartment.

Senior officers visited the apartment with PI,KP Agrahara, Sadananda and his team rushed to spot and cordoned off the area.

After inspecting the area and collecting information of the incident a senior officer said,One person Mohan Kumar – 30 was electrocuted when he was working in a water sump at ETA apartment Under KP Agrahara police station limits.

He was employed by target manpower solutions who had the contract for all utilities work in ETA.Incident took place at about 12 pm.

He was taken to private hospital where he was declared brought dead later shifted to Victoria for post mortem.

Accused are 1) srinivas – Owner Target manpower solution private limited.&manager 2)babureddy. Superviser 3)najeeb.& ETA president 4) smt.Namratha.

The incident occurred in the afternoon when Mohan along with his colleagues went to check the leakage at the sump,he got into the sump to check and asked for the light since it was dark.

The light was connected from outside and the connection was sent down.While he was checking the leakage he touched the live wire and electrocuted.

When there was no response his colleagues peeped into saw him lying inside the sump.

He was pulled up and rushed to a private hospital where the doctors declared him as brought dead.

Based on the complaint filed by the family of Mohan,the KP Agarahara police charged the owner of the firm Srinivasa,Manager,Babu Reddy and supervisor,Najeeb along with Namratha, president of the apartment charging them under death due to negligence and are investigating said a senior officer.

Parmesh S Jain

A 30-year-old electrician was killed due to electric shock while working inside the sump of ETA gardens apartment on Magadi road on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as,Mohan Kumar,was employee of Target Manpower solutions,which had taken the contract for all the utilities of the apartment.

Senior officers visited the apartment with PI,KP Agrahara, Sadananda and his team rushed to spot and cordoned off the area.

After inspecting the area and collecting information of the incident a senior officer said,One person Mohan Kumar – 30 was electrocuted when he was working in a water sump at ETA apartment Under KP Agrahara police station limits.

He was employed by target manpower solutions who had the contract for all utilities work in ETA.Incident took place at about 12 pm.

He was taken to private hospital where he was declared brought dead later shifted to Victoria for post mortem.

Accused are 1) srinivas – Owner Target manpower solution private limited.&manager 2)babureddy. Superviser 3)najeeb.& ETA president 4) smt.Namratha.

The incident occurred in the afternoon when Mohan along with his colleagues went to check the leakage at the sump,he got into the sump to check and asked for the light since it was dark.

The light was connected from outside and the connection was sent down.While he was checking the leakage he touched the live wire and electrocuted.

When there was no response his colleagues peeped into saw him lying inside the sump.

He was pulled up and rushed to a private hospital where the doctors declared him as brought dead.

Based on the complaint filed by the family of Mohan,the KP Agarahara police charged the owner of the firm Srinivasa,Manager,Babu Reddy and supervisor,Najeeb along with Namratha, president of the apartment charging them under death due to negligence and are investigating said a senior officer.

Parmesh S Jain

BBMP issued Executing Distress Warrants on foreclosure of three properties against pending property taxes in Yelahanka zone

A team of Officers from the Revenue Department, led by the Joint Commissioner of Yelahanka Zone have executed distress warrants against Manyata Tech Park, Royal Grand Kalyana Mantapa,and Reva University (within Byatarayanapura Assembly Constituency) for failing to pay their property tax dues.

These property owners of ward number 05 (Jakkur) and 06 (Thanisandra) within Byatarayanapura sub-division had property tax dues.

As per 148 (4) of BBMP Act 2020, the below-mentioned places were visited by officers on 1st February 2022 for the collection of pending property taxes.

Manyata Tech Park :

Total Station Survey was carried out in the year 2018-19 for the 9 different blocks within Manyata Tech Park at Nagavara Ring Road in Thanisandra Ward.

It was observed that the measurement of the surveyed buildings was falsely (less than the actual) declared during property tax payments.

Accordingly,a notice with a total amount of Rs. 1,01,38,87,611,including a penalty not less than twice the tax evaded,was issued to the property owner.

But they had paid only a sum of Rs. 28,67,97,434 with the remaining Rs. 72,70,90,177 as dues.

Even though a demand notice was issued to pay the pending amount, the owner failed to pay the amount. Leading to the execution of the distress warrant.

Royal Grand Kalyana Mantapa :

The Royal Grand Kalyana Mantapa, owned by Shri N Anandamoorthy, the property owner of 320/72/1 on Nagavara Thanisandra Main Road in Thanisandra Ward, had a total property tax dues of Rs. 70,68,930 with taxes pending since 2012-13.

When a demand notice was issued on tax payment, the owner had given a cheque of Rs. 9 lakh which failed the clearance due to lack of funds in the owner’s account. Hence, the warrant of foreclosure was executed.

Reva University:

The Total Station Survey was carried out in the year 2018-19 for all buildings of Reva University, owned by Rukmini Educational Charitable Trust in khatha number 101 in Kattigenahalli village of Jakkur ward.

It was observed that the measurements of buildings were falsely (less than the actual) mentioned during the declaration of property tax payments.

Accordingly, the calculated tax due is Rs. 16,95,64,078. The distress warrant was executed for non-payment of tax dues even after issuing demand notice.

Among the three assets of the Yelahanka Zone, tax due from Manyata Tech Parks is Rs. 72,70,90,177,that of Royal Grand Kalyana Mantapa is Rs.70,68,930,and Reva University has dues of Rs.16,95,64,078.

Even after several demand notices were issued, they have failed to pay the taxes. So, today, Smt. Poornima KAS, Joint Commissioner of Yelahanka zone executed the distress warrant to all three properties.

Parmesh S Jain

The Custom officials on Monday busted international drug racket and seized a parcel from Germany containing 2.59 kg of MDMA drugs estimated to be worth Rs 1.80 crore ordered through dark web,which was landed at the Foreign Post Office (FPO) in Bengaluru.

A Nigerian national who came to collect the drug parcel was caught.

Customs officials said in a release, the parcel carrying large quantities of drugs in the form of pills in different colours of pink,blue and yellow reached the FPO in Chamarajpet in Bengaluru on Saturday after being shipped from an unknown address in Germany.

The Customs team on duty at the post office sent the parcel through a scanning machine to spot something amiss about its base area.

They opened the parcel to unearthed coloured pills pasted to the bottom of the box in an attempt to avoid detection by authorities.

A lab test was conducted to ascertain the multi-coloured pills weighing 2.59 kg as Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), a psychoactive recreational drug which is a banned substance that is notoriously known as Ecstasy pills in drug circles.

The Customs team then began a probe into the receiver of the drug parcel and reached out to a man in the city in the guise of delivering it. However,getting whiff of investigators on the drug trial,the suspect who is a resident of Bengaluru,attempted to flee but was nabbed in a dramatic chase on the highway by the Customs team.

Following an operation lasting 48 hours,he was placed under arrest under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and produced before a magistrate on Monday and remanded to judicial custody and lodged in the central prison at Parapanna Agrahara.

Preliminary probe revealed that the suspect,a Nigerian,had ordered the pills worth Rs 1.80 crore in the international market through the darkweb and smuggled it through the city’s FPO parcel system possibly for further distribution in Bengaluru.The Customs team probing further his network.

Mysuru: Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Wednesday directed the police to stop the trafficking of cows and their illegal sale.

The minister also instructed the police to step up vigilance at the check posts bordering Kerala to prevent the trafficking of cows.

During a review meeting with the police officials here, Jnanendra said he has received complaints that the trafficking and illegal trade of cattle is rampant in certain places of Mysuru, said a statement issued by his office.

“I have information about the illegal transportation of cows and their trade, which has to be stopped immediately. Also, the check-posts bordering Kerala have to be strengthened,” the minister was quoted as saying in the statement.

He also told them to check gambling, bootlegging, online gaming and cricket betting in the district.

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Wednesday registered a jump in daily infections, as the state reported 20,505 new cases of COVID-19 and 81 fatalities, taking the tally to 38,44,338 and death toll to 39,137.

The state on Tuesday had reported 14,366 fresh infections.

There were 40,903 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries to 36,27,925, a health bulletin said.

Of the new cases, 8,850 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 21,493 people being discharged and 13 virus-related deaths.

The total number of active cases across the state is now at 1,77,244.

While the positivity rate for the day stood at 12.55 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 0.39 per cent.

Of the 81 deaths, 13 are from Bengaluru Urban, Dakshina Kannada (10), Mandya and Mysuru (6), Shivamogga and Tumakuru (5), Ballari, Bidar, Kalaburagi and Kolar (4), Udupi and Uttara Kannada (3), followed by others.

After Bengaluru Urban, Mysuru recorded the second highest number of cases with 1,209, Belagavi 1,060, Tumakuru 762, Shivamogga 715, and Dharwad 633.

Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 17,36,425 cases, Mysuru 2,23,956 and Tumakuru 1,55,904.

According to the bulletin, Bengaluru Urban tops the list among discharges with 16,27,340, followed by Mysuru 2,13,313 and Tumakuru 1,47,494.

Cumulatively, a total of 6,21,59,532 samples have been tested, of which 1,63,320 were on Wednesday alone.

New Delhi:: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government alleging that two Indias, one for the rich and one for the poor, have been created and the gap between them was widening.

Speaking first from the Opposition side in the Lok Sabha during the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address, he said the address to a joint sitting of Parliament didn’t touch the central challenges facing the country and was a “list of bureaucratic ideas” instead of a strategic vision.

The presidential address made no mention of unemployment, the Congress leader claimed.

There are two Indias — one for the rich, one for the poor — and the gap between the two was widening, Gandhi alleged and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to start working towards bringing the two Indias, created by this government, together.

He claimed that 40 per cent of India’s wealth has gone to a chosen few.

Today, the earnings of 84 per cent of Indians have dwindled, pushing them towards poverty, Gandhi said.

‘Make in India’ cannot happen as the unorganised sector has been completely destroyed, he alleged.

New Delhi: The Hoysala Temples of Belur, Halebid and Somnathapura in Karnataka have been finalised as India’s nomination for World Heritage List for the year 2022-2023, the Union Culture Ministry said on Monday.

The ‘Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala’ are on UNESCO’s Tentative list since April 15, 2014, and stand testimony to the rich historical and cultural heritage of this country.

On Monday, Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO Vishal V Sharma formally submitted the nomination of Hoysala Temples to UNESCO Director of World Heritage Lazare Eloundou.

Following the submission of the dossier, technical scrutiny will be carried out.

In a tweet, Sharma said, “India is proud to nominate The Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas for UNESCO’s World Heritage List! Art historians recognize the exceptional sculptural artistry of the ensembles to be among the masterpieces of Asian art.”

The site evaluation will happen in September/October this year and the dossier will be taken up for consideration in July/August next year.

G Kishan Reddy, the Union Minister of Culture, Tourism and Development of Northeastern Region, said, “This is a great moment for India to see the Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas temples being submitted for inscription in the World Heritage List.”

“The government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to both ‘vikas’ and ‘virasat’ (heritage).

“Our efforts in protecting our heritage is evident from the work the government has been putting in inscribing both our tangible and intangible heritage and also repatriating the cultural heritage that was stolen or taken away from India,” the Minister added.

All the three Hoysala temples are protected monuments of the Archaeological Survey of India and therefore their conservation and maintenance will be done by its, culture ministry said.

The state government will ensure the conservation of state-protected monuments which are around these three monuments since it would add to the visual integrity of the place, it said.

Former Member of Parliament from Mandya L R Shivarame Gowda

Bengaluru: The JD(S) on Monday expelled former Member of Parliament from Mandya L R Shivarame Gowda for indulging in anti-party activities.

Karnataka JD(S) President H K Kumaraswamy has issued his expulsion order, with immediate effect.

Earlier in the day, JD(S) Legislature Party leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy had instructed the state president to expel Shivarame Gowda for allegedly making derogatory remarks against former Mandya MP from Congress party and senior leader from Vokkaliga community, late G Madegowda.

Speaking to reporters, he had said, permission has been taken from JD(S) national president H D Deve Gowda regarding expelling Shivarame Gowda.

Stating that an audio recording has surfaced, where Shivarame Gowda can be allegedly heard speaking unnecessary things, Kumaraswamy said, “continuing a person, who has spoken lightly about a tall leader from Vokkaliga community like late Madegowda, in our party, will not be right.”

Vokkaligas, a dominant community in the old Mysuru region, to which Deve Gowda family belongs to, is considered as the strong vote base of the JD(S).

Hitting out at Shivarame Gowda, Kumaraswamy further said, “His repeated such wrong conduct and statements have caused embarrassment to the party…..he has also claimed (in the audio) about spending crores of money during parliament elections, not sure whom he gave that money.”