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The Assistant General Manager of a Private school has filed a complaint against two RTI activists accusing them of extorting money from the management after threatening to stage a protest against fees.

In his complaint Pradeep Kumar said that both the accused has formed Educational rights trust and also Narayana E school parents welfare trust.

The accused in March staged a protest against fee payment at school and even allegedly intimidated the management and staff not to accept fees from the parents.

The accused even demanded and paid Rs.40,000 in two instalments in march this year after they threatened to stage the protest again.

However the accused even after receiving the money demanded more money from the principal Ms.Roopa threatening to organise one more protest if the money is not paid.

Unable to bear harassment,the management filed a complaint seeking legal action for instigating the parents to protest and extort the management .

Based on the complaint filed by B Pradeep Kumar,of Narayana e-techno school,situated in Kempegowda Layout, the Mahalakshmipuram police on Wednesday filed a case of extortion and criminal intimidation against Yogananda and Suresh Kumar and Further investigation is on.

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In yet another brazen attack,a habitual offender was hacked to death barely a few yards from Banaswadi police station in broad daylight on Wednesday afternoon. 

Two assailants in a car intercepted the victim, Harish(24),who was on a bike,stabbed him with a knife and smashed his head with a stone before driving away. 

The incident took place around 1.30pm.The victim had just exited the station,when he was attacked.

Senior officers as,Addl CP East,S Murugan,DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa with dog squad and finger print experts rushed to spot to collect evidence.

Senior officers after inspecting the spot and collecting information about the incident from the Banaswadi Inspector and staff said,Harish, a resident of Basaveshwaranagar,had four criminal cases pending against him in Banaswadi police station.

He was living in Banaswadi until 2018,and then moved to Basaveshwaranagar.Between 2017 and 2018,he was involved in criminal cases and anti-social activities.

He was called to the station on Wednesday afternoon for a routine parade,and booked under Section 110,(Security for good behaviour from habitual offender)of CrPC.

After completing the formalities,Harish left the station to get a passport size photograph which he had to submit,said a police officer

Banaswadi Police immediately rushed to the spot and conducted spot mahazar.Inquiries revealed that old rivalry is the motive behind the murder.

We have some clues and were tracking down the accused and they will be arrested soon special teams has been formed to nab the assailants he added.

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A 27-year-old newly married woman Constable ended her life at her house in the outskirts of the city after a fight with her husband over a trivial row on Tuesday.

The deceased Nethra was attached to Kamakshipalya traffic police station while her husband Manjunath also traffic police constable with Peenya police . 

The duo was native of Tumakuru It was a love cum arranged marriage that happened one month ago and the couple moved into the house in Chikkagollarahalli in Madanayakanahalli police station limits after marriage .

Senior officer said,Probe revealed that  Manjunath had gone out with friends after work to have a liquor party.He partied late in the night and did not return home,following which Nethra called him to come home.

Manjunath who was in an inebriated state had a heated argument with her asking her to mind her business and let him be with the friends.

Humiliated by this,Nethra ended her life.The incident came to light when Manjunath returned home.

The Madanayakanahalli police have taken up a case of unnatural death and are awaiting to question Manjunath for further investigation he added.

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The Madanayakanahalli police booked a 51-year-old notorious rowdy of Kadabagere in the outskirts of the city,under goonda Act .

He was arrested and remanded to the central prison of Parappana Agrahara .

Senior officer told reporters,the accused K Ramesh , alias Poison Rama resident of Kadabagere is brother of slain rowdy Kadabagere Seena in 2012  who was killed in an encounter.

After the death of his brother Rama gained notoriety and continued to be involved in criminal activities unabated. 

He was nicknamed by goons as Poison Rama for his notoriety and lethal activities as dangerous as poison.

He has over 28 criminal cases pending against him and was recently booked for extorting  money from an internet service provider.

The accused also threatened witnesses and created nuisance and fear psychosis among the members of the general public.

Keeping this in mind,BS Manjunath inspector of  Madanayakanahalli police filed a report accorded by his senior and arrested him under Goonda Act and remanded him to Central Prison of Parappana Agrahara he added.

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A 47-year-old man suspected in a chain snatching case allegedly ended life by consuming cyanide in Hosakote in the outskirts of Bengaluru when a team of policemen from KR Puram went to secure his arrest on tuesday. 

The deceased has been identified as,Shankar,native of Chittor district in Andhra Pradesh.

Senior officer said,the deceased noticed police surrounded him when he was offering prayer in a temple and gulped the pill,while  his associate has been caught and is being interrogated. 

The deceased has been identified as Shankar,a native of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.He along with his associate are said to be involved in four chain snatching cases registered at KR Puram police station recently. 

The police were on lookout for them.Based on technical inputs as their location was tracked to Hosakote. 

Shankar and his associate Chandrashekar were spotted near a temple in Pillagumpe near Hosakote on tuesday around 4 pm.

The team went to catch the duo,Shankar noticed the police team heading towards them and took the pill,a police officer said . 

Sensing something wrong,the police team rushed him to hospital,but Shankar was declared dead. 

Shankar and Chandru used to come to the city on motorcycle and commit a series of chain snatchings targeting women moving alone and riding back to their native. 

During investigation Chandru told police that Shankar and he were offering prayer from outside the temple so that they don’t get into any trouble.

Preliminary investigation police have learned that the duo have snatched around eight chains.Five of them are in city jurisdiction while three chains are snatched from rural Bengaluru. 

Shankar was earlier arrested by South division police.He had committed chain snatching in Jayanagar,Banashankari,CK Achukattu,Girinagar and other areas.

He was involved in the crime since the year  2008,every time he came out on bail he continued the crime.

A case of unnatural death has been registered at Hosakote police station and further investigation is on to find out how Shankar got cyanide.

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Enforcement Directorate officials on Wednesday provisionally attached assets worth Rs.4.98 crore in connection with its probe into the Syndicate Bank fraud case.

The fraud dates back to November 2019 when the police arrested a bank employee Vijay Akash and two of his relatives for allegedly diverting Rs. 50 crore belonging to Karnataka State Agricultural Marketing Board (KSAMB),which was transferred to the bank as a fixed deposit. 

The central agency said it took up the probe based on an FIR filed by the Commercial Street police against Vijay Akash,Mohamed Musthafa, M D Jairam (the then Assistant Branch Manager of Syndicate Bank,Uttarahalli Branch Bengaluru)  and others.

The investigation revealed that Vijay Akkash,the alleged mastermind of the whole conspiracy along with other accused opened a fake current account in the Syndicate Bank in the name of Karnataka State Agricultural Marketing Board (KSAMB).

It was operated by Mohamed Musthafa,who was impersonating the account officer of KSAMB, based on fabricated documents such as board resolution,ID card and the KSAMB letterhead.

The accused using fraudulent means succeeded in transferring Rs.50 crores to the fake current account, said the ED in a release.

After the money was transferred to the account, Musthafa with the help of M D Jairam and others subsequently transferred Rs.47,16,62,500 into various bank accounts belonging entities, persons etc,who acted as accomplices to the conspiracy.

“The bank accounts of each of those entities/persons were used to withdraw money in the form of cash and to buy jewellery and land by the accused and their accomplices.

Accordingly,identified assets in the form of the balances in the bank accounts used for money laundering,Jewellery and land to the tune of Rs. 4.98 crores in the form of movable and immovable properties have been provisionally attached under the Prevention of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Further investigation in the case is under progress,said the ED.

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RPF Women Squad,Chennamma team arrested Youth around 65 Smuggled Liquor bottles worth Rs.1.1 lakhs seized

Alert RPF,Women squad (Chenamma team),on Monday caught a man carrying four bags full of liquor bottles in Bhubaneswar Prashanti express worth over RS.1.1 lakh .

The liquor was concealed in the bag found lying in dubious condition in D1 general coach of the train.

upon Inquiry one passenger came forward to claim the baggage but he did not have any receipts or documents to corroborate his claim, a police officer said adding that suspecting that it was part of illegal transportation..

Total valued of seized whisky bottles is Rs. 1,10,930 /- approximately.The above said person and seized liquor bottles are handed over to concerned Excise authorities for further legal action as per procedure.

The liquor was seized and both the passenger and the consignment was handed over to excise department for further action.

Senior RPF officer said,However he did not have receipts/documents to support his claim,and it was evident that it was being transported illegally.Hence,the contraband was seized which is being exported from Bengaluru to Andhra Pradesh and further investigation is on.

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RPF Bengaluru Division rescued 20 trafficked children (17 boys & 03 girls) and arrested the traffickers in the past seven days under Operation Nanhe Fariste.

Alert RPF officials on tuesday rescued two minor boys from Bihar at cantonment railway station  and arrested a 22 year old tout who was part of the suspected human trafficking.

Miss.P Anusha,PSI,part of the operation Nanhe Farishte,child rescue team from RPF,noticed the two boys aged 15 years landed at the station from Guwahati Bangalore express and hurrying out.

Ms.Anusha stopped and inquired the trio to find that they are being brought to the city by Pankaj Kumar Choudhari,working for D.Shivraj,a labour contractor from Mysore owning Shiva enterprises.

Pankaj told the officials that he is working for Shivaraj for the last six months and getting a salary of Rs 13,000 per month.

His job is to get the children from his state to work for Shivraj,who would then supply to the people and the firms depending on the demand.

The accused Pankaj along with the two boys have been handed over to the railway police for further investigations said a senior officer.

Based on the complaint,the railway police registered a case against Pankaj Kumar charging him under section 370 ( human trafficking) of IPC.

Ashok Verma,DRM,South Western Railway said by tweeting,During the last few months many live kidnapping,child trafficking and Juvenile bonded laboure cases were reported in Bengaluru Division that were detected by Anti Human trafficking Team of Operation Nanhe Faristeh .⁦@RailMinIndia⁩.

In this regard,a new women sub-inspector  Miss.P.Anusha,SI/BYPL was appointed as feild in charge of “Operation of Nanhefariste” on 19.07.2021.

The team has performed exceedingly well under the feild supervision of Miss.P.Anusha,SI/BYPL and rescued 20 trafficked children along with arrest of traffickers in the past seven days of which 17 are boys & 03 girls.@AshwiniVaishnaw.

Children were being trafficked from various states from Bihar,Assam,West Bengal & Rajasthan.

The team has also arrested human traffickers and cracked two live kidnapping cases in the past 7 days he said in his tweets.

The team has performed exceedingly well under the field supervision of Miss P.Anusha.Children were being trafficked from various states i.e. from Bihar, Assam,West Bengal & Rajasthan.The team has also arrested human traffickers. It is understood that the children were being trafficked for forced labour.Further investigation is under progress.

Finally Senior Divisional Security Commissioner,Debashmita Chattopadhyay Banerjee has appreciated,RPF,PSI,Ms.Anusha and her whole team who has done a exemplary work in rescuing the trafficked children from forced labour a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

SHIGGAON: As you step outside the palatial bungalow of the new Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai on Savanur-Shiggon main road in Shiggaon, dusty and poorly managed roads tell the sorry tale of the constituency. The people are happy that their favourite leader has been chosen as the Chief Minister of the state, but they list out their demands.

This is the third time Basavaraj Bommai is representing the Shiggaon-Savanur constituency of Haveri district. The town is badly in need of good roads, illumination and a health care system that can cater to hundreds of villages around. For every major health need the patients need to come to KIMS hospital in Hubballi. Besides the health infrastructure, the connectivity and transport services to 417 villages in Shiggaon and Savanur needs a boost.

But people also remember the contributions of Bommai who helped them solve their drinking water issues. For several years Savanur and Shiggaon had major problems with drinking especially during summer months. Thanks to the efforts of Bommai, two large water bodies in these towns were filled with water from the Varada river. For the last three years, the summers have not been so difficult for the people here. This has also helped large numbers of farmers who live along these canals.

Puttangouda Patil, resident of Shiggaon said that in 2013 itself Bommai ensured completion of the drinking water canal between Naganur and Gangibhavi. There are 3.5 lakh people in these two towns and villages who badly require medical facilities and good roads for commuting. Good roads will also help them take their agricultural produce to the markets in Haveri, Byadgi and Rangebennur,” he said.

“Now that Bommai has promised that he will make Shiggaon as a model constituency, we are hoping to see some development. There has been a long-pending demand from the people that Shinggaon should have a medical college,” said Shivappa Chikkannavar, a businessman from Shiggaon