Pramesh Jain

A 20-year-old youth was killed and 13-year-old girl riding pillion injured when the bike they were riding collided head on with a truck in Byadarahalli on Friday night.

The deceased has been identified as Mayur, resident of Srigandhakaval was on a joy ride on newly purchased bike by his friend.

According to the police Mayur friend had purchased the brand new sports bike and Mayur had borrowed the bike for a ride.

He along with a girl from neighbourhood went on a joy ride and while reaching the new link service road he lost control over the bike and collided with the truck and sustained severe head injuries.

Passers-by rushed both the injured to hospital where he succumbed later.

The girl sustained multiple injuries and being treated at a private hospital .

Mayur was pursuing BCOM at a private college and son of Suryodaya,an actor acted in kannada and Tulu movies.

Mayur, the son of Kannada filmmaker Suryoday Perampalli died after his motorcycle collided with a water tanker in Bengaluru. He was 20.

The Byadarahalli police told media persons, Mayur was reportedly speeding and could have failed to properly gauge the water tanker ahead of him.

As he was riding a 300cc motor bike so due to over-speeding,he collided with this tanker from behind and due to the impact succumbed on his way to the hospital,”the police added.

 Perampalli has produced and directed superhit Tulu film, ‘Deyi Baidethi – Gejjegiri Nandanodu’, an adaptation on the life of Deyi Baidethi, the mother of Koti and Chennayya who were the twin warriors of Tulunadu (present day Mangaluru and Udupi districts).

They fought valiantly on the battleground and died nearly 500 years ago.The movie has won three state awards.

Encouraged by the success of this movie, Perampalli also directed the Kannada movie,Salt, a comedy-crime thriller in February 2021.

In the last one month,this is the third road accident involving the Kannada film industry.

Earlier, it was Sanchari Vijay who died on the spot while just two days ago,noted Kannada actor and BJP leader Jaggesh’s son Yathiraj met with an accident but escaped with minor injuries.This was followed by 20-year-old Mayur who died in a bike accident.

The Byadarahalli police have taken up a case and are investigating.

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The Southeast Division police of Hulimavu police  on Friday arrested 42 year old nigerian national and recovered 25 grams of MDMA and nine esctasy tablets from him.

The accused has been identified as,Udemba Issac resident of Nagawara.

Senior officer told reporters,Our Hulimavu police sub-inspector,Veerana P Gullapnavar received a tip off that a Nigerian National is waiting near a dental college in Doddakamanahalli area and is in possession of synthetic Drugs.

Acting on tip-off PSI and crime staff immediately swung into action and rushed to the spot and after keeping a close watch the team raided the place and caught the Nigerian National red handed while he was waiting near a dental college in Doddakammanahalli to deliver the consignment to his customers.

During interrogation the accused confessed the crime and it has revealed that the accused had come to india in 2015 and arrested by Kothanur police for peddling drugs in 2017.

He came out of bail and over stayed in city since then again continued with his drug business.

The accused also told the police that he was sourcing the drugs from his contact identified as Ameen.

The Hulimavu police booked Udenba under NDPS and Foreigners act and efforts are on to track down Ameen.

Meanwhile yesterday, Mico-layout police inspector,RS Choudhary and his crime staff has arrested two drug peddlers identified as,Jilal Khan and  Nishanth Hariram and Recovered,12kg Marijuana,69 LSD Strips,22 grams of MDMA powder,and 22 Ecstasy tablets Seized from them.

Kamal Pant,Commissioner of Bengaluru city, tweeted by saying,Based on an informant’s tip,the @hulimavups team arrested a foreign national for drug trafficking.The accused used to sell drugs near Maruti Dental College.MDMA & Ecstacy tabs have been seized.Further investigation is underway,A reward of Rs.20K has been announced to the team.That’s some exceptional work, team. Keep it up he congratulated the team.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP,Southeast,Srinath Mahadev Joshi,ACP, Electronic city Sub-Division,Pawan N,PI,Mahesh Kanakagiri,PSI, Veerana P Gullapnavar,and crime staff as,Rajashekar and Ashok who has successfully nabbed the Nigerian drug peddler and recovered Synthetic Drugs from him and for the commendable job done by them a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

BENGALURU: KPCC President DK Shivakumar on Thursday raised the Chamarajanagar hospital tragedy to pin down the government. He alleged that the those who had died due to oxygen shortage had been “murdered” by the system, but no one was officially held responsible for the tragedy. 

He alleged that everyone, right from the minister to officers, had information about oxygen shortage, yet measures were not taken to rectify the situation. He said he had visited the families, and one of the victims was the mother of a national level shooter. “He was traumatised after he saw his mother passing away before his eyes. They tried to shift the bodies from there to cover up,” he alleged.

Among the dead, 80%  were less than 40 years old, and one of the victims was a mere 3-month-old infant, while another was married for just three months. “I will take up these issues in the assembly,” he said.

Shivakumar alleged that there was also a mix-up and one of the victim’s bodies was handed over to the wrong family. “The victim’s families were also denied death certificates, which is why they are not getting compensation. The government has ‘murdered’ people and is now trying to certify some of them as natural deaths,” he said. Shivakumar distributed Rs 1 lakh to each family on behalf of the party. 

BENGALURU: While neighbouring Maharashtra has decided to continue with its curbs, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa is expected to announce further relaxations and may even lift the weekend curfew in the state from July 5.

While a meeting in this regard will be held on Friday evening, experts from the Technical Advisory Committee were unaware of the development. They have expressed concerns over the hurry in opening up all economic activities or lifting curfews at a time when neighbouring states, including Kerala, are witnessing a surge.

“A meeting will be held with the CM on Friday evening to decide on the issue,” said Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan who also heads the State’s Covid 19 Task Force. However, experts feel that the state should perhaps wait for the next two weeks before announcing more relaxations. 

“It would be better to watch for two weeks before we announce total relaxations. At least night curfew should continue in the state. If you look at the first and second waves, we have seen a surge in cases in Karnataka four weeks after it happened in Kerala and Maharashtra. Now, with many people coming into the state, we may have an increase in cases here too.

Gatherings should definitely not be given permission at any cost,” said Dr C N Manjunath, Director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research and member of the TAC. According to medical experts, though the state cannot stall commercial activities for a longer time, it may make sense for the government to probably do away with the weekend lockdown.

“We should ideally open up economic activities in a very controlled manner and not encourage social and entertainment activities. We can continue with the night curfew or extend it by an hour’s time,” felt Dr Vishal Rao, Dean, Centre for Academic Research, HCG Cancer Centre and expert committee member of the Covid-19 task force.

Interestingly, the number of new daily cases is still in the 2,500-3,500 range. Dr Manjunath pointed out that in the first wave, the state saw the number come down to three digits and felt this should be the ideal scenario in the second wave too. “People cannot afford to let their guard down. Life vs livelihood has to be remembered. They have to come out, I agree. But, every single citizen has to be responsible and follow Covid-19 norms. Or else, there will be multiple lockdowns and multiple waves,” Dr Manjunath warned.

KARNATAKA: The Karnataka government announced that passengers from Kerala carrying a vaccine certificate of at least one dose will be exempted from producing negative RT-PCR reports, as the state has taken special surveillance measures for people coming from Kerala.

However, an exemption has been provided to the people who have received both the doses of COVID-19 vaccine, or are constitutional functionaries, health workers and children below two years of age. In case of dire emergency situation like death in the family and medical requirements, the passengers shall be allowed even without these requirements after collecting their swabs along with details of identity. 

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The South Division police of Kumaraswamy Layout busted an interstate drug racket and arrested three persons and recovered 70 kgs of Marijuana and 1 kg of hashish oil worth Rs 21 lakh from them.

The accused has been identified as,Kaala Shiva Jamil ,25, Kollu Govinda, 25 and Hari Prasad from East Godhavari and Chittor district of Andhra Pradesh.

The trio were caught red handed while they were waiting for their customers at Jaraganahalli bus stop on Kanakpura road to deliver the goods.

Senior officer told media persons,Our Kumaraswamy layout police inspector,P  Shivakumar, received a credible information that three persons are in Jaraganahalli play ground with huge quantity of drugs substances with them and are waiting to deliver to their clients.

After receiving the information Inspector informed the senior officers as ACP,DCP regarding the information, Senior officer asked to raid the place and nab the peddlers by taking additional force with them and handle carefully.

Based on the information,ACP,TM Shivakumar,along with inspector and crime staff rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area by rounding up the ground from all the corners.

The ACP and his team swung into action and after keeping a close watch the team entered the ground and secured three persons and after searching their belongings the team found Marijauna and Hashish oil in their possession the team secured them red handed.

After securing them the team questioned them and during interrogation the accused confessed the crime and the trio said they source the drugs from Andhra Pradesh and deliver it to their contacts in the South and Eastern part of the city in bulk.

The accused said that they would smuggle the narcotics in buses since lock down,as getting the narcotics in the car is risky at the border check posts so they smuggled the drugs in plastic gunny bags.

He even said that they obtained the information about the Andhra Pradesh peddlers a few days ago while carrying out surveillance and a special drive against the drug addicts in their jurisdiction.

Based on the information, the police kept a tab and waited at the bus stop in disguise and caught the trio red handed after they got down from the bus and waited for their clients to deliver the narcotics packets.

The team has recovered totally 75 kgs of Marijuana and 1kg of Hashish oil Worth of Rs.21 lakh from them and a case under NDPS Act has been registered against the accused and further investigation is on to nab other drug peddlers he added.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP South,Harish Pandey,ACP,Subramanyanagar Sub-Division,TM Shivakumar,PI,P Shivakumar,PSIs,as,Nagesh HM,and Sathyamurthy and crime staff as,Ravikumar, Kempegowda,Bhukanth,Eshwarappa,Ananth Reddy,Anekanth Bilagi,Mahantesh K,Girish,Umesh and Shivaram has been appreciated for nabbing the trio inter-state drug peddler and seizing huge quantity of drugs from them a suitable reward will be given to the team for the exemplary work done by them he added.

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court directed the State Government not to precipitate the matter for two weeks pursuant to the notifications issued with regard to online registration of undergraduates who have completed MBBS during 2021 for compulsory rural service. However, this interim order is confined to 184 MBBS candidates who have approached the court and the government is at liberty to proceed with implementation of notifications issued over online registration with regard to other candidates, except petitioners, the court added. Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum passed the interim order after hearing the petition filed by Dr N Prarthana and 183 others.

The petitioners have challenged the notification issued by the state government on June 8 and a corrigendum dated June 17, asking the undergraduates who have completed their MBBS on government seats during the year 2021 to register online for rural posting. The petitioners have further contended that the notifications issued by the State Government is discriminatory in nature, as it excludes other undergraduates of the same batch and previous batches. The notification is contrary to Karnataka Compulsory Service by Candidates Completed Medical Courses Act, the petitioners further alleged.

BENGALURU: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa called on Governor Vajubhai Vala impromptu on Wednesday evening, raising eyebrows in political circles. While Raj Bhavan said it was a courtesy call and the CM claimed he was visiting Vala to check on his health after the eye surgery, it came at a time when BJP leaders continue to meet party central leaders and when speculation is rife that a cabinet reshuffle is on the cards.

After the meeting with the Governor, Yediyurappa expressed confidence that he will continue in his post for the next two years. “I have the responsibility to ensure good work for the State for the next two years. I am entrusted with the challenge of bringing the party back to power with 130 seats after two years. I give this assurance to the people and cadres of BJP,” he said. “The governor gave me a patient hearing on various issues. We didn’t discuss politics but about the State’s welfare and Covid management. He has appreciated our government’s work and has given suggestions,” he added.

In Mysuru, BJP state vice-president and Yediyurappa’s son Vijayendra claimed that the leadership change is a “closed chapter”. He said, “BJP state in-charge Arun Singh has clearly said Yediyurappa has given good administration and will complete his full term as chief minister. There is no need to discuss it again and again.”

BJP insiders have maintained that Vala is the BJP central leadership’s point person for communicating with the State government remotely.  Wednesday’s meeting too is being viewed as Yediyurappa receiving a feedback from the governor and conveying his stand over recent developments in the party to the central leadership through Vala. Sources close to the CM  said that the cabinet reshuffle is being considered later in July or August when Yediyurappa completes two years in office.

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The South Division police of Girinagar police have booked a gym trainer for cheating a 26-year-old techie offering him to help get a six pack .

The victim,Koushik K,stated in his complaint that he got enrolled in the empower fitness centre and paid the fee of Rs 3,000 for three months.

The accused offered to help him get the desired results within three months and took Rs 1.4 lakh.

Since the accused Mohan Kumar was not a certified trainer and due to an unscientific exercise routine,Kaushik developed health complications and was under medical treatment for one week .

Later Mohan Kumar forced him to get a personal loan of Rs 6 lakh to help him and promised to pay him in instalments.

Initially Kumar paid a few instalments but later refused to pay following which Kaushik started getting calls from the banks to repay the loan.

When Koushik confronted Mohan threatened him with dire consequences and refused to pay a total of Rs 6.2 lakh dues he said in his complaint.

Senior officer told reporters,Based on the complaint the police summoned Mohan Kumar and questioned him.

Mohan claimed that the duo had entered an agreement to run the gym in partnership and Koushik invested money.

As per the agreement the duo was supposed to share the profit but due to covid pandemic the business was under loss.

The police have now asked Mohan to get the agreement papers and released documents for further investigations.

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Making a major breakthrough in the Bengaluru riots Case,the National Investigation Agency has arrested Syed Abbas,a key conspirator who was absconding ever since the riots rocked the city.

As per NIA, Abbas was the key conspirator for the rioting that took place in KG Halli on 11th August 2020.

The accused Syed Abbas,38,resident of   Govindpur,was wanted for his involvement in conspiracy and rioting at KG Halli police station.

NIA Spokesperson said,Abbas has been accused of rioting and part of unruly mob which armed with deadly weapons who had unlawfully and attacked and injured many police officers.

They had also set fire to KG Halli Police Station using Petrol bombs.Government vehicles parked in the vicinity of the police station were damaged and set on fire, the NIA release,said.

The NIA had re-registered the case in September 2020 and taken up the investigation.Earlier NIA had charge sheeted 138 accused persons in the case.

Investigation has revealed that accused Syed Abbas is the president of SDPI Nagawara,Ward.

He along with his co-conspirators including other charge sheeted accused persons are office bearers of SDPI (Nagawara ward)and were actively involved in burning vehicles and attacking police officers on duty at KG Halli Police Station.

Accused Syed Abbas was produced before NIA Special Court, Bengaluru and taken on 06 days custody by NIA.Further investigation are on.

On August 11th 2020,Bengaluru witnessed rioting at KG Halli Police Station by an unruly mob armed with deadly weapons who had unlawfully gathered outside the station.The violence had broken out over a derogatory social media post against Islam by Navin Kumar,nephew of Pulikeshinagar MLA Akhanda Sreenivasa Murthy.

The mob had attacked and injured many police officers.They had also set fire to KG Halli Police Station using petrol bombs.Government vehicles parked in the vicinity of the police station were damaged and set on fire.

The case was originally registered at KG Halli Police Station in Bengaluru. NIA had re-registered the case and taken up the investigation. Five months after taking over the investigation, the NIA had chargesheeted 138 accused persons in the case.