Pramesh Jain

The Economic Offence Wing of the Central Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested a 39-year-old man  running a multi crore crypto currency trading and chain link scheme who has cheated over 2,000 investors in the last one year . 

The accused has been identified as,Ranganath DS,who has launched Digitechmark company online last year and hired agents to market on social media and whatsapp groups to lure investors.

Senior officer,told reporters,we received many complaints from gullible people who stated in their complaint a person by name Ranganath DS who introduced himself as director of company and asked us to invest amount in his company and he would pay them in return with interest as profit.

Based on which many customers believing him and his company invested Crores of rupees in his company.

A special team was formed under the leadership of ACP,BR Venugopal and his team as PI,Mallesh Bolletin and team swung into action and with the technical inputs has secured the director of company who was absconding after getting getting investment.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and it was revealed that the accused claiming to be the director of the company held talks on youtube and zoom meetings offering huge returns for the investment .

He assured people who make investments for Rs 15,000 to get Rs 1 lakh in one year and Rs 25 lakh in five years and returns and share of their investment. 

He said that using their investment,he would trade tron coins through Wazirx (cryptocurrency) claiming that it has the fastest growth in the international market and the investors would fetch good sum of returns .

Depending upon the investment,Ranganath offered huge sum of returns and also additional benefits for the investors if they introduce new investors.

Trusting him thousands of people invested crores of rupees from cities including Bengaluru, Hubli Dharward,Mysuru and Mangaluru.

The accused also issued DTM tokens (his company crypto currency) to the investors as mark of their investment .

A detailed investigation by the team it is found that A 7th drop out from Chikkamagaluru,Ranganath worked as office staff at a finance company for few years to learn the tricks of the trade,before launching his own company and his own crypto currency to cheat people.   

His company is unregistered and he was not paid any taxes or filed IT returns,the CCB officials said.

The accused has been booked under prize chit and money circulation scheme (banning),Act and also under various sections of IT Act along with criminal breach of trust and cheating under IPC.The police have also seized his bank accounts for further investigations.

Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil tweeted,By promising such unrealistic returns on investments, ponzi companies dupe people..CCB arrest one accused who induced thousands of victims assuring these returns.. also commission on getting new members..⁦@CPBlr⁩ ⁦@BlrCityPolice⁩ he tweeted.

Commissioner of Police,Kamal Pant,tweeted,A multi-crore Ponzi scheme with links to #cryptocurrency trading busted!@CCBBangalore has arrested the director of a company accused of cheating more than 2,000 people.The accused operated a website (digitechmark.live) through an unregistered company.

The website promised high returns on investments and collected thousands of crores of rupees.The investors’ money was routed to a bank account from where it was later used to buy and sell #Tron,a cryptocurrency, on an exchange.

A case has been registered in the cyber-crime police station and further investigation is underway he said by tweeting.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-2,BS Angadi,ACP,BR Venugopal, PI, Mallesh S Bolletin and his team for the commendable and exemplary work in nabbing the director of company before he would escape and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Pramesh Jain

In view of linking of a 900 mm pipe near Pillappanna Katte Rajakaluve on June 23 and 24, there will be disruption in water supply on these days in the following areas.

The BWSSB said in a release the area which will be affected with the disruption of water supply on 23,24th June is as follows,Nagapura,West of chord road,Mahalakshmi Puram,Manjunath nagar,Shivanagar, Mahaganapathi nagar,Shankar mata,Thimmaiah road,Basaveshwaranagar,HBCS,Shakthi
ganapathinagar,Kamalanagar, Kamakshipalya, Sharada colony,BEML layout.

Vrushabhavathinagar,Sannakki bayalu,Vyalikaval, Karnataka layout,Kirloskar colony,Meenakshinagar,Sir MV 1 to 9th block, BEL 1 and 2nd stage,Balaji layout,Mallathahalli,
Railway layout 2nd Stage,BTS layout,Anjananagar, KEB road,Byadarahalli,Rajeev Gandhinagar, Agrahara dasarahalli,KHB 2nd stage,Papaiah Garden.

Mahalakshmi layout,Saraswatipura,JC nagar,Geleyara Balaga,Kurubarahalli, Subramanyanagar A,E,D Block,Prakashnagar, Rajajinagar 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th 5th 6th and 1st “N” block.

Jai maruthinagar,Kanteeravanagar,Nandini layout, Nanjundeshwaranagar,Srikanteshwaranagar, Shankaranagar,Krishnanandanagar,KHB colony, Goraguntepalya,Cholurapalya,Gopalapura,Mallige thota,Vidyaranyanagar,N.R.garden,Cheluvappa Garden,Gangappa Garden,Shankarappa Garden, Magadi road right side.

Bhuvaneshwarinagar,Parimalanagar,K.P.Agrahara, Rajaninagar 6th block and surrounding places.

Public are requested to co-operate with the board says BWSSB in a official release.

Parmesh jain

Two labourers who were returning back after completing the cleaning of Storm water drain for a private company on the way while relieving for Nature call they touched a mesh with a high tension wire both died on the spot.

The deceased has been identified as,Mariyappa,22,and Rangappa,both hailing from Raichur.

Senior officer told reporters,Two youth,who worked as labourers,died of electrocution on Nala Road in Kalasipalya on Monday when they came in contact with a high tension wire.

The victims,Mariyappa,(22)and Rangappa (19) who hailed from Raichur, had completed cleaning a storm water drain for a private company at Mallasandra in T Dasarahalli.

Once they were done with the job,they went to Nala Road to meet some friends.On the way,they stopped to relieve themselves and actually touched a mesh that had come in contact with a high tension wire and died on the spot,said a police officer.

Mariyappa and Rangappa died on the spot.The kalasipalya police have registered a case of death due to negligence against Bescom officials and are probing to ascertain how this happened and further investigation is on he added.

MYSURU: An alarming trend of more children testing positive for Covid-19 over the last 10 days in Mysuru district has come as a shocker to parents who are already reeling under the fear of a possible third wave that is likely to hit children.

A senior health official said that most of the children were asymptomatic and were in home isolation. The official said hospitalisation among this age group was less compared to adults.  The official also pointed out that over 4,500 children between the age group of 0 and 10 were infected with Covid-19 in the district since March last year. “While 1,521 kids were infected in the first wave, over 3,000 children have been infected from April 2021 till date,” the official said.

Meanwhile, the Mysuru district administration is making efforts to improve paediatric facilities anticipating the third wave. DC Dr Bagadi Gautham said that the primary focus now was on containing the current situation and the administration will also be focussing on paediatric management.   

BENGALURU: Mysuru has reported the first case of Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 in Karnataka, and the infected person is asymptomatic and none of his contacts have contracted the virus, Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Wednesday.

“In Mysuru, one patient is infected with Delta Plus variant, whom we have isolated but he is asymptomatic and none of his primary and secondary contacts have it. That is a good sign,” Sudhakar told reporters.

The minister said the state government is carefully monitoring the emergence of new variants and it has decided to set up six genome labs in the state.

“Wherever we have suspicion, we are doing genomic sequencing. We are doing random checks of five per cent of the total samples checked,” Sudhakar said.

According to Sudhakar, Karnataka is conducting about 1.5 lakh to two lakh COVID-19 tests daily.

He said the government is sending vaccines to all the districts wherever there is suspicion of Delta Plus sequencing.

On the preparedness to deal with the third COVID wave, which is believed to affect children, Sudhakar said preparations are afoot to set up paediatric wards with ICU, and appoint doctors and nurses within 45 days in all the districts.

MYSURU: MLC AH Vishwanath’s supporters are planning to hold statewide protests demanding a cabinet berth for him, putting the ruling party in a spot. This comes at a time when the MLC is at the receiving end after his open criticism about Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’s style of functioning.

Criticising the manner in which he was countered for speaking up, his supporters said, “People like Renukacharya and S R Vishwanath should remember that each minister and board chairperson came to power due to the sacrifice of Vishwanath. There would not have been a BJP government, nor Yediyurappa at the state helm without Vishwanath.” They said the party should give him a cabinet berth at the earliest. 

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BENGALURU: With Unlock 2.0 starting from Monday, social distance went for a toss as people crowded bus-stops and traffic gridlocks greeted motorists on Bengaluru streets. “Shops, bars, hotels, gyms and other commercial establishments opened with 50 per cent capacity. Self-service eateries (darshinis) saw a 10 per cent increase in business, but not at par with the pre-pandemic times,” said Bruhat Bengaluru Hoteliers’ Association president PC Rao.

Gyms were open, but members seemed hesitant to turn up. Karnataka Gym and Fitness Centre Owners’ Association president AV Ravi said, “We are following all precautions. We are  sanitising, asking our members to maintain social distance. We are also regularly cleaning the place. We expect the business to pick up after a month. New admissions are not coming and only 3 or 4 out of 10 customers are turning up.”

There are 7,000-odd gyms under the association, although it is not clear how many are still functional, as they were shut for almost two years. They had previously asked the government to be included in the financial relief package, waiver of taxes and electricity bills but their demands were not met. Now, they also have to bear an additional cost if they have to remove ACs and make room for natural ventilation, as the government has not allowed air-conditioned gyms.

Production units and industrial establishments have been allowed to function with 50 per cent staff in all districts. Manjunatha Prasad, Principal Secretary, Revenue Department and Member Secretary, State Executive Committee, passed the order after considering the weekly moving average positivity rate of districts as on June 20, and consistent declining trend of the case positivity rate in certain districts, including Udupi, Bengaluru Rural, Shivamogga, Ballari, Chitradurga and Vijayapura. 

BENGALURU: While some commercial activities have been allowed under Unlock-2, tourism activities are yet to start, including the opening of Bannerghatta Biological Park.  Even as the Zoo Authority of Karnataka has left the decision of reopening to the managements and the local administration, BBP management said that the zoo will be opened only after consultation with veterinarians, health department and government officials.  “We found that there are many positive cases in and around Bannerghatta villages. The health of the locals is also crucial while opening the zoo, as many staffers are from the vicinity. Also, the SOPs need to be prepared keeping in mind the third wave,” an official said.

A City Civil and Sessions Court in Bengaluru has directed former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H.D.Devegowda to pay
damages of Rs.2 crore to Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) Limited for the loss of reputation.

NICE had filed a case on his defamatory comments in an interview on a Kannada news channel in June, 2011.

The counsel for the company argued that the allegation made by Mr.Gowda about utilizing more land than required for implementation of the project was inaccurate.

The company had no role in deciding the quantity of land required for the project and the allegation therefore was false and made by the defendant without there being any documentary evidence, said the counsel.

Counsel for the company also contended that the project undertaken is approved by the
Government of Karnataka.

The High Court of Karnataka and the Supreme Court had even issued directions to the Government to take steps for implementation of the project which shows that there is no illegality and irregularities in the work.The company had claimed Rs 10 crore damages for the statement issued by Former PM.

The court said Mr Gowda had failed to substantiate his claim against the company made during the interview.

The order issued by judge Mallanagouda also  restrained Mr.Gowda from making defamatory statements against the company in the media in future.