Parmesh S Jain special correspondent

The Bommanahalli police arrested a gang of six led by a drug peddler for abducting a NRI from Australia for ransom on the pretext of selling drugs.
The accused have been identified as,Monish alias Manu,Lokesh,Kishor Shiva,Athi Rooth,Dilip Kumar,and Satish Chandru. 

Monish is a tattoo artiste turned peddler while others worked as push cart vendors and readymade cloth seller on footpath a senior officer told reporters.
The victim,who had come from Australia to meet his brother was addicted to drugs and used to purchase from Monish often through online.  
Suspecting that the victim having money,Monish roped in his associates and abducted the victim on February 20,on the pretext of delivering drugs .  
The accused called the victim to deliver the drugs near a private school in Bommanahalli and later forcibly taken him in his car to a secluded area. 
The accused subjected the victim to physical assault and coerced transfer Rs.98,000.The accused later forced the victim to call his brother demanding more money.
Suspecting something his brother along with his friends went to the spot and rescued his brother while the accused fled the spot .
The victim was initially refused to file a complaint fearing legal action against him too for consuming drugs but after he was admitted to the hospital and report was filed,the police swung into action and track down the accused on Sunday.
Based on the accused information,the police also arrested Sathyanarayan Mahato,a drug peddler who used to supply Marijuna to Monish . 
The accused Mahato hailed from Bihar and used to source the drugs from his contacts in the neighbouring state. 
The police seized 400 gram of ganja worth Rs.24,000 from Mahato and booked a case against him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

Parmesh S Jain special correspondent

In a switch action,the KR Puram police cracked the murder of 70-year-old woman and arrested her 40-year-old neighbour who smothered her to death and chopped her body in pieces to rob her gold valuables .
The accused Deenesh V Ravindra,used to be friendly with the accused and later decided to kill her to rob her valuables to repay the loan he had incurred . 

The accused was native of Tamilnadu and worked as fitter for sometime and presently unemployed,the police said .
As per the plan he purchased a machete and a plastic drum and kept outside his house.The accused lured the victim to take her to the temple and took her home on Friday.
Soon the accused smothered Sushelamma to death and chopped her body parts . He later dumped some body parts in and around and the rest of the body he had stuffed in the plastic can outside the house to dispose.
Meanwhile Susheelamma daughter staying close by found her mother missing and filed a complaint.The police later found the foul smell emanating from the drug and recovered the body. 
A detailed probe and analysis of technical details led to the arrest of Deenesh,Additional commissioner of Police,East Division,Raman Gupta,who supervised the investigation,said .
After murdering Susheelamma,the accused removed pair of ear rings and gold chain and went to sell to find that the gold chain was fake . 
He however sold the pair of ear rings for Rs.11,000 and was waiting to dispose the body,the police,said.
A native of Chikkaballapura Susheelamma was living alone at the apartment in Nisarga layout while her daughter lived few meters away.

Parmesh S JAIN Special correspondent

Officials of the DRI on Saturday nabbed a 50-year-old man from Mumbai and recovered 2348 carat of lab grown diamonds and Ruby stones along with foreign currency total worth Rs.73 lakh from him.

The accused was caught minutes before he was boarding flight to bangkok from Bengaluru airport.
The accused was hiding the items in hand baggage  which was seized during the intelligence developed by officials . 
The accused claimed to be on his own trying to take the items to bangkok as tourist and sell it in international market to make money..
The accused passenger was taken into custody to ascertain the source of the items and also to verify whether he was part of any network.

Parmesh S Jain special correspondent

A 30-year-old Rowdy-Sheeter was hacked to death by a gang of armed men in weavers colony in Anekal on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Manjunath alias Mental Manja.The police detained few suspects for questioning .
Senior officer told reporters the deceased Manja and the accused are habitual offenders having multi criminal cases pending them. 
It was found that Manja was involved in a case registered in Anekal police station limits a six months ago where Vijay was witness .
Manja used to harass VIjay not to depose before the court against him.He had even threatenbed Vijay amny times and on Friday he in order to create fear  confronted Vijay and beat him up as warning.
Meanwhile Shashi kumar,a close associate of Vijay came to know about this and along with his associates rushed to the rescue.
The accused later armed with weapons ganged up and attacked Manja and stabbed him repeatedly,killing him on the spot.
The Anekal police rushed to the spot and track down few suspects involved in the murder for further investigations . 
The deceased Manja had eight criminal cases against him while the accused had two cases each pending against them.

Parmesh S Jain special correspondent

A 19-year-old two wheeler mechanic was killed and his friend among three people injured when the bike the duo was wheeling crashed into another bike while performing bike stunt near Navayuga toll in the wee hours of Monday.
The deceased Rajesh,resident of Dasarahalli and his friend identified as Suhail riding the bike were booked for death due to negligence and rash and negligent driving.

Senior officer told reporters the duo was part of the gang which were performing bike stunts on the busy road . 
In the process the duo lost control jumped the median and crashed into another motorcycle coming from opposite direction.
The four sustained severe injuries and rushed to a near-by hospital where the doctors declared Rajesh as brought dead . 
The other two victims who are working in a private firm and heading home on their bike,were injured and being treated at the hospital .
The other associates of Rajesh and Suhail who were part of the bike stunt group escaped soon after the accident leaving behind one of the bike . 
The Nelamangala traffic police have seized both the bikes and registered two FIRs.Efforts are on to track down other accused who are on the run,a senior police officer, said .
Performing wheeling and bike stunts were on the rise especially during the eve of Shaban,a muslim festival meant for staying awake the whole night to pray . 
However youngers indulge in wheelies,triple riding or other stunts on streets pose threat to the road users and concern among the traffic police.
Due to strict enforcement by the city traffic police since last few days,majority of them shifted their base to outskirts of the city and on highways a officer,said.
Meanwhile continuing crack down on the bike stunt performers,the city traffic police registered more than 20 FIRs against the bikers and even invoked 107 CrPC against those involved in bike stunts in East, South,North and West division. 
The police have seized the bikes and even booked the parents of one of the minor boy caught performing stunts on the road .

Parmesh S Jain

The Railway police on Wednesday arrested a 45-year-old salesman of a cloth shop who posing as custom officer created fake profile online to dupe women with marriage proposal .
Based on a complaint filed by a woman,the Government Railway police track down the accused based on the call record details and arrested him. 
The woman had met him on matrimonial website and came to see him in the second week of January .
The accused who went to receive her borrowed Rs. 10,000 on the pretext of reserving a train ticket for his relative and had forgot the wallet at home .
After taking the cash,he left the woman and escaped and switched off his phone.After waiting for several hours and tried to reach him,the victim realized that she had been cheated and filed a complaint with the police.
Based on the complaint,Superintendent of Police,Dr.SK Soumyalatha formed a special team who tracked down the accused identified as Naresh Puri,45.
During Investigations revealed that the accused had  created a fake Identity in the name of Ankit Jain and targeting women who advertised in matrimonial service .
Posing as custom officer, the accused contacted them for the last 2 years and cheated them with money.The police had recovered 250 contact number of women suspected to be the victims of his fraud.
The accused confessed that he was operating for the last two years and cheated three women with several thousand rupees,the police,said .
Further investigation revealed that Naresh Puri worked as a salesman at a cloth shop in Cottonpet.A native of Rajasthan,Naresh was married and had two children. 
After working hours he started the con business for fun but took it as profession after few successful attempts.  
He purchased two pre activated SIM cards in black and  even created a fake FB account in the name of Ankit Jain with a fake picture . 
One of the victim family had even helped him to enrol in  Agrasenji matrimonial whatsapp group,using which the accused had duped several widows and divorcees .
The chat history recovered by the police during the course of investigations revealed that the accused had a chat with over 250 women with his marriage proposal across the country including 56 in Rajasthan,32 from Uttar Pradesh,17 from Karnataka,16 from Madhya Pradesh,13 from Maharastra,11 from Gujarat,6 from Tamilnadu,5 from Bihar and Jharkhand and two from Andhra Pradesh.
Many victims have not complained to the police fearing social stigma. 
Deputy Inspector General of Police,Dr.SD,Sharanappa, who supervised the investigations requested the people to come forward and complain against the accused .

Parmesh S Jain

Pro Pak slogan shouted at Vidhana Soudha corridor probe on samples sent to FSL 
Minutes after jubiliation of Congress party members , controversy erupted as one of party member allegedly shouted Pro Pakistan slogan during the victory celebration of Congress MP,Naseer Hussain at the Vidhana Soudha corridor on Tuesday.
A team of BJP members rushed to vidhana soudha police station and filed a complaint demanding strict action against the person raised anti national and pro Pakistani slogans.
The BJP leaders led by N Ravi Kumar,staged a protest outside the station Demanding arrest of the accused who reportedly escaped.
Opposition leader R Ashok criticised the incident accusing Naseer Hussain for not stopping the accused and allowing him to escape.
DCP central division HT Shekar visited vidhana soudha and verified the video footage and also visited the station to take stock of the situation and look into the matter personally.

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Explosion at perfume unit three charred to death and five including minor boy injured in massive fire at Kumbalgoud in Bengaluru 
The Ramanagar police have initiated a probe to ascertain the reason behind the explosion at perfume unit which killed three and injured five others including a minor boy on Sunday evening.
One among the deceased identified as Saleem,owned the unit and the identity of the two others is yet to be ascertained .
Five others sustained severe burn injuries and shifted to Victoria hospital for treatment,Karthik Reddy, Superintedent of Police,Ramanagar,said .
Initial probe revealed that it was a perfume unit and the accused suspected that the victims were filling the perfume in the cans which led to the explosion. 
The FSL team along with the fire and emergency service personnel visited the spot and conducted a detailed investigation.
We are waiting for the post-mortem report to ascertain the exact reason behind the explosion”,Mr.Reddy, said .
Police quoting the residents said that the property belongings to Vittal which was rented out to Saleem. He was operating the unit since one month ago and around eight people were working in the unit,the police said .
Abdul,father of Abraaz,one of the victim,said that he is not aware how his son had landed in the unit.He was studying class 7 and suspected to have come to unit with his friends,Abdul said .
The Kumbalgoud police are checking with the jurisdictional village panchayath to ascertain whether there was any permission granted to run the unit,he said .
Several vehicles including a bike,car and autorickshaw was gutted along with the unit.Fire engulfed the entire unit and the people trapped inside unable to come due to heavy smoke and fire,a resident said.Few houses adjacent to the unit were also damaged in the fire .

Bengaluru: Chief Whip of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday issued a show cause notice to Yeshwantpur MLA ST Somashekar in the backdrop of his cross-voting and Yellapur MLA Shivaram Hebbar for abstaining from voting during the recently concluded Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka.

Earlier in the day, opposition chief whip, Doddana Gowda Patil issued separate show cause notices to both MLA’s seeking an answer by May 5.

The BJP has accused ST Somashekar of violating the party’s conduct by allegedly casting cross votes in the Rajya Sabha elections held on February 26. It is claimed that despite being instructed to vote for the BJP candidate, Narayanasa Bhanda, Somashekar voted for the Congress candidate.

Shivram Hebbar of Yellapur Constituency was absent from voting, citing illness. He explained that he did not participate in the vote due to poor health. However, the BJP disputes this explanation and alleges that Hebbar visited the Hilton Resort, where Congress MLAs were staying, in a car belonging to Congress MLA Ranganath on the day before the polls.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday serious action would be taken against those who allegedly raised ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogan inside the ‘Vidhana Soudha’ if the investigation found the charge to be true.

When Congress workers were celebrating Syed Naseer Hussain’s victory in the Rajya Sabha elections here on Tuesday night, it is alleged, some people shouted ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogan. The BJP lodged a police complaint on the issue, and staged protests in several parts of the State, including Belagavi, Chitradurga and Mandya, on Wednesday, condemning the Congress government.

Reacting to the allegation, Siddaramaiah said there is no question of sparing anyone.

“It is not only allegation by BJP, it is also allegation by media”, he said referring to the charge that “Pakistan zindabad” slogan was heard after Hussain was declared winner at “Vidhana Soudha”.

“If the FSL (Forensic Science Laboratory) report proves that the slogan raised in favour of Pakistan is true, serious action will be taken in this regard. There is no question of protecting those who raised slogans in favour of Pakistan,” the Chief Minister told reporters.

“We have sent the voice report to the FSL. When the report comes, if it’s true that somebody has made a slogan that ‘Pakistan zindabad’ such a person will be punished seriously”, Siddaramaiah said. “If somebody has raised such a slogan, there is no question of sparing them. If it is true we will take strict action, serious action.”

On the alleged incident taking place in Vidhana Soudha, the seat of state legislature and secretariat, he said: “What difference will it make to those who want to raise slogans?” 

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi warned that a statewide agitation will be launched if the accused are not arrested.

“Instead of condemning the incident, Naseer Hussain is trying to mislead people, saying that somebody is spreading false information, which is more dangerous,” Joshi told reporters in Hubballi in north Karnataka.

The Minister sought to know the “take” of the Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on this incident “because Hussain is the ‘Shishya’ of Kharge”.

“I ask the state Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara to take a serious note of it, otherwise the BJP will launch a statewide agitation,” Joshi said.