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A 40-year-old home alone woman was found murdered at her house in Electronic City on Saturday.

The deceased has been identified as Shahin Taj, a housewife and resident of Subhash Nagar in Electronic City.

She had married to Chand Pasha,an auto driver ten years ago and the couple have no children. Shahin taj was running a shop from her house selling snacks and essentials.

A senior police officer who visited the spot with other officers and finger print experts and sniffer dog was pressed into action.

After inspecting the area and collecting preliminary information,said that the incident took place around afternoon and Pasha left the home around 10.30 am to work.

When He returned home at night and shocked to see Taj lying dead and alerted the neighbours who then called Electronic City police.

The body was shifted for postmortem and preliminary investigations revealed that the assailants barged inside the house and attacked her brutally.However, the family had no dispute with anyone and the exact reason for the murder is yet to be ascertained.

The assailants smothered her to death using pillow before slitting her throat to make sure she is dead.

The motive for the murder is yet to be ascertained as nothing has been robbed or stolen,the officer said.A case has been registered and special teams has been formed to nab the assailants he added.

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Two BBMP contract employees dismissed after they found destroying Covid19 Swab and manipulating corona testing kit to reach the target.

The accused has been identified as mohan and Nagaraj were dismissed by BBMP Commissioner,Gaurav Gupta after the video of the staff destroying Covid19 Swab went viral in various social media platforms taking a serious note and after collecting report from the concerned officer Gaurav Gupta dismissed two BBMP staff for destroying Covid19 Swab and ordered for a legal action against those involved in this manipulating practice.

Dr.Premanand BR,Administrative officer, City primary health centre, in his complaint identified the staffer as Hemanth and Nagaraj.

The duo was working in the centre for the last 10 months as corona swab collector.

They were caught in the mobile camera putting random swab testing sticks into VTM vial without taking samples and testing.

There are four others also heard talking who were later identified as Asha workers kusuma,Prema and Padma and hospital staff Ashok.

The incident occurred when Dr.Premanand had gone out who has stated in his complaint.

The police are now on the lookout for Hemanth and Nagaraj to question them.

Kodigehalli police have filed FIR against the duo charging them under section 177 providing false information and criminal breach of trust against them and further investigation is on.

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A 75 year old woman and her son’s friend were found murdered at the house they were living in JP Nagar 7th stage in the wee hours of Thursday.

Police suspect that the murder is for gain and committed by known person.

The deceased has been identified as Mamatha Basu,75,from West Bengal and Debrath Behara,44,who had come to the city a few days ago and stayed with Mamtha since she was staying alone at the rented house.

Senior police officers including the city police commissioner Kamal Pant,visited the spot and supervised the investigations.

Senior officer told media persons that,The murder came to light when the domestic help on Thursday morning visited the house and found the door opened.

He later found Behara lying in the pool of blood and Mamatha at the bedroom with stab injuries.

He alerted the police,and the dog squad and Forensic Science Laboratory team inspected the crime scene. 

The Puttenahalli police rushed to the spot and conducted investigations.The house was ransacked gold cash along with CCTV cameras  and DVRs have been robbed.

Primarily investigations revealed that the assailants are known to the deceased since there was no forced entry.

The body of Basu was found on a bed while Behra’s body was found on the floor of another room.He seemed to have attempted escaping from the assailants when he was targeted.Both were stabbed to death and their bodies were lying in a pool of blood. 

During investigation it was found Mamatha’s son Devdeep Basu stayed with his family close to the house of his mother and used to visit her frequently.On Wednesday he visited the duo and returned home after dinner.

Usually Mamatha would open the door only after confirming the visitor at the CCTV camera installed outside the house, we have some clues on the assailants and working on them to track down the accused,he said.

Bengaluru: Bus services were hit in Karnataka for the third consecutive day on Friday, as the stalemate continued with employees of the road transport corporations, who are on an indefinite strike on wage related issues, and the state government sticking to their stand.

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa appealed to employees to resume work, even as he made it clear that it was not possible to meet their demand for wages as per the 6th Pay Commission.

Also ruling out any talks, he asked employees not to be stubborn under someone’s influence, and understand the financial difficulties of the government in the given situation.

“I request the transport workers with folded hands don’t be stubborn under someone’s influence.Last year, despite COVID related issues when your corporations didn’t have money to pay your salary, we have paid it by utilising Rs 2,300 crore from the government’s exchequer,” Yediyurappa told reporters here.

“Understand the financial situation of the government and cooperate by resuming the bus services in the public interest,” he said.

The chief minister clarified that the implementation of the sixth pay commission report for RTC workers was not possible in the given situation.

With the government reiterating its stand, RTC employees decided to continue with the strike on Saturday as well.

Kodihalli Chandrashekhar, honorary president of the Karnataka State Road Transport Employees League, said the strike will continue for the fourth day on Saturday.

He also urged the Chief Minister to hear them.

On Friday, as employees belonging to all the four transport corporations did not attend duty, buses continued to remain off the roads across the state, including Bengaluru, affecting daily commuters.

Passengers travelling to and from distant areas and office-goers were the most affected.

Private buses, mini buses, maxi cabs and other passenger transport vehicles, whom authorities have roped in to manage the crisis and help commuters, were seen providing services to stranded passengers in different parts of the city and the state.

However, the number of passengers using private buses continued to remain scarce in the city, as people were using their own vehicles or were seen using cabs, metro and auto rickshaws, especially in the city areas, private operators said.

Metro has increased the frequency of its services between 7 AM and 9 PM.

Amid threats of ESMA and “no work no pay”, some RTC workers have returned to work and buses are said to be operating on some routes in the city along with police escort, sources said, adding there are similar reports from few other places in the state.

The Chief Minister said 85 per cent of the government’s revenue is spent on salary for government employees, various kinds of pensions and other non-plan expenditure, and only 15 per cent is available for developmental works.

“In such a situation, transport workers should not be stubborn, we have fulfilled 8 of your nine demands. If there are any issues with those eight demands, rectifying it and seeing to it that you get its benefits is our responsibility and I will do it,” he said and asked them to cooperate and get back to work.

Noting that the Transport department was for the the people’s service, the chief minister asked employees to think whether it is fair to remain stubborn when people are facing difficulty.

He claimed many employees were now ready to get back to work voluntarily, as he assured them security.

RTCs, which has been warning employees about continuing with the strike, have started taking action against trainee employees and are issuing notice for absence from work.

Responding to a question as to whether he will call for talks, Yediyurappa asked “whom should I talk to? Through you (media) publicly I’m requesting.”

“…there is nothing remaining for talks. What is there to talk after fulfilling eight out of nine demands. I’m not stubborn. As eight demands are fulfilled employees should come back and resume bus services, they should not fall prey listening to some people,” he added.

On his part, Kodihalli Chandrashekhar said the strike will continue indefinitely till the government understands the employees’ justified demand.

He also urged the employees and their families to stage a protest at district and taluk centres in front of Deputy Commissioner or Tahsildar offices on April 12, against the government’s stand.