Pramesh Jain

Woman found murdered under mysterious circumstances in RT Nagar

A 28 year old woman found dead at her house under mysterious circumstances in Nrupatunga layout in RT nagar on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as zara,worked as bar tender in a pub in CBD area.

She was sharing rented house with a woman and she was engaged recently.

Senior officer said,The murder occurred between 8 pm to 12 pm and came to light when she returned home.

The assailant banged her head against the corner of a iron cot.Due to this,Zara sustained severe head injuries and died.

The RT Nagar police with other senior officers,with sniffer dog and finger print experts rushed to spot and conducted investigation.

We suspect that someone known to her might have killed her as there was no forced entry or  resistance found.

The RT Nagar police have secured one person on  are interrogating him and further investigation is on.

BENGALURU: With cases mushrooming in educational institutes, vigilance has been increased in university hostels. From keeping hostel occupancy to half to earmarking rooms for preliminary care of symptomatic patients, the authorities are leaving no stone unturned. University of Agricultural Sciences Vice-Chancellor Dr S Rajendra Prasad said two rooms in each of the eight hostel blocks are reserved for preliminary Covid-19 treatment. 

The nearly 1,000 students, mostly female, are accommodated in the dorm rooms meant for visitors or parents who visit the campus. The Vice-Chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University, Dr Karisiddappa, said that classes for the final cohort of first semester students will be completed by April 10.

So far, students have been accommodated in batches in the hostels of colleges affiliated to the university, he said. By February, the fourth-year (seventh semester) students were accommodated in the hostels and they left 10 days ago. 

Now, the second-year (third semester) students and the first-year (first semester) students are accommodated in the hostels. While the second-year students will complete their examinations on April 7, first-year students will complete their classes on April 10. “Before reopening for the next semester, the situation will be reviewed with the Education Department. For now, affiliated colleges have been instructed to restrict the accommodation in hostels to one person per room.

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KG Halli police rescued kidnapped youth within 7 hours, arrest four:

In a swift action,the East Division police cracked kidnap case and rescued 22 year old student and arrested a gang of four within seven hours who abducted the youth demanding ransom of two Crore rupees from his father.

The accused have been identified as Abdul Fahad,Zabiulla,Korewel Salman,Thufeeq, Goutham,Kiran and Thouheed Pasha.

The accused kidnapped the youth in an car which they have purchased from OLX to kidnap and become Rich but are now Cooling their heels in jail.

Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant told media persons,that a abduction complaint was registered in KG Halli Police station by the victim father Meer Arifulla owner of a nursing college in the city who stated in his complaint that his son went in the afternoon from his shop in HBR layout and was kidnapped by some miscreants while he was returning from juice shop his friend who was with him noticed and informed me.

The accused even assaulted Naveed,a passers-by when he tried to rescue Arafath from the abductors.

After two hours of Kidnap,the accused called Arifulla informing about the kidnap and demanded ransom of Rs two crore.The accused warned Arifulla that he is under watch and threatened to kill Arafath by cutting his hands and legs if police were informed he stated in his complaint.

Based on the complaint,five special team were formed led by Dr SD Sharanappa,DCP,East Division under the leadership of ACP, Banaswadi Sub-Division Ningappa B Sakkri PIS,and crime staff swung into action.

The team visited the crime spot from where the victim Rabeez Arafath,studying MS in US and son of Meer Arifulla,owner of a nursing college in the city was abducted from a shop near his house in HBR layout.

The police team obtained the CCTV footage and analyzed the call record details before locating abondoned shed where the victim was kept.

After getting vital clue about the youth the police team swung into action and in the guise of labourers went in a tractor near the shed and surrounded the area before swooping down and rescued Arafath and arrested all the accused .

After rescuing Arfath safely all the accused were apprehended and taken to station for questioning during questioning the accused confessed the crime and revealed that they were well known about the Arafath since the family is well known and rich in the area and could afford hefty ransom so they decided to kidnap him to become rich in short time.

The accused said they followed the victim movements from past 1 week and when the team saw the victim alone as he went to have juice on Thursday afternoon on the pretext of questioning him over teasing a girl they kidnapped him.

The accused had chose the place since strategically it is located in isolated place and have many escape routes in case of any eventuality.

The accused had even planned to kill within few hours if thier demands were not met but a swift action and tremendous and exemplary investigation by the team has saved the life of innocent and rescued him safely.

A detailed investigation by the team it has revealed that the accused are employees of private firm and have huge loans.One of the accused had borrowed loan for his sisters marriage and unable to repay.Among the accused Fahad had been booked in a kidnap case after he eloped with a girl in 2018 and the case is still going on.

A case has been registered in KG Halli Police Station and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa,ACP Banaswadi Sub-Division,Ningappa B Sakkri,PIs,as,Santhosh Kumar L,Melwin Francis,Vasanth Kumar,Sathish,and Kiran Kumar,and whole crime staff who were part of rescue operation who has done a exemplary and Excellent ground work and with technical investigation they rescued the youth within 7 hours safety Appreciating a good investigation,cash reward of Rs 40,000 announced to the team by Kamal Pant, Commissioner of police.

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Inter-state drug racket busted,three notorious Peddlers arrested,500kg Marijuana Worth Rs.1 Crore Seized:

The whitefield division police of KR Puram police on friday busted inter state drug racket arrested three persons from Rajasthan and recovered 500 kgs of marijuana worth Rs 1 crore.

The accused has been identified as,Dayalram,38, Poonaram,24 and Budharam,23 were caught by a team of police near Medahalli in KR Puram when they had come to deliver the consignment.

Commissioner of police, Kamal Pant told media persons,as we have Zero tolerance on drug peddling in the city and to curb this menace we have asked all the inspectors to form a special team to keep watch on drug supply in the city.

The KR Puram police inspector received a tip off that huge stash of Marijuana is being transported in a truck it will pass through medahalli.

Acting on a tip off,KR Puram police inspector,Ambrish and team swung into action and the team approached the accused as customer and when they confessed to supply drugs the team surrounded them and zeroed in and later searched the ten wheeled truck completely and found the accused have hided the marijuana in a secret compartment in drivers cabin.

The accused concealed the marijuana after neately packed in 82 bundles.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and revealed that they have sourced the drugs from their contacts in Odisha and selling it to local peddlers in Bengaluru.

The KR Puram police have seized the truck and taken the trio into custody to investigate further about their network in the city.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East S Murugan DCP Whitefield,D Devaraj,ACP, Manoj Kumar, PI Ambrish M,and staff as,Murthy,Buddegowda,Chandrappa, Narayanswamy,and Siddaramu has been appreciated for the commendable job done by them and said Another stash goes to trash!Great work by the KR Puram police team in nabbing three inter-state drug peddlers near Old Madras Road.500Kg Ganja and other narcotic substances worth Rs.1 Crore and a truck used for transportation have been seized and for the exemplary work done by the team a cash reward of Rs.80,000 announced to the team
he added.

The Cubbon Park police have registered FIR against Former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi based on the hand written complaint submitted by the woman in CD through her advocate Jagadeesh Kumar on Friday.

Based on the complaint,DCP MN Anucheth ordered the cubbon park police to register complaint.

Mr.Jagadish said that he is approaching the DG and IGP with respect to providing security to the woman and her family members who are in Kalburgi.

The police based as part of the investigation will conduct spot inspection at the apartment where the alleged crime took place.

Though there are serious charged pressed against Ramesh which are non cognizible in nature and warrant arrest,but its the discretion of the investigating officer to arrest him.

Jagadish assured that the girl will appear before the police for further investigation.However the police should provide security to the family of the victim.

The cubbon park police have registered a complaint and charged Ramesh Jarkiholi under section,376c-Sexual intercourse by a person in authority,354a-Sexual harassment,504-Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace,506-Criminal intimidation,417-Cheating And under section,67a of IT Act-Publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act.

CD lady released 3rd Video says will file complaint against Ramesh Jarkiholi:

A day after second video released by woman in CD seeking protection,she release third video stating that ahe would be filing complaint against Ramesh Jarkiholi through her advocate.

In her video she thanks all for the support and said that since the past 24 days she is living in fear and due to support given to her from everyone,she mustered courage and decided to file complaint.

This will prove costly for Ramesh as course of investigation will change based on the nature of complaint.

Ramesh jharkiholi on thursday reacting to the second video claimed that it was a deep rooted conspiracy and he will have solid evidence to expose the conspiracy.

Hours after third video from the woman in the CD, KN Jagadish kumar city based advocate  submitted a complaint with the city police commissioner seeking action against Ramesh Jharkiholi.

Taking cognizance,City police commissioner Kamal Pant,asked him to go to cubbon park police station to file a complaint.

In the conplaint the woman accused ramesh Jarkiholi of sexually assault cheating and threatening her after promising government Job.

The woman said that Ramesh had sexually assaulted her twice and even forced her to share private pictures and talk to him.She further stated in the complainant that the video to defame thinking that she may file complaint.

I am facing threat to my life and my family hence i request to take necessary action, she said in her complaint.

Mr.Jagadish Kumar said that as an advocate he contacted her on facebook account assuring legal help following which she had approached him with a written complaint .

Mr.Kumar demanded that the police should register a complaint,provide security to her family and to her so that she can appear before the police to give statement.

It may be recalled that Jagadish Kumar soon after the first video of woman released had earlier met Mr.Pant and submitted a requisition to take suo motu case as per nirbhaya guidelines.

Reacting to the complaint and CD released by CD lady,The former minister said he saw the woman’s complaint coming.I knew this would happen.This was her final move.My game will start tomorrow (Saturday),he said.I also have lawyers with me,” he added. 

He said media persons now my game will start wait tomorrow till 4-6 pm will give more big news relating to the case.

Ramesh insisted that his FIR should be investigated first.I filed a complaint first,so my FIR should be looked into first,he said.I’ll be right here (in my house).If I have committed any mistake,I will go to the police station myself.

I dislodged one government and installed another one.What’s this?I will face more such complaints.

Ramesh is widely believed to have been the leader of the rebellion against the Congress-JD(S) coalition,paving the way for the BJP to come to power Ramesh told reporters.

Reacting to the latest complaint filed by the woman,Karnataka home minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the SIT would look into the details of the case. He also promised the woman and her family police protection.

On vaccination coverage among health care workers and front line workers, Sudhakar said Bidar has achieved 113 percent, Dharwad 107 and Gadag has achieved 103.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Saturday said coronavirus cases are on the rise in all states and it was an indication of beginning of the second wave, as he called on people to exercise caution.

The minister urged the people to compulsorily wear masks and follow social distancing.

The state’s positivity rate of 1.6 per cent is more than the national average which is not a good sign, he said.

“We should take this seriously. More than 1 lakh tests are being conducted every day,” he was quoted as saying by his office in a release.

The Minister said Covid-19 containment restrictions are already in place and the government will take more stringent actions in coming days.

“Have requested the Chief Minister to take necessary measures to prevent spread of infection in educational institutions and CM himself will take action in this regard,” he added.

On vaccination coverage among health care workers and front line workers, Sudhakar said Bidar has achieved 113 percent, Dharwad 107 and Gadag has achieved 103.

Whereas Bengaluru Urban, Bagalkot, Davangere and Koppal have achieved 61, 64, 65 and 65 percent respectively.

“So far, 2,22,377 frontline warriors have been vaccinated with the first dose. 3,34,110 healthcare workers have been given the 2nd dose,” he added.

So far 16.18 lakh senior citizens aged above 60 years have been inoculated, 4.70 lakh people aged above 45 years with comorbidities have been vaccinated.

He further said in 2 to 3 days the state will receive 12 lakh more doses.

Pramesh Jain

Man kills friend over illicit affair with wife arrested by Byadarahalli police:

A 31-year-old man killed his wife’s male friend over illicit affair in the outskirts of the city in Andrahalli in the wee hours of Thursday and surrendered to the police.

The arrested accused has been identifed as Bharath Kumar,of Rohitnagar near Nelamangala.

The deceased has been identified as Shivakumar alias Shivaraj,27,from Hosahalli Tanda in Tarikere of Chikkamagaluru district.Bharath is a carpenter by profession.

Senior officer told Media persons a person called to Byadarahalli police station stating their relative has murdered his friend in Andrahalli main road the Inspector Rajeev and other senior officers rushed to spot and arrested the accused before he try to escape.

After Inspecting the spot the team apprehended the accused and took him to station for questioning along with his wife.

During investigation the accused said due to illicit affair he killed his wife male friend and revealed that he was in love with Vinutha,31, when they worked in a factory and got married eight years ago. 

Shivaraj came to meet Vinutha three years ago and was searching for a job in the city.He stayed in her house for a week.Vinutha helped Shivaraj get a job and the duo had an illicit affair.Shivraj worked at a toll plaza in Nelamangala.

Bharath got to know about his wife’s affair and had objected and used to have frequent fights. Vinutha separated  from Bharath and stayed in a rented house in Andrahalli where Shivaraj visited her frequently.

Bharath got to know this and wanted to kill Shivaraj to avenge.Bharath purchased a knife from an online e-commerce store a month ago and watched over the movements of Shivraj and got to know that Shivraj was visiting her.

On Wednesday night Bharath gained entry into the house around 9 pm when Vinutha had gone out to bring chicken from a nearby shop without locking the door.

Around 8.30 pm,Vinutha went to bring chicken, Bharath entered the house and hid under the cot. On returning she prepared food.Shivaraj who visited her house around 10.30 pm had dinner they duo slept.

He was hiding under the cot till 3 am,and stabbed Shivaraj to death when he was in deep sleep.

He said When Vinutha went to relieve around 3 am,Bharath locked the washroom door and killed  Shivaraj by strangulating and later stabbed him repeatedly to death.

He wanted to escape after that,but changed his mind.He opened the bathroom door and had an argument with his wife.

He called one of his relative and informed about murder.The relative alerted the police.The police rushed to the spot and arrested Bharath for  further investigation he added.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP,UD Krishna Kumar,PI Rajeev and his crime staff who rushed to the spot immediately and arrested the accused before escaping the spot a timely action has led to arrest the accused red handed for their timely action a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Pramesh Jain

Realtor murder case detected 10 Supari killer including woman arrested by Sudduguntepalya police

A week after the brutal murder of 32 year old realtor from Mysuru in broad day light on the busy timber lane in Gurupanpalya.

The Suddaguntepalya police on Thursday arrested ten persons including the wife of deceased and her paramour who paid supari to eliminate Mohammed Shafi so that they could live in together.

The assailants murdered the deceased in the broad day light they confronted him armed with lethal and sharp weapons and attacked him with  machete and rod 30 times he died on the spot due to severe head injury.

The accused have been identified as Afsar Khan, 41,a businessman from Tilak Nagar,his girl friend Tasleem Banu,from Ghousia Nagar Mysuru,and the contract killers,Tabrez Pasha, 26,Syed Wasim, 26,Venkatesh,19,Bharath,18,Yugendra,19, Chethan,19,Ibrahim,19 and a juvenile.The accused are from Byrasandra,Tilak Nagar, Banashankari and Kalasipalya areas.

Senior officer told media persons,As the incident of murder was reported Sudduguntepalya police inspector with other senior officers with dog squad, forensic experts rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area.

A special team of police led by Srinath Mahadev Joshi,DCP,southeast,formed a team which cracked the case,acting on the complaint filed by Mohammed Aleem,father of the deceased,the police investigated the case and analyzed the call record details of Tasleem on suspecion and found that she was in constant contact with one person on suspect of having affair.

Our team called the wife of the deceased for questioning during questioning the team got suspicion on her statement and after cross questioning about the person she confessed the crime and revealed that she and her paramour hired contract killers to kill her husband to live in together.

Based on her statement the team picked up her paramour and during investigation he confessed the crime and it is revealed that the prime accused Afsar met Tasleem at their relatives marriage two years ago.Even though Tasleem was married the duo entered into an illicit relationship .

To continue their relationship and to meet Shafi wife Afsar clinched the deal with Shafi offering business deal  of Rs.75 lakh and offered Rs.5 lakh commission.

The accused visited his house on the pretext of discussing business but he was actually meeting Tasleem.

The duo recently decided to kill Shafi to live in together without any problem and even got black magic done to get him killed.

However when this did not materialize,Afsar hired a contract killers and paid Supari to Tabrez and Waseem who are habitual offender.

Afsar offered Rs 2 lakh and even assured to bear expenses.Tabrez and Waseem roped in their associates to execute the contract .

As per the plan Afsar called Shafi to Gurappanapalya to discuss business and tipped the gang which armed with lethal weapons attacked Shafi and killed him on the spot.

Further investigation led the police to arrest the Supari killers and others who confessed to the crime.

The accused have been arrested and taken into custody for further investigation.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant,has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan DCP Southeast,Srinath Mahadev Joshi,ACP, Mico-layout Sub-Division,Sudheer Hegde, PI,Nataraj DN,PSIs,as,Prabhu Gowda,Bheemappa M Rabakavi,and crime staff as,Raghavendra, Prashanth,Nayaz Ahmed,Madhukar,Mosas Swaminathan,Veerbhadra,Jaikumar,Rudresh AE,and WPC Smt.Sowmya has been appreciated for nabbing all the accused and detecting the murder case and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

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Inter-state Drug racket busted,Duo arrested,45.1 kg Ganja Seized by Srirampura police:

The North Division police of Srirampura police on Thursday busted an inter state drug racket and arrested two persons including an Autorickshaw driver for peddling marijuana after smuggling the drugs concealed as courier parcel in trains.

The accused has been identified as,Satish,28,an authorickshaw driver and resident of Srirampura and his associate Vasanth,24 were heading home after getting the parcel from majestic railway station.

DCP North, Dharmendra Kumar Meena,told media persons that our Srirampura police Inspector Balakrishna R,who was on night rounds while passing from city Railway Station noticed a Auto-rickshaw and getting suspicious on the auto the Inspector followed the auto and confronted a person by name Satish and checked the autorickshaw on Vatal Nagraj road and found Marijuana and arrested them red handed.

Satish is a habitual offender involved in as two cases of NDPS already along with a case of murder and robbery,which are pending against him.

This is one of the reason the police stopped him on suspecion.

The police recovered 45.1 kilograms of Ganja and a auto rickshaw used in crime.

A detailed questioning led Satish to confess that he was sourcing the drugs from his contact in Vishakapatnam concealed as regular parcel and Sent it via train for many months.

He would get the contraband to Bengaluru via train and later make small packets and sell it to his customers for a range of Rs 250 to Rs 300 under the code word Mango,he used to sell the drugs to his clients.

The accused have been taken into custody to track down the drug network a case under NDPS Act has been registered and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP North,Dharmendra Kumar Meena, ACP,Malleswaram sub-division,Venkatesh Naidu PI, Balakrishna,PSI,Nagaraj,ASI,Venkatappa,and crime staff as,Srinivas,Nataraj,Mohan Kumar Nayak,Siddhu Lamani,Prakash Havaldar,and others has been appreciated for busting the inter-state Drug racket by seizing 45.1 kg Ganja and a suitable reward will be given to the team for their timely action on drug Peddlers in the city he added.