Pramesh Jain

CCTV cameras helped cops to detect the clueless sensational double murder”.

A clueless sensational double murder case solved by Whitefield Division police of Mahadevapura police and have arrested two persons and recovered stolen property from them. 
Sensational double murder case of a elderly couple solved by Mahadevapura police by arresting two accused a husband and wife and recovered stolen 305 grams gold ornaments and cash from them. 
The accused has been identified as Venkatesh CH,30 years,and Smt.Arpita Venkatesh,21 years.Both live in a rented house in Amruthahalli.
On 17th October an elderly couple were found murdered in Mahadevapura Police Station limits.
The deceased Chandregowda,aged 63 years (retired Pvt.Company employee) and his wife Smt.Lakshmamma,aged 55 years were found murdered in their home located in RHB Colony, Garudacharpalya.by unknown miscreants and their house was also found to be ransacked.
Sensing a sensitive case four teams were formed under DCP Whitefield. 
The murder case was detected with the help of technical investigation skills and with the CCTV footage in the area as there was no CCTV cameras installed in the elderly couple house and surroundings but a major breakthrough was CCTV footage in the area which captured the movements of these duo.
Under Section 27 of evidence act we have arrested them and we took them to the scene of crime also. 
Senior officer told the accused were married in 2016 and have a 1.5-year-old child. Venkatesh works as an Ola cab driver.Venkatesh had several loans amounting to Rs 10 lakhs, and decided to pay back the loans by committing murder for gain.Smt. Lakshmamma is a distant relative of Venkatesh.He had met them in a marriage function in Mysuru about a month back.After seeing the jewels worn by her,he and his wife decided to target this elderly couple.They also visited the house twice to build up a rapport and gain their confidence.On 16th October,Venkatesh and his wife went to the house of deceased,and these both accused brutally assaulted them on their head with a spanner and murdered them.They then searched the house for valuables,and decamped with gold jewels, silver articles and cash.The gold articles were then sold at Shri Dhanlaxmi Jewellers,Malleshwaram for which they obtained Rs.8.6 lakhs cash after obtaining the cash they visited to Dharmasthala and stayed their for two days and then they were hiding at their friend Gautham’s house in a village in Dakshina Kannada district and based on the investigation clues they were nabbed on 26th October at his house and During the course of investigation he has confessed the crime and said to repay the loan of ten lakhs these both used to identify elderly couples who are all alone and has no child and after getting information about them they used to target them by taking them in their confidence and then they used to assault them with spanner and decamp with their valuables and a detailed investigation by the team the accused Venkatesh revealed that he had committed a similar offence in Rayasamudra Village, in KR Pete Taluka, Mandya District in July 2019.Further enquiry has revealed that an elderly couple; Gundegowda,aged about 55 years and his wife Smt.Lalitamma, aged about 50 years were murdered in a similar fashion by Venkatesh on the night of 12th July 2019. Smt.Lalitamma was a relative of Venkatesh (she is the elder sister of his brother in law).After murdering them he ransacked the house and made away with 60 grams of gold jewels and cash of Rs. 2000.Then the gold was sold by his wife Arpita at Shri Dhanlaxmi Jewellers in Malleshwaram for which they obtained Rs1.8 lakhs cash and thereafter they repaid some of the loans.During the course of investigation 305 grams of gold ornaments and Rs.5,04,300 cash has been seized. Further investigation is continued and it is shocking that in the double murder case of elderly couple one alleged accused is in jail by name Yogesh who is a neighbour of Venkatesh in KR Pet only just for a small quarrel between them and to take revenge from his neighbours they both fixed him falsely in the double murder case and the cops have also arrested him based on his statement instead of doing investigation in all angles they have fixed a person who is still in jail and a detailed investigation will be done in this case also as why he was not booked by the concerned officer in the crime of Mandya KR Pet Police station he added.
Their Modus Operandi is they used to visit to marriage and other functions and his wife used to collect details about elderly persons in their family and after knowing that the elderly couple is all alone with no children then they used to target them and visit their house oftenly to build their rapport with them as they are caring to them and are concerned about them in the same way they collected details about lakshmamma and Chandregowda and to repay his loan of Rs.10 lakhs he has murdered these elderly couples as being all alone what they will do with this much of property.
Commissioner of Police,Bhaskar Rao told media persons as on 17th October 10 days back there was a double murder reported in Mahadevapura police Station limits in which elderly couple were brutally hacked to death by some unknown miscreants they even ransacked with their valuables as soon as the murder was reported my self with Addl CP,East,S Murugan,DCP Whitefield MN Anucheth with other officers and staff along with dog squad,Finger print expert,Forensic experts were pressed into action after visiting the scene of crime we formed three special teams under the supervision of DCP Whitefield,MN Anucheth one team was busy in collecting CCTV footages from the neighbouring areas,another team was busy in collecting information from the neighbours and the elderly couples relatives about who all visits to their house and another team was busy in gathering information with the technical support as the team were pressed into action and the team who were pressed into action the team got a vital clues in one of the CCTV cameras which has recorded the suspects movements in one of the camera in the area and then we asked the complainant Shivaraj to identify the persons who are seen in the cameras as he identified the suspects and said he is a far relative of deceased who used to visit oftenly then we asked the adopted children of couples to verify who seen the CCTV footage and identified the two and said that they are our far relative and was seen in marriage of our relative in Mysuru after that we are seeing him here the complainant Adopted children of elderly couple said based on her statement our team called the suspect to appear before us for questioning but the suspects tried avoiding us and were not cooperating with investigation by giving reasons and based on their suspicious behaviour our team got doubt on them and then one team was pressed into action to follow his all movements and keep a close watch on them the team with the help of technical support has tracked the suspects at his friends Goutham house in Dakshina Kannada who gave shelter to them and even Money to travel in his vehicle the team rushed to the spot and zeroed in both of them at his house and took them for questioning during the course of interrogation after sustain interrogation by the team the team grilled them who confessed the crime and based on their statement and confession the team arrested them and a detailed inquiry about the suspects as our team got to know about few months back another elderly couple staying all alone who is the relative of duo accused was murdered in the same fashion as our crime team questioned him what you were doing in Mandya inspector the Rayasandra KR pet as our team collected information from the concerned police station after analysing the CCTV footage we found their movements and presence at the Crime scene our team grilled both the accused who confessed that in the month of July he and her wife has murdered these both to gain all their property and valuables as the elderly couple were all alone so to grab all their property they brutally hacked them also with this our team has detected two sensational elderly couples murder case and arrested these both dreaded criminals and recovered 350 grams worth of gold ornaments and 8,000 cash from them.Bhaskar Rao even said we will take strict action against those who are giving shelter to those accused who take shelter at their friends house or relative house and many relatives and friends knowingly also are giving shelter them in their place those will also be booked as these days we were not taking action but now we will act very tough on those who are helping and giving shelter to culprits as recently we have booked 6 members in former VC case in which many have helped the accused by giving their vehicle to commit offence and many even gave them shelter and other things after the crime incident those will be booked and I have instructed the DCP Whitefield to book Goutham also who has given shelter to those accused.And after the Diwali function we will map all senior citizens staying across city and we will install or fix one beat book at their house so men in khaki will visit their regularly and sign the book and I appeal to all the citizens to install CCTV cameras in your house and apartments as in this case there was no CCTV cameras but one of the CCTV cameras in the area helped in detecting the case and it is our priority to give protection to elderly persons living in the city as many are staying here as there children will be in abroad working and they will be alone so their safety is our responsibility so we will be fixing beat book in their house in all the Divisions and in many cases we are not booking there relatives or associates after the crime by giving shelter as they are also involved in crime we will bring them also in the purview and in some places they are destroying evidence as recently in the Amritha bai college a student committed suicide by jumping  from the college building where the evidence was destroyed by the criminals by pouring water and washing the floor with water and they have even erased the CCTV footage also our officers has booked the whole Mamagement in the case under 120(B) conspiracy of crime and we are investigating the case,and finally a reward of One lakh rupees will be given to the team for their commendable job done in nabbing the notorious dreaded criminals and a case has been registered in Mahadevapura police Station and further investigation is on and finally Bengaluru police commissioner,Bhaskar Rao,has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan,DCP,Whitefield,MN Anucheth,ACP,Whitefield Sub-Divsion,Krishnappa V,PIS,as,M Manjunath,Ambarish,Ashwath Narayanswamy,Narendra Kumar,PSIs,as,Narayanaswamy G,Manjunath,Rangesh,and ASI,as,Ramesh with crime staffs as,Venkatesh,Suresh H,Shivanand Poojary,Shivakumar MR,Bhaskar,Ravi KL,Manjangowda,Sulemaan,Basavaraj Patel,Yathish NM,Kariyappa Kotte,Harish KL,Chandrappa,and Madan,has been appreciated for the exemplary work done by them in nabbing the duo dreaded criminals and detected two sensational double murder case of elderly couple committed by them he added.

Union leaders later presented a memorandum to the Divisional Railway Manager. 

BENGALURU: Hundreds of railway employees in the city, affiliated to the South Western Railway Mazdoor Union (SWRMU), launched a protest against the alleged move to bring privatisation into the railways, on Wednesday.

A rally commenced near the railway station around 10.30 am and was followed by a dharna in front of the Divisional Railway Manager’s office at 1.30 pm, during which slogans and placards were raised by participants. 

The protest has been called by the largest trade union in the railway, All India Railway Men’s Federation (AIRF).

Speaking to The New Indian Express, SWRMU Secretary K V Raghavendra lashed out at against the saying, “Railways is doing well. There is no need to bring in private participation to develop 50 railway stations and use them to operate 150 passenger trains, as is being done by the creation of ‘Empower Group of Secretaries’.”

Union leaders later presented a memorandum to the Divisional Railway Manager. 

Sadiq was sent home on Tuesday after being questioned by officers of the Internal Security Division (ISD) of Karnataka police in Hubballi. 

BENGALURU: Mohammed Sadiq Kuppelur, who was questioned on Tuesday in the Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari murder case, may know some of the murder accused but was not found complicit, police said. Central agencies had intercepted a call from another accused, Sayed Asim Ali of Nagpur, to Sadiq, following which he was questioned.

Sadiq was sent home on Tuesday after being questioned by officers of the Internal Security Division (ISD) of Karnataka police in Hubballi. 

A senior police officer from Uttar Pradesh told The New Indian Express that Sadiq is reportedly “not involved” in the crime. “Sadiq was questioned by Karnataka police based on a phone call between him and another accused, Sayed Asim Ali of Nagpur, which was intercepted by central agencies. Ali was heard asking Sadiq to arrange for a lawyer for the surrender of the accused. Ali had earlier received a call from prime accused Sheikh Ashfaq Hussain to arrange for a lawyer,” said the officer. 

“The information obtained following his interrogation was shared with UP police for follow-up action. There’s no case against Sadiq in Karnataka,” a Karnataka police officer said. 
“Sadiq’s association with the Tiwari murder accused will, however, be investigated,” he added. So far, eight men, including two prime accused, Ashfaq (21) and Pathan Moinuddin Ahmed (23) from Gujarat have been arrested in the sensational murder case. 

The names of the other accused who were arrested are Rashid Ahmed Pathan (23), Faizan (21) and Maulana Salim Sheikh (24) from Gujarat, Maulana Anwar-ul-Haq and Mufti Naeem Kazmin from Bijnor in UP, and Sayed Asim Ali (29) from Nagpur in Maharashtra. 

Last fiscal year, the plant had filled over 216 lakh cylinders, and this year, the number is expected to exceed to 250 lakh cylinders.

BENGALURU: With many people migrating from other parts to the state for better employment opportunities and for other reasons, the Indian Oil (Karnataka) has seen a higher demand in the sale of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders by 7-10%  in the present year.

The Devangonthi Bottling Plant – Indian Oil, located in Hoskote, supplies 203 LPG distributors, comprising six major districts of Bengaluru urban and rural, Kolar, Tumakuru, Chikkaballapur and Ramanagara, adding to 55% of total LPG supplied by IOC in Karnataka.

Last fiscal year, the plant had filled over 216 lakh cylinders, and this year, the number is expected to exceed to 250 lakh cylinders. “The highest demand for gas cylinders we see is for domestic purposes. People have started migrating, and we are seeing an increase in demand. This year, we had a 97% coverage, with 7-10% higher demand for gas cylinders. This apart, even those using induction cookers, have now started opting for gas cylinders,” said N Konar, general manager of the plant.

To meet the growing needs, this year, 48-point cylinder filling carousels were commissioned to the plant, double the size of the conventional 24-point carousels.During 2019-20, IOC released new connections to the tune of Rs 2.38 lakh, of which 1.47 lakh connections are under the Ujjwala Scheme, which is the highest for the industry.

Devangonthi terminal goes smart
The Devanagonthi terminal of the IOC, which supplies 30% of the petroleum demands of Karnataka, is now called a ‘smart terminal’, with automation taking over the fuel filling process to ensure safety and convenience. This ensures quality control, interlocked safety systems, productivity, transparency and customer satisfaction.

IN wIn one more body blow to the Congress, parliamentarian KC Ramamurthy resigned from the party to join the BJP.

BENGALURU: In wIn one more body blow to the Congress, parliamentarian KC Ramamurthy resigned from the party to join the BJP. The Rajya Sabha MP will have to seek fresh re-election on a BJP ticket after joining the party. After Sanjay Singh and B Kalita, Ramamurthy is the third Rajya Sabha MP to quit the Congress. His resignation was accepted by Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu. Ramamurthy told TNIE, “I will join the BJP on Thursday or Friday. I had been considering it for some time.’’

The former IPS officer turned MP has 2 years 8 months left of his 6-year Rajya Sabha tenure, and was elected with the help of Congress and ‘rebel’ JDS votes in 2015. Congress leader VS Ugrappa said, “BJP is continuing with Operation Kamala (Lotus) to poach Congress leaders. We have information that they threatened Congress leaders like Ramamurthy with raids.” Ramamurthy’s resignation brings down the number of Karnakata Congress Rajya Sabha MPs from eight to seven.

The other MPs are Jairam Ramesh, Rajeev Gowda, L Hanumanthaiah, GC Chandrashekar, Dr Nasir Hussain, BK Hariprasad and Oscar Fernandes. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is a Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka BJP, the other two being Prabhakar Kore and R Chandrashekar. The total number of Rajya Sabha MPs from Karnataka is 12, with one JDS MP, Kupendra Reddy. The resignation is likely to hit the party, which is yet to recover from its MLAs quitting and bringing down the government. For the Congress, which is trying to shore up morale to fight the bypolls, the resignation could not have come at a worse time.

Pramesh Jain

This is the history and Jackpot for Bengaluru city police first time a huge recovery has been done by one accused in one single case and huge booty is recovered. 
In its first of its kind in the history of Bengaluru city police a biggest recovery has been done by Southeast Division police in which they have nabbed the notorious kingpin and recovered Rs.5 Crore worth of 12 kg of Gold,Diamond and Platinum ornaments with the vehicle used in committing crime has also been recovered from him.
The Lalithaa Jewellery heist in Trichy early this month had taken many by surprise. 
The jewellery store situated near the busy Chathiram bus stand in Trichy.However it wasn’t safe.
Two people wearing masks had managed to loot and scoot with nearly 24kgs of jewels.
The burglars has looted jewels worth 13 Crore rupees from Lalitha jewellery. 
Trichy police had caught Suresh and Ganesan based on the similarities between the two crimes.
Masked men had looted the Punjab National Bank at Bikshandarkoil in Trichy early this year.
Murugan had taken the lion’s share in the Lalithaa jewellery heist. 
Murugan had surrendered before the Mayo Hall court in Bengaluru on 12th. 
The Bengaluru city police recovered 12 kgs of gold,diamond and platinum ornaments from Murugan. 
There were striking similarities between PNB loot and Lalitha jewellery heist. 
Murugan hid jewels inside a dense forest in a small village called Venganur in Perambalur.
The Tamilnadu and Karnataka police have nabbed the culprits in the case.
Murugan has more than 90 cases pending against him across Karnataka,Tamilnadu,and Andhra Pradesh.
Murugan is currently in the custody of Bommanahalli police station in Bengaluru. 
Suresh and Ganesan are in the custody of Trichy police.
45-year old Murugan his relatives Suresh and Ganesan were the accused in the case.

The Southeast Division police of Bommanahalli police have arrested a notorious dreaded criminal a professional thief who is a habitual offender and recovered stolen property around 12 kg of Gold,Diamond and Platinum ornaments worth of Rs 5 Crore.
The accused has been identified as,Murugan alias,Balamurugan,Shivakumar,Shiva,45,year old resident of Tiruchirapalli in Trichy.
Trichy city police told media persons that  the recovered jewellery will be submitted to Trichy court after being produced at the Bengaluru court.Trichy police had already recovered 4.750 kg of gold jewellery worth Rs 1.76 crore from E Manikandan of Madapuram and P Kanagavalli of Seera Thoppu in Tiruvarur after arresting them on October 5.Kanakavalli is the sister of Murugan while her son P Suresh who escaped from police during a vehicle check on October 3 in Tiruvarur surrendered at Chengam court in Tiruvannamalai on October 10.He has been remanded in Trichy central prison.Trichy police will take both Murugan and Suresh into custody for investigations to recover the rest of the 30 kg jewellery.
Investigating officer told media persons that, Accused Murugan is a inter-State dreaded criminal who had hid the jewels in a plastic bag inside a dense forest near the banks of cauvery river in Trichy he took about 15 minutes to find the spot when we took him there for recovery we had taken Goldsmith’s and eye-witnesses from Bengaluru at that time of recovery.He dug the ground and gave us the bag that had jewels.Murugan had two other accomplices Suresh and Ganesh they are his relatives they were caught by the police after the Lalithaa jewellery heist the police had caught them and recovered whatever they had Murugan was staying in Trichy while they were nabbed we had found out through the CCTV footage of another robbery when all the three of them had travelled in an i10 car with that information we were sure that they were the criminals.He is a habitual offender and he is a professional robber this time he taught of getting settled he even wanted to do a film and most of his money he spent is on heroines and junior artists and in prostitution he has befriended a junior artist in kollywood and most of the money he has spent in constructing house and buying cars and his addiction of going to Pub and dance bars and was leaving a lavish lifestyle,a team of cops took him under confidence by telling you will still be alive for more 10 years as he has more health issues and it was very necessary for us to make him spill out about the heist where he has kept as he spilled that he has dig a pit and stored it in a hole in a dense forest near the banks of cauvery river.He even said he has planned to loot this jewellery shop three months advance from three months he was planning to loot and this operation was carried in three days it took them 3 days to loot as they drilled the wall of the shop from the gas cutter and gained the entry into the jewellery shop and Murugan was waiting outside the showroom he sent Ganesh and Suresh by tieing a rope in their legs as if anyone comes he can alert them by pulling the rope and with this the masked men entered the showroom and looted the huge booty and then escaped the Trichy police acting on tip off nabbed three person but the main kingpin mastermind accused Murugan was caught and we secured him and recovered the huge booty of jewels from him he added.
Bhaskar Rao,Bengaluru city police commissioner,said,In inter-state matters there will be lots of complications also.Property recovery is risky job extremely risky job if it becomes success we can appreciate if something went wrong then we will be investigating as who has shown negligency in recovery so they have done a commendable job even Home Minister of karnataka Basavaraj Bommai and DG&IGP of karnataka Neelamani N Raju has also appreciated them as a police commissioner I have also appreciated them and we are going to give them good rewards for whatever the good work they have done and this is a very appreciable work they have done and recently we have conducted property parade in other divisions and after which we have returned the same property to the victims by seeking court permission which will help in build up public confidence.But I can only tell you that offence detection is easy and after detecting crimes we should recover the stolen property then produce it to court and after seeking permission from the court we return the property to actual owner which is a very very risky job very very tuf job and any mistakes that takes place here is a very very expensive mistake and at that time no one can spare or rescue them and we only have to stand by them if their efforts are genuine.in Many cases many accused will try to put blame on them by trying to offer them some gifts to settle the matter and with this the accused will blame them in this situation also they have recovered the intact property it is a great challenging job it is a good example of our integrity also their hard work their dedication and they face lot of problems from language barrier recovering the gold as their procedures will be same and they will be thinking why they should not recover and all these all challenges they have faced and brought the intact property of 12 kgs of Gold,Diamonds as well as platinum ornaments this is a biggest recovery which a Bengaluru city police have done so we will be handovering the property to the court along with the offender and the Trichnapali police will get property released and I announce a reward of Rs.2 lakhs to the whole team for their immense efforts and exemplary work done in recovering the property he added.
DCP Southeast,Isha Pant said a team under the supervision of ACP MicoLayout Karibasavana Gowda,Bommanahalli Inspector D.R.Nagaraj and his team who was in search of offenders one team got a vital clues about the accused after analysing CCTV footage the team got credible information about the offender who is a notorious habitual offender who was arrested earlier by Bengaluru city police and was released on bail and then also he continued the same as the team was checking the CCTV footage at the crime scene in HSR layout and Bommanahalli the team gathered evidence and a team was sent to Tamilnadu and search of offender at the same team collected information about Robbery took place as the team was on search the team noticed this accused Murugan the team kept a close watch on him and were behind him as the accused reached Bengaluru in Mayo Hall court to surrender before surrendering as our team was tipped and one team was behind him alerted the court constable about the developments and the same information was passed to senior officers who asked them to secure him before getting produced as soon as he reached to Mayo hall court the court constable Ramachandra was alert at the court and secured him and the inspector and his team rushed to Mayo hall court the team even carried a laptop with them to prepare the arrest procedure to take him in their custody after finishing all the formalities the court sent him to police custody and during the course of investigation the team grilled him who spilled the beans and based on his statement a team headed by Inspector D.R.Nagaraj and his crime team escorted the accused to Perambalur in Trichy to recover the property as the team reached the spot for sometime he was searching the place where he is digged up after identifying it along with Goldsmith’s and eye witnesses we have recovered the 12 Kg of Gold,Diamond and Platinum from the pit where he has stored and based on his statement the cops have recovered intact property from them she even said the team has done major recovery which is one of the biggest case in 1 case and 1 accused in case there is one inter-State criminal by name Murugan he has been arrested by Bommanahalli police and around 12 Kgs Gold,Diamond,and platinum jewellery has been recovered from him.So he has committed this type of crime in various states like Andhra,Tamilnadu and Karnataka.So in this particular case he did a huge Robbery in one of the Jewellery shop in Trichy called Lalithaa jewellers so from him we have recovered 12 kg of intact Jewellery and the recovery was done in quite a movie like passion were he had dug a pit and he had put all the jewellery inside that pit and Bommanahalli police team led by Inspector and his whole team recovered the ornaments intact,and he has almost lot of cases against him in all these three states and he has also done a major robbery in Punjab National Bank in Trichy and in HSR Layout police station of southeast division and Bommanahalli police station so like this he has committed lot of crimes and we have recovered  these 12kgs and he is in our police custody and we will be recovering more from him when asked does he alone commits this offence Isha Pant said,actually he has two of his associates Suresh and Ganesh,in which Suresh is his Sister son and Ganesh is also his relative so three of them they come from Trichy in car in i10 or Tavera and they do such crimes and they go back to Tamilnadu so basically he is from Tamilnadu and he is in Trichy.He has a lot of health issues however he hasn’t stopped his criminal activities.He does not indulge in small crimes he goes after the big ones he travels in cars like i10 and Tavera he has even built a big house in Trichy.Robbery is his profession.The Lalithaa jewellers owner and manger must provide documents to prove that the ornaments belong to them only then can we confirm and return the ornaments we still have a lot to recover we have to follow up with the receivers and recover them he has been involved in several crimes in the past and hence we cannot provide more details about the other cases as of now and we will seek body warrant of other accused from the Court and finally,Home Minister of karnataka,Basavaraj Bommai,DG&IGP of Karnataka,Neelamani N Raju,has appreciated,Police Commissioner, Bhaskar Rao,Addl CP East,S Murugan,DCP,Southeast,Isha Pant,ACP Mico-layout Sub-Division ,kari basavana Gowda,Bommanahalli,PI,D.R.Nagaraj,PSI, Shivappa,ASI,Shivashankar,crime staff as,Ramachandra,Ramalingegowda,Chikkavenkatashetty,Jayprakash,Ramesh,Raghu and others have done a tremendous and exemplary work who has successfully nabbed the notorious dreaded criminal a professional Robber and recovered intact property of 12 kg ornaments worth Rs.5 Crore and the team has arrested the kingpin Murugan and his associates were arrested by Tamilnadu police and with this the Lalithaa Jewellery case has been detected by our team and a reward of Rs. 2 lakh will be given to the team by the Bengaluru Police Commissioner’s office and other suitable reward will be given by the government,she added.

Rules mandate, as does past experience, state that if a carnivore has killed a human being, it needs to be captured or killed.

BENGALURU: The killer tiger, which had kept forest officials on their toes for five days before it was captured near Gopalaswamy Betta Range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Sunday, will never roam free again. According to the Forest Department, the five-year-old male, weighing around 170 kg, will remain at Kooragahalli Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, 15km from Mysuru, for the rest of its life.

The animal was counted in the last tiger census in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. Camera trap analysis revealed that it had travelled from Nagarahole (Antharsanthe) to Molleholle to Kundakere in Bandipur, and then to GS Betta Range, before being captured.

“Since it is a healthy male and has no injuries, we want to release the big cat back in the forest. But there is pressure from people not to do so. Besides, no risk can be taken again as it has killed two humans, though it was because of fear and hunger. Around five years ago, when a tiger captured in Chikkamagaluru was released in Dandeli, it had died. This earned the department a lot of flak, we don’t want that,” a senior official told TNIE.

Some forest officials have recommended a few places where the animal can be released as an experiment, like Bannerghatta National Park or BR Hills or Bhadra Reserve, where the tiger population is low and pressure from humans on the forests is also less.

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Sanjai Mohan said he was aware of the pressure from both quarters (to keep the animal in custody and to release it). He is also aware of the social media campaigns for and against the department. But for the safety of the animal and people, it has been decided that the animal stays in the rescue centre, he said.

Rules mandate, as does past experience, state that if a carnivore has killed a human being, it needs to be captured or killed. Had it not killed any humans, it could have been relocated.

The tiger’s new enclosure has around an acre of space where a near-to-nature environment has been created for the animal. At present, the tiger is finding it tough to adjust to the new environment. It keeps growling and is cautious even of its own shadow. It is very alert, said an officer from Mysuru.

Balachandra T, Director, Bandipur Tiger Reserve, said there was no need for DNA tests as the animal was captured after thorough verification of photographs and camera trap images. He added that for DNA analysis, there should be a sample base for verification. But that is not available with the department. Only faecal matter analysis could be done, but that too when the tiger was captured just two days after it had killed the humans. This report could have been matched with the humans’ DNA for verification, but that is out, he said.

The National Centre for Biological Sciences is preparing a DNA database for captured and seized tigers and items for analysis. Samples from the wild will also be collected and stored.

LEARNING EXPERIENCE
The whole exercise of capturing the tiger was a learning experience for the department. PCCF Sanjai Mohan said they have realised the need for infrared cameras and completely stop the use of flash cameras. The department has one night-vision camera and more will be procured in the coming days. Thermal cameras are also on the cards. The department has also written to the government to deploy more veterinarians. At present there are just five, but at least 10 are required, Mohan said.

The workers have demanded the settlement of wage revision effective January 1, 2017, asking for a pay parity with officers.

BENGALURU: Defence production and upgradation work is set to be hit as workers of the country’s aerospace and defence production company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) are to launch an indefinite strike starting October 14 across the country.

This, despite talks between the All India HAL Trade Unions Coordination Committee (AIHALTUCC) — which has called for the strike — and the management of the defence public sector undertaking.

The workers have demanded the settlement of wage revision effective January 1, 2017, asking for a pay parity with officers.

However, HAL union general secretary Suryadev Chandrashekar on Sunday told TNIE that discussions held with the management till Sunday did not reach any fruition.

All nine units of the industry in seven states will strike work indefinitely starting Monday, he said.

A meeting between officials and representatives of the recognised unions was held on October 12 and 13, HAL said in a communique to the media, as a solution to employees’ problems, while keeping in mind the interest of the organisation.

As a measure to address some of the issues, the management offered to enhance allowances under the Cafeteria system to 22% for workmen in Scale 1 to 10; and 20% for workmen in Special Scale as against uniform rate of 19% offered earlier.

It also assured that all the workmen would stand benefited in terms of allowances on account of introduction of the Cafeteria system.

The management also offered a revised rate of fitment benefit at 11%, the officials added. The wage negotiation committee also apprised the unions of the ill-effects of resorting to any strike or agitation which would jeopardize the interest of the employees or organization, and the nation at large.

It rued that the employees resorted to the “recalcitrant approach” despite the management’s appeals and efforts towards an amicable wage settlement.

Pramesh Jain

Journalists from various Kannada news channels and national media staged a silent protest in Bengaluru on Thursday against the Karnataka assembly Speaker,Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri‘s decision to impose media restrictions within the assembly proceedings.
Editors and Senior Journalists,from various different regional news channels and national media representatives on Friday October 11th staged a silent protest after the karnataka assembly Speaker called for a ban on live telecast from the Assembly House. 
A photo journalist wore a black eye band condemning Karnataka Speaker’s order against media. 

News channels have been broadcasting proceedings of the Karnataka Assembly and the Vidhana Parishad since 1994.
Though the journalists approached the Speaker to lift the ban,Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri stood his ground,reiterating that restrictions were imposed as per rules.
Journalists were miffed after Kageri left the chamber without listening to their grievances.
Reacting to this,Press Club of Bengaluru with other media houses and journalists called for a protest at Bengaluru’s Anand Rao Circle. 
More than 100 Video and Photo journalists with represntatives from Regional and National Channel took part in the silent protest at Maurya Circle against the Media Gag order by Karnataka Assembly speaker for the ongoing session of 3 days he banned which miffed the representative of all private channels. 
The protest was organised by Press Club of Bengaluru President,Sadashiva Shenoy,with H.V Kiran and Anand P. Baidanamane.
Security was placed at the protest spot DCP,Central,Chethan Singh Rathore with ACP,T Basheer Ahmed with PI,Sanjeev Gowda with other officers and staff were present at the Maurya Circle. 
Former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy joined the protest and slammed the speaker’s move banning private channels live telecasting the Assembly Session,he said no one should restrict the fourth pillar of democracy in covering the live telecast of Assembly session as they are the who passes the ongoing sessions developments to public and said today he will raise the issue in the house of the Assembly demanding Speaker should immediately lift the ban and allow private channel to cover the live assembly session he added.He even slammed the current BS Yediyurappa-led government over the ban, which disallows national and regional private TV channels from covering the proceedings of Karnataka Assembly live.They are trying to gag the media and the fourth pillar of democracy is being stopped in its work.I condemn this and reject such a move by the speaker, he said after meeting the journalists who are staging a protest against the gag.HDK even said that there had been a proposal from the state Home ministry during his time in office.He had,however refused the proposal.The media must not stop us while are walking the corridors of Vidhana Soudha,but we must make facilities instead for them to ask questions,he told reporters.
Siddaramaiah Former Chief Minister,leader of opposition condemned the move of BJP government and Speaker by tweeting he said,The decision of the Speaker, to disallow journalists from taking the video & photographs of the session, shall be condemned.In case speaker feels that journalists are misusing the liberty, the rules of the house should be modified and not bring in a complete ban.Is blocking journalists an attempt to protect @BJP4Karnataka’s blue boys from being caught again?In that case, is it not the party’s duty to teach blue boys a lesson?But, in @BJP4Karnataka, they reward such anti-social elements with ministerial berth, even if they lose.Wah!The latest media blockade by speaker seems to be in the direction to mute the opinions of Opposition.Live relay of Assembly by @DDChandanaNews was partial towards ruling party members. Most of the times, when opposition speaks, the camera is not focused on the one who speaks he tweeted.
Sowmya Reddy R Jayanagar MLA tweeted, against the Media ban by Assembly speaker she said,What’s the responsibility of a healthy opposition ? Isn’t that our job to speak up for the people of our state! To ensure we ensure the government is doing its job properly! If our voices inside the assembly can’t be heard outside to people then isn’t this death of democracy!!!As a 1st time MLA I want to talk and discuss about pressing issues regarding the our city, my constituency (Jayanagar) many issues & including the worst hit floods & how Karnataka government has handled past 60 days. shocked with the events that have unfolded past 2 days.Outside tv media has been banned since today at the assembly! Today when we (opposition) spoke against Govt’s failure to handle flood relief, there was no focus on us but guess who? Yes, only the speaker or the CM or anyone from the ruling party. That’s why the media gag! She tweeted. 
BS Yediyurappa tweeted from his official twitter account on Thursday had said that he would appeal Karnataka Assembly speaker Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri to recall the ban, which was issued ahead of the three-day winter session of the Assembly he tweeted after few hours the tweet was deleted Sources with the BJP told reporters,that the tweet was deleted because Yediyurappa’s statement could have given the media the impression of infighting within the BJP.His statement was against party dictates so the tweet was taken down,” the source added.
Deepa Balakrishnan,Senior Journalist of CNN News18,tweeted, Press Club of Bangalore is leading a protest today against #Karnataka #Speaker #Kageri ‘s unilateral order to keep Pvt channel video- and photo-graphers away from covering Assembly proceedings; top editors and journos are here this morning at the Gandhi statue.Today @Vijaykarnataka has a black, blank space spanning two columns where ‘pictures’ of the #Assembly session should have been.. protesting the unilateral ban on photography and videography inside Assembly #mediagagged #freedomofpress,And a photographer Pandarinath @XpressBengaluru sits blind-folded in the backdrop of the Gandhi statue to protest the ban of videographers and photographers from #Karnataka #Assembly coverage she tweeted. 
HR Ranganath Public TV Managing Editor said,We cannot be fools to believe that the decision will be reversed because of the opposition against it.The question is not about whether the Chief Minister or the Speaker has taken the decision.We need to understand about where this idea that the Vidhana Soudha and the Assembly is a place where politicians can take unilateral decisions is coming from,He even said that politicians are eager to ensure that the news that portrays them or their party in good light should only be published. “This eagerness is increasing every day and politicians want to present a packaged news bulletin to journalists. This must be resisted not only today but also going HR Ranganath, Managing Editor of Public TV, a Kannada news channel, said at the protest. 
Hariprakash Konemane, Editor of Vijay Karnataka,a Kannada language daily newspaper, stated that this decision will be used as a precedent to take unilateral decisions. “In the first stage, TV cameras are banned from Assembly. This will be used as a precedent in the future. We have taken a stand against this in today’s edition of Vijay Karnataka in which we have published a blank picture instead of a photograph on our story on this issue,”he said.
Ranganath Bharadwaj,Chief Producer of TV9 Kannada,said,Those who are afraid of us and have something to hide take such steps we tell the world what you do during assembly session.Who eats tobacco,who lazes around and who uses their phone that’s why you are afraid of us the government is not doing the media a favor by letting us inside Vidhana Soudha it’s our duty to tell the people what their representatives are doing he added.
Another senior journalist said,This is something that people and the government need to pay attention to the media also has to instil some fear into the government the real issues are highlighted he added.
HD Deve Gowda, Janata Dal (Secular) National President: This kind of attitude of the present govt shows that it is intentionally snatching the freedom of media going on for decades. We hope & trust that this govt will reconsider its decision he added.
Senior Journalist,Ms.Shantala said,They are trying to suppress the Freedom of press it is against the interests of the people she said.
It is alleged that Several opposition leaders were also in agreement with the proposal, sources claimed.Informally, several JD(S) leaders,especially HD Kumaraswamy had supported this.When leaders are sleeping or doing something else, that gets captured.A few Congress leaders too wanted the ban to be imposed,” the source added. 
In 2012, a camera man of Private channel had captured footage of the then Karnataka MLA Laxman Sangappa Savadi watching porn on his phone inside the Assembly. Following the uproar, Laxman Savadi was forced to resign. In February 2012, the then Speaker, KG Bopaiah had banned private television channels from recording and broadcasting live proceedings of the House until a committee set up to probe Savadi’s behaviour submitted its report. The ban was later lifted.
In 2014, after the Congress came to power, the then Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa had told the media that the government was mulling a proposal to ban television cameras from broadcasting live the Assembly proceedings. However, this proposal had then fallen through.

Top Congress leaders raided Rs 5 Crore unaccounted Cash Seized in Income Tax Raids Against Karnataka’s Former Deputy  CM,G Parameshwara,& Former union Minister, RL Jalappa and others :
It was a big shocker for two top senior congress leader,Dr G Parameshwara and RL Jalappa when income tax officers conducted raids in his residence,colleges  and the hospital owned by them.
Income Tax department official have  conducted search and seizure operations at Siddhartha Group of Institutions owned by senior Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara in Tumakuru.
The income tax department is at it again in Karnataka.
Former Deputy Chief Minister Dr.G.Parameshwara woke up to a rude shock on thursday morning.
It is said 300 I-T officials conducted raids at 30 different properties and premises of Parameshwara.
Taxmen conducted raids across Bengaluru,Tumakuru,Koratagere, Nelamangala,Doddabalapura,and Kolar.
The I-T department laid a seige on Siddhartha group of institutions owned by Dr.G.Parameshwara.
Medical colleges are under I-T scanner for allegedly charging exorbitant money for medical seats.
I-T officials had led their eyes on medical colleges owned by Siddhartha group of institutions.
Every educational institution owned by Siddartha group of institutions raided by the I-T department.
I-T officials have scrutinized documents on seat allotments in medical colleges.
Siddhartha group of institutions have their presence in Australia as well as Malaysia.
Dr.G.Parameshwara’s Siddhartha group of institution is estimated to be valued at Rs.5000 Crores.
The I-T raids have evoked sharp reaction from congress leaders.
The timing of I-T raids on Dr.G. Parameshwara has raised lots of suspicion.
It is alleged that central government is targeting Congress leaders as the elections are approaching.
The I-T officials also conducted raids on former union minister RL Jalappa’s hospital in Kolar.
A four-member team of IT officials also conducted searches at Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology and Sri Siddhartha First Grade College in Tumakuru. The officials are said to be from Bengaluru I-T cell.
Sources said raids were also on at a group of educational institutions owned by senior Congress leader R.L.Jalappa in Kolar. Sources in I-T deparment said that the individuals were not targets of the search and seizure operations but these operations were against the educational institutions based on specific information.
The raids come hours before the Karnataka Legislative Assembly is set to convene for a three-day session on Thursday.As opposition Congress has alleged “politics of vendetta,” the session is expected to be stormy.
“I have come to know that Siddhartha Group is being raided. Let I-T take any action if they find anything illegal. But we will answer to this if this is politically motivated,” said Dr. Parameshwara.
Congress cries political vendetta and political witch-hunt raid by I-T department. 
Eshwar Khandre,KPCC,Working president,told media persons,BJP is misusing their power by conducting raids on Deputy CM,Dr G Parameshwara’s residence,medical and engineering institutions.These I-T raids are conducted to pressurize and suppress the self esteem of the opposition leaders he added.
Ramesh Kumar,former speaker,told media persons,If income tax raids are conducted according the whims and fancies of the BJP,people would lose trust in the I-T department this is very dangerous for the country and our democracy he added.
Siddaramaiah former chief minister told media persons,Congress leaders in Karnataka have been targeted time and again and these IT raids have been carried out deliberately.During the elections they had targeted the congress leaders in the same way by misusing the IT department this is political vendetta.He even said by tweeting,the series of IT raids on @Drparameshwara,RL Jalappa and others are politically motivated with malafide intention they are only targeting @inckarnataka leaders as they have failed to face us on policy and corruption issues he tweeted.
Mallikarjun Kharge,Former MP, told media persons that,Congress leaders are being targeted even though they pay taxes to the IT department they should follow the procedure by issuing notices to them before raiding the premises he added.
HD Kumaraswamy,former Chief Minister of karnataka,told media persons that,IT departments are established to conduct raids on those who haven’t paid taxes or posses illegal properties.Nowadays central government is misusing the IT department to conduct raids on particular leaders,The central government is using the IT department to silence the opposition and scare them we condemn the use of IT by the central government for vested interests he added.
Ramalinga Reddy,Former Minister,told media persons that,IT raids have become normal in this country they are now conducting raids to upcoming elections he added.
BJP denies any involvement.
KS Eshwarappa,BJP leader told media persons that,Will it be right for us to say that congress was responsible for all the IT raids that happened in the residence of BJP leaders? We cannot politicise IT department be it IT, CBI, ED or ACB these are neutral institutions it is not right for siddaramaiah to politicise the issue he added.
About Rs 5 crore cash has been seized till now from various premises that were searched, they said. Around 30 places in Bengaluru and Tumakuru linked to the senior Congress leader and his associates were raided on Thursday.The tax sleuths said they are continuing with the searches at 25 locations on Friday as well.