Bengaluru, May 29 : CCB Police have nabbed six Pawn brokers who had indulged in collecting huge interest and threatening the loan takers of dire consequences even after they repay the loan amount by not returning their Cheques, Sale Deed, On Demand Notes collected as security at the time of lending them the loan amount.
Police said that following the complaints raids were conducted at seven places, including on their houses and Offices, seized Cash Rs 9 lakh, 566 Cheques, 197 On Demand Notes, 3 Sale Deeds, 28 Lease Agreements and Laptop used for the crime.
The arrested were identified as Ashish Jain, Lalit Kanuga, Sanjay Sachdev, Chandru Arjun Das, Om Prakash Sachdev and Mata Prasad Tiwari.
Police said that the arrested were charging 20 per cent to 25 per cent and were collecting Cheques, On Demand Notes, Sale Deeds as security but not returning them after receiving the money towards clearing the loan amount taken.
They also used to threaten the loan takers of dire consequences if they failed to paying interest.
Cases were registered at City Market, Puttenahalli and Konanakunte Police Stations.

Mangaluru, May 29 : Police opened fire at a notorious rowdysheeter Umer Farooq when he tried to escape after attacking them and arrested him.
Police said that the incident occurred when a police team had gone to Pachanadu located in the outskirts of the city and tried to arrest Farooq, who was on run from the police for long.
The culprit tried to attack the police personnel with lethal weapons and in self defence the police opened fire at him with service revolver and arrested him.

Forty people arrested in connection with group clash over procession route of a marriage party belonging to Dalit
Police have arrested 40 people in connection with group clash last night at Nagarhali Village in Yedrami Taluk in the District in which more than 18 people injured over a marriage procession by Dalit taken out through upper cast locality.
Police said that on Sunday evening the procession was moving when all off a sudden some miscreants belonging to upper cast started pelting stones and it was retaliated.
In all 18 people, including 6 seriously, were injured and they were rushed to Hospitals at Jewargi and Kalabuagi.
Yadrami police have registered a case

Dhaka, May 27 : A Dhaka court on Monday issued an arrest warrant against former Sonagazi police station officer-in-charge Moazzem Hossain in connection with Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s murder.

Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge Ash-Shams Jaglul Hussein passed the order after taking the probe report against him submitted by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) into cognizance.
Further hearing on this case will be held on June 17.

Moazzem was found guilty under sections 26, 29 and 31 of the Digital Security Act for spreading video of Nusrat’s statement on Facebook, according to the probe report.
On April 15, Syed Sayedul Haque Suman, a lawyer of the Supreme Court, sued Moazzem under the Digital Security Act in connection with recording the footage without Nusrat’s consent and spreading it on social media.
During interrogation, Moazzem taped Nusrat without her consent and illegally posted it on social media.
The footage shows that Moazzem was asking Nusrat multiple insulting and objectionable questions one after another.
On April 10, Moazzem was withdrawn as Nusrat’s family alleged that he was not cooperating with them.
On May 8, Moazzem was suspended over negligence of duty and attached to the office of
DIG (Rangpur range).
Nusrat, a student of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa in Feni’s Sonagazi upazila, was set ablaze on April 6 allegedly for refusing to withdraw a case filed against madrasa principal Siraj Ud Doula for sexually harassing her on March 27. She died on April 10 at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

A gang war erupted on the streets of Delhi in Dwarka Mor area on Sunday afternoon. Two men were shot dead during the crossfire, confirmed police officials.

New Delhi: The streets of the national capital resembled a Hindi movie set on Sunday afternoon after a gang war broke out in Dwarka area of south-west Delhi. Going by reports, the deadly altercation was caught on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed in the area.

Around 4 pm, two bike-borne assailants opened fire at a car in Dwarka Mor area. The people in the car returned fire, turning the suburban neighbourhood into a war zone. However, a police control room (PCR) vehicle arrived at the spot and managed to chase the criminals away. In the shootout which ensued, cops reportedly shot down one armed assailant while another was caught in the middle of the crossfire and sustained fatal injuries.

Delhi Police personnel are yet to reveal the identities of the deceased or state which gang they are a part of. A case has been registered in this regard and an investigation into this matter is underway. More details are awaited.

This is not the first time a full-blown gang war has erupted on the streets of the national capital. Earlier this month, two bike-borne assailants pulled up next to a 28-year-old man walking towards a mall after appearing at a hearing in a Saket court and pumped two bullets in his chest. The victim was later identified as one Prince, a history-sheeter with multiple cases against him.

A similar instance took place in Sector 11, Rohini, earlier this month where a man was chased by armed assailants and shot multiple times over a suspected gang-rivalry. The victim, Manish, was returning home from a party with his friends when they were ambushed by armed men. As per the latest reports, Manish was admitted to a local hospital where his condition was believed to be critical. Eyewitness accounts suggest that around 17 rounds were fired at Manish.

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International level Red Sandalwood Smuggling Racket busted by CCB Police,Notorious Kingpin with 13 gang members arrested,Rs.3.5 Crore worth of 4000 Kg Sandalwood logs recovered.

By : Pramesh S Jain

International level Red Sandalwood Smuggling Racket busted by CCB Police,Notorious Kingpin with 13 gang members arrested,Rs.3.5 Crore worth of 4000 Kg Sandalwood logs recovered. 

“Sandalwood smuggling gang All India most wanted kingpin nabbed in massive operation led by,T.Suneel Kumar,Commissioner of police,under the leadership of,Addl CP Crime,Alok Kumar and under the able guidance of,DCPs as,Girish.S,D.Devaraja and Abdul Ahad along with their a team of 500 contingent congratulations and kudos to whole team”.

Bengaluru CCB Police with 500 Policemen and officers busted a international level red sanders smugglers gang involved in the smuggling of red sandalwood and arrested most wanted all India Kingpin wanted from a decade in many cases has been finally arrested with his 12 members gang.Around 4000 kilograms of sandalwood worth Rs 3.5 crore was recovered from them.
The accused has been identified as,Abdul Rasheed alias Puttu Bayar (48), is the mastermind behind the gang.He hails from Puttur and was on the run for the past 10 years.The other gang members who were held are,MS Basha (40),Shafi Muhammed (30),Munna alias Mohammed Shabbir (25), Ibrahim (28),Annu alias Mohammed Anwar (23) from Bantwal near Mangaluru,Ali Khan alias Mohammed Rahim (40) from Vijayanagar,Mubarak (26) from Konanakunte Cross,Noushad Mohammed (27) and Siddique alias Abubakar (40), from Kasaragod,Kerala and Saleem Khan (50), Zuber Khan (33) and Taheer Khan ( 25) from HAL. 
Rasheed used to keep in touch with his associates through instant messaging apps as V Chat app,in order to avoid being detected by the police.
Addl CP Crime,Alok kumar told media persons that we got a credible inputs to our CCB inspector,SK Malltesh who kept a close watch on the gang from past two months he was following there movements and the same information was passed to us based on the information collected by our inspector about red sandalwood smuggling racket a team under the leadership of DCP Crime,Girish.S,swung into action a special team conducted raid on a Tata Ace vehicle which was parked near national travels cargo Godown located in viveknagar police station limits on 17.5.2019 the team searched the tempo and found sandalwood logs packed in 7 boxes and seized 14 sandalwood logs weighing 500kg and arrested the accused Basha who was about to shift the sandalwood logs to Chennai and Mumbai our team took him into custody and during questioning the accused confessed the crime and revealed about his associates and based on his statement our team picked up Zuber khan,Salim khan,Taheer khan and Mubarak and the team grilled all the accused and they revealed that their boss is Abdul Rasheed alias Puttu who is hiding in Puttur under Dakshina kannada district based on their statement a special team of CCB was sent to Puttur to nab Most wanted all India kingpin of Sandalwood smuggling racket who is on run from past one decade Inspectors as,MR.Harish,Mohammed Sharieff Ravuthur and lakshmikantaiah rushed to Puttur and successfully arrested the notorious kingpin Abdul Rasheed alias Puttu and team grilled him who spilled the beans stating that huge sandalwood logs are stored in a godown located in Dodda Nagamangala area under Electronic city police station limits and will be exported or transported to other states and even to other countries based on the information a team of 500 policemen and officers as on 18th May 2019 in the early morning carried out a major surgical strike on sandalwood smugglers the team surrounded the whole area was covered up by all the DCPs and other officers and were instructed to open fire on the villagers or anyone who hurls stones or tries to attack them we have told them to open fire and based on the able guidance and instructions 3 DCPs and other officers in the early morning  swooped down into action and raided the Godown and seized the contraband Red sandalwood logs which was stored illegally in the godown our team seized 100 Sandalwood trees logs weighing 35kg each altogether 3500 Kg sandalwood trees logs were seized which values Rs.3.5 Crores in the international market and with this the team has successfully busted the international level red sandalwood smuggling racket and nabbed 13 members gang across state and a detailed investigation by the team of CCB cops it was revealed that the gang has a organised syndicate smuggling gang in various places like Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka,Tamilnadu,Kerala, Maharashtra,and other states who used to transport the sandalwood trees logs chopped from a sandalwood trees by this gang they used to transport the sandalwood logs in a AC packing like and send by buses and vans,lorries and they used to ship to China,Mallaysia,Honkong,the mastermind of this gang used to contact their associates through messaging app he has never contacted them through voice calls when Alok Kumar questioned him the accused said he used to make calls from V chat app to evade arrest and the kingpin Abdul Rasheed alias Puttu is a most wanted criminal wanted in Fake Currency Racket and he is wanted in Maharashtra,Kerala,Managaluru and other states.A few days before the raid,they had successfully couriered two consignments to Chennai and Mumbai.Efforts are on to get back the consignments with the help of our counterparts in the two cities he added.
T.Suneel Kumar,Bengaluru City Police Commissioner,told media persons that,A team of 500 contingent under the leadership of Addl CP Crime,Alok kumar under the able guidance of DCPs as,Girish.S,Abdul Ahad,Devaraj,all the ACPs,PIs,PSIs,and staff of CCB,Central,and Whitefield Division cops did a massive surgical strike on the red sanders smugglers across Karnataka and other places.CCB,Inspector Malltesh executed a two months long operation to collect details of Red Sandalwood smuggling gang the team gathered all information and a high value meeting was called by commissioner of police,T.Suneel Kumar with Addl CP, Crime Alok Kumar and all DCPs and ACPs and other staff were present at the meeting the commissioner collected all the details and ask the officers to conduct raids on the smuggling dens and the team conducted a simultaneous raids on their godowns,they even nabbed a person who was helping them to transport the red sandalwood in buses to reach Chennai,Mumbai and other places from there they used to transport to China and other countries as there they utilise it in making medicines,furnitures and other things and they will be paid good price for the red sandalwood in international market for 4000 kg they will be paid 3.5 Crores and there is high demand for the Red Sadal.The material was then stored at a godown in Bengaluru.The wood would be packed and transported to other cities through a private travels company.This wood would then be shipped to foreign countries like Malaysia,China and Vietnam through air and sea routes.They had a network of contacts in Andhra Pradesh,Tamilnadu, Kerala and Maharashtra to source red sanders.Private couriers would smuggle consignments into Bengaluru where they were stored in godowns in Dodda Nagamangala for packaging.The consignments were couriered to Chennai and Mumbai via private transporters and the exported to countries in South Asia where there is a huge demand for red sanders.Basha named Rasheed as the kingpin.A separate team was sent to Puttur where he was arrested.Earlier,Rasheed was involved in a fake currency note racket in 2009 and also smuggling red sanders. He is wanted by the police of many States.The other members of the gang were arrested at the godown.One member Mubarak, 26, is employed in a travel agency.He allegedly helped dispatching the red sanders from one state to other states and when asked the red sanders are very dangerous as while arresting they attack the cops and there was a huge encounter took place in the past for this,Suneel Kumar said,Andhra Pradesh in Chitoor district especially has got a special squad headed by an IG rank officer exclusively for red sanders smugglers a team of almost 100 fellows from Tamilnadu they are in seshachalam Annamalai forest and there was a huge encounter between Andhra Pradesh police and smugglers almost 16 fellows were Gundownded in the encounter so for our officers were instructed to carry weapons and other materials if any villagers tries to hurled stones at them while arresting the notorious dreaded criminals they were instructed to open fire on them so fearing of getting shot they dint create any nuisance and with this the team has successfully nabbed the notorious dreaded criminal kingpin Abdul Rasheed and his gang of 13 members and seized 4000 kg of sandalwood trees log worth of Rs.3.5 Crores as per international market and finally,Commissioner of police,T.Suneel Kumar,has appreciated,Addl CP,Crime,Alok kumar,DCPs,as,Girish.S,D.Devaraja,Abdul Ahad,ACPs,as,B.Balaraju,Pratap Reddy,Niranraje urs,PIs,as,SK Malltesh,M.R.Harish,Mohammed Sharieff Ravuthur,Lakshmilantaiah,Dharmendra, Narayanagowda,KL Ramesh,Murugendraiah,Sanjeev Gowda,Ramchandrappa,Shivashankar, Harivardhan,Nagendra kumar,Iyyan Reddy,Vijee Kumar,Shashidhar,and other inspectors,PSI,Praveen,and staff as,Dinesh Shetty,Harishchandra,Dhananjaya, Raghavendra,Harish,and Mahanthesh and other staff with other PSIs and a contingent staff of totally 500 armed policemen were involved in this surgical strike a major operation was carried by the team to nab the notorious dreaded criminal kingpin Abdul Rasheed and his gang for running organised syndicate of smuggling sandalwood in various states with the tremendous efforts and plan of action the team has nabbed the notorious kingpin  and a cash reward of Rs.2 Lakhs has been announced to the whole team for the commendable job done by them who has risked their lifes and busted the international level organised syndicate of red sandalwood smuggling racket he added.

Fourteen Notorious Accused arrested,34 cases detected,property worth Rs.60.95 Lakhs Recovered by West Division Police. 
The West division police of Upparpet and KP Agrahara Police inspectors and his crime staff has arrested 14 thieves and detected totally 34 cases of different types as House breaking,Pick-pocketers,and bag lifting gangs has been nabbed and with there arrest the team has recovered stolen property worth Rs.60.95 Lakh from them.
Upparpet police inspector,Ramappa.B. Gutter and his crime staff has arrested two notorious bag lifters identified as,Chand Basha,32,year old,and Syed Akram alias Akram aged about 40 year old, who used to travel in a bus as passenger and used to lift bags of passengers and after lifting the bags they used to aim for jewellery and cash based on the credible inputs and with the CCTV footage the special team detained them and grilled them and they spilled the beans they used to lift bags from crowded bus and places and during interrogation they confessed the crime and based on their statement the team has detected 9 cases as 8 bag lifting and 1 house breaking theft and recovered stolen gold and silver articles worth of Rs.15,10,000 from them.
The same team has arrested pick pocketers gang and house breaking offenders the team has arrested seven more accused in connection with pick pocketing and house breaking thefts and the accused are identified as,Vishwanath,23,Jabeeulla alias Jabee,28,Srinivas,34,Kumar alias Kothi kumar,34,Harish,29,Raghavendra,39,Aslam Pasha,39 and during the course of investigation the accused confessed the crime and spilled the beans that they used to pick pocket in and around Majestic and KSRTC bus stand in crowded places and with their arrest they team has detected 6 cases of pick pocketing and house breaking thefts and recovered 3.65 lakhs cash from them.With this all arrest the upparpet cops have arrested totally 9 accused and detected 15 cases and property worth of Rs.18.75 lakhs recovered from them.
KP Agrahara Police Inspector G.Shivaprasad and his crime staff has arrested notorious dreaded habitual offender Raja alias Japan Raja and his two associates who used to break open the locked house with his special sharp object which he has specially ordered to commit offences he used to roam in and around KP Agrahara and other areas and used to identify locked houses and in the midnight he used to commit offences accomplice with his associates with the special ordered instrument the instrument is very heavy with a little force he used to break open the locks if the lock is very big also only with a little force it will break open as the bolt and screw are fixed it will be half inch and with his instrument he used to put inside the lock and lift it the bolts can be removed and these fellows used to go with a simple instrument and break open the locked houses and rob valuables.When asked how he got a name as Japan Raja, Suneel Kumar, Bengaluru Police Commissioner said as his eyes and he is very short in looking as in Japan most people will be short so he was called as Japan Raja by his associates and with his arrest the KP Agrahara Police have detected 18 house breaking theft cases reported against him and the accused has been identified as Raja alias Japan Raja,40,and his two associates as,Gopi,43,David,34,has been arrested by the team and based on their statement the team has detected totally 18 cases and recovered stolen property of Rs.35 lakhs Gold ornaments 1kg 119gm with one two wheeler has been recovered from them and he stated that Raja used to sell loot such as gold through his two wives,who live in Bannerghatta Road and Coimbatore.Raja’s friends used to call him Japan because has small eyes. Raja got his alias Japan Raja when his name entered police records in 2000.Cops reported that Raja used iron rods to break doors open.He usually fled with ornaments and did not steal things like TVs and vehicles.Raja has claimed that he had no alternative but to stick to robbery since he had to pay his lawyer and meet court expenses.
In another case the team has arrested two brothers identified as,Sridhar,38,and Sendil kumar,42,who used to work in a silver testing lab they both have commited offence of stealing silver ornaments from their shop and with this the cops took the case very seriously the team swung into action and detained both of them and during the course of investigation the cops grilled them and they confessed the crime and spilled the beans and based on their statement the cops have recovered intact silver ornaments from a jewellery shop where they have pledge 17kg 700 gram silver ornaments intact was recovered by the team. 
T.Suneel Kumar,Bengaluru city police commissioner told media persons that,West Division police of Upparpet and KP Agrahara Police under the leadership of DCP,West,Ravi.D.Channanavar under the able guidance of,BK Singh,Addl CP West,they have arrested fourteen criminals and detected about 34 cases of different types as,house breaking,Pick-pocketers and bag lifters in the buses like that totally amounting to Rs.65 lakhs worth property has been recovered from these fourteen accused.Out of this one accused the Japan Raja who was earlier arrested in the month of December by the same West Division Police that time we have detected 48 cases and worth of about Rs.1 Crore property was recovered he was sent to jail in the month of February he comes out of the jail on bail and then he continues to through the same house breaking offences this time they have detected 18 offences and recovered properties.Similarly there is a gang of bag lifters and pick pocketers there are two bag lifters in the BMTC buses who travel as passengers and lift the bags without the knowledge of the owner of the bag and they will not even be knowing that how there bags have been lifted especially they will open the bag and aim at the jewellery and other cash that is how this two fellows have been caught by PI,Upparet Ramappa B Gutter and his special team and we will be displaying their photographs in all the buses as public can be alert and take some precautions as we have directed the DCPs too display their photos in all BMTC and KSRTC buses and bus stations too and Similarly seven members of Pick-pocketers who does this pick pocketing in majestic areas have also been arrested by the west Division police and finally the commissioner of police has appreciated,Addl CP,West,BK Singh,DCP West,Ravi.D.Channanavar,ACPs,as, Dharamendra.HN,of Vijayanagar Sub-Division,and Mahanth Reddy NR,of Chickpet Sub-Division,PIs,as,Ramappa.B.Gutter,PSIs,as,Sharanabasappa Sangladh,Umesh,ASI,as,Ningappa and  staff as,Gangadhar,Nagarajappa,Sharanappa,Rajanna, Mumtaz Pasha,Arjun Kamble,Narendra,Sreenivas Shetty,Manjunath,Narayan,Siddaraju,Manjunath,Venkatesh,Harish,Prakash,Jayachandra,Beerappa Kannal,Arun Kumar and other staff has done a tremendous job in detecting the case and catching the notorious criminals and appreciating the good work done out by the Deputy Commissioner of Police and his team of the west division and i reward them with Rs.1 Lakh he added.

New Delhi, May 15 : K. Surendran, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate from Kerala’s Pathanamthitta parliamentary constituency, has declared 240 criminal cases against himself, topping the list of those with criminal records contesting the general elections.

Hailing from Kasaragod, he is one of the state BJP General Secretaries.

According to the National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 129 of the charges in these cases are of serious nature.

The second highest number of criminal cases was declared by the Congress candidate Dean Kuriakose from the Idukki constituency in Kerala.

He has 204 criminal cases pending against him, in which he faces 37 charges of serious nature.

Atiq Ahmad, who is contesting as an Independent from Varanasi, came in the third place with 80 serious charges in the 59 cases against him and BJP’s Bapu Rao Soyam, contesting from Adilabad in Telangana, is fourth with 55 serious charges in the the 52 cases he faces.

With 19 serious charges in the 42 cases against him, the Congress’ Telangana candidate Anumula Revanth Reddy is fifth in the list.

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A 44-year-old Talathi was arrested by the Anti Corruption Bureau(ACB) here on Wednesday on the alleged charge of accepting Rs 1,000 bribe from a person.

According to the ACB, the accused Haridas Namdev Kakde is a Talathi at the Sajja Hingangaon in Gevrai taluka of this district.

Quoting the complainant, the ACB said that the accused demanded Rs 1,000 bribe in lieu of updating the 7/12 digital land records.

On May 13,the aggrieved person registered a complaint with the ACB against the accused and based on his allegations the sleuths laid a trap at the office premises here on Wednesday.

The accused Talathi Haridas was nabbed red-handed in presence of witness as he was accepting Rs 1,000 bribe, stated the ACB.

The Gevrai Police Station have registered offence against the accused under the relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act,added the ACB.

Srinagar, May 13 : Police on Monday arrested four gamblers and recovered stake money from them in south Kashmir district of Pulwama.
A police spokesperson on Monday said following specific information, a police team raided a gambling site in village Petipora Lassipora in Pulwama. “During the raid, the team arrested four gamblers and seized stake money of Rs 20,000,” he said.
“A case under relevant sections of law has been registered at police station Litter and investigation initiated,” he said.
He said community members are requested to cooperate with police in curbing social crimes in their neighbourhood.
“Community members can share information pertaining to social crimes with police. We reassure the community members that our efforts in curbing social crimes will continue,” he added.