By : Pramesh S Jain

Inter-District,House Burglars Gang busted by,VV Puram Sub-Division Police,31 cases Detected stolen property Worth Rs.84 Lakhs recovered.

The South Division police of VV Puram Sub-Division’s C.K.Acchukattu,Girinagar, Hanumanthanagar,Police have arrested five notorious house burglars and recovered stolen property worth of Rs.84 Lakhs from them.Police also seized five two-wheelers and 20 grams of diamond bangles from their possession.

The accused has been identified as Imran Khan alias Chor Imran,of Valmikinagar in Mysuru Road,Khadir Ahmed (24), of Nayandahalli,Prakash alias Junglee (29), of Mathikere,Mahesh (25),of Nagasandra, and Dayanand alias Nanda (21), of Andrahalli Main Road.

Modus Operandi :

The gang used to target the homes that had newspapers lying outside of them and lights switched on during the daytime.The suspects broke into them at night.The gang’s arrest helped solve cases registered at Hanumanthanagar,JP Nagar, Sudduguntepalya, puttenahalli,Girinagar and CK Achukattu police stations.One of the suspects was involved in cases registered at the Lashkar police station in Mysuru.

Hanumanthanagar Police Inspector,prashanth and his crime staff has arrested two notorious infamous house burglary offenders identified as,Imran alias Chor imran and his associate identified as,Khadeer and with their arrest they have detected totally 8 cases registered against them in various police stations and recovered Rs.24 Lakh worth of 801 gram gold ornaments and 2.2 kg gram silver ornaments has been recovered from their possession.

Girinagar police inspector,Kottreshi and his crime staff has arrested notorious house burglar offender who targets lonely house by doing recee in his two wheeler he would visit the area and after scooting the area he used to search the house where the newspaper is not attended by the owner of the house or Rangoli is not drawn outside the house and after doing full recee in the morning in the night he used to commit offences and with the help of CCTV footage and with technical inputs the team has nabbed notorious house burglars identified as Prakash alias Junglee resident of Yeshwanthpur and with his arrest the team has detected 8 HBT cases registered against him in Girinagar police Station and recovered stolen property as 620 grams of gold ornaments and one Honda Dio a two wheeler which was used in commiting offences altogether worth of Rs.18 Lakhs has been recovered from his possession.

C.K.Achukattu Police Inspector,T.T.Krishna and his crime staff has arrested a habitual offender identified as Mahesh and associate identified as Dayanand alias Nanda who used to roam in their bike in the areas of girinagar,C.K.Achukattu and surrounding areas and they used to step near the locked house and used to check whether the newspaper is lying in the main door and they used to even see whether Rangoli is putted or not outside the house and to get confirm they used to do a double check in the night and in the late mid night or in the wee hours they used to gain entry from the backside of the house by breaking the door with iron rod and they used to ransack the house and escape with valuables and with the technical investigation skills the team has nabbed both the accused and recovered Rs.41.7 Lakhs worth of 1,200 gram gold ornaments,20 grams of diamond bangle,around 2kg of silver items,and 2 Pulsar bikes with two Apachee bikes used to commit offence and with their arrest the team has detected 15 cases registered against them in various police station across city.

DCP South,Dr.S.D.Sharanappa,told media persons,that under the supervision of ACP,VV Puram Sub-Division,Valli Basha with C.K.Achukattu Inspector,T.T.Krishna,Girinagar Inspector,Kottreshi,Hanumanthanagar Inspector Prashanth and their team have succeeded in arresting five notorious Inter-State dreaded criminals accused in house robbery crimes because of the arrest 31 house Robbery case in Bengaluru,Bengaluru outskirts and Mysuru have been detected and property worth of Rs.84 Lakhs has been recovered from their possession.In one case the miscreants has looted a house and escaped with a booty of Rs.41 lakhs as in this house our Beat police team has visited nearly 7 times and gave awareness them about how to take precautionary measures motion as security preventive measures we have requested them to install CCTV cameras,safety alarm,in their house,and keep watch on their house by informing their neighbours when they are away from the house there was no clue in this case as the gang used to wipe their finger prints with kercheiff and used to destroy all the evidence from the crime scene but with technical investigation skills our team got a vital clue and nabbed the notorious criminals he added.

Bengaluru City Police Commissioner,T Suneel Kumar,told media persons that,A team under the leadership of Seemanth Kumar Singh and Dr.S.D.Sharanappa,
the VV Puram Sub-Division Police of C.K. acchukattu,Hanumanthngar,and Girinagar police have arrested Five Notorious House Burglars.Who has an profession of commiting house burglaries,after arresting this five criminals they have recovered property worth Rs.84 Lakhs,which includes 2.6 kg of gold,4.2 kg of silver.These fellows in which one Imran alias Chor Imran this fellow who has 35 cases behind him after stealing this property he used to dispose the stolen property in the Ajmer.Imran Khan operated with a lot of aliases he and his wife would go to Ajmer there he would sell his loot when our police went there the businessmen there even protested against us but with the help of the Rajasthan police we have brought it back.He has 35 cases against him everytime we arrested him and sent him to jail he would procure bail and come out and continue his lifestyle only earning from house burglary.Prakash is a burglar he has 20 cases against him he used to lead a luxurious life he used to first steal and then make merry.Mahesh and Dayanand are also dreaded criminals who used to target lonely houses with the arrest of 5 dreaded criminals the cops have solved 31 House Burglary cases,and finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,T.Suneel Kumar,has appreciated,Addl CP,Seemanth Kumar Singh,DCP South,Dr.S.D.Sharanappa,ACP VV Puram Sub-Division,Valli Basha,PIs,as,T.T.Krishna,Prashanth.K,B.M. Kottreshi,PSIs,as,Anjeenappa.H.M, Kumarswamy,Kambaiah,K.N.Prasanna Kumar and K.L.Vinay and their crime staff as,Smt.Rajini,Mallikarjunaiah,Manjunath, Vishwanath,Mohan,Malappa Kumbhar,Kiran,Gavisiddaih,Krishna,Ramesh,Gurunath,Ningappa.A,Naveen Kumar, Pawan Kumar,Pradeep,Puttaswamy,D.V.Shadaksharswamy,Ramesh.B,Nanjundswamy,Yogesh,Manjunath.P,Ravi Kumar,and suresh with other crime staff has been appreciated for their exemplary work in catching five notorious dreaded criminals who has same Modus Operandi of commiting offences and one lakh reward will be given to the team who has done a commendable job in nabbing these criminals who were headache to the cops and residents to lead lavish lifestyle they used to commit offence and now they are cooling their heels in jail and further investigation is on he added.

A 26-year-old Muslim man in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra allegedly gave triple talaq to his wife through WhatsApp, and was booked following a complaint lodged by her, police said Thursday.

The man, Javed Saber Pathan, a resident of Khandala village in Vaijapur taluka in the district, was booked on Wednesday under section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2018, a police officer said.

“Javed had married Shabana Nisar Shaikh alias Sabha in December 2016. Things were fine between them for about a year. However, after that they regularly started arguing over small issues,” police inspector Anant Kulkarni said.

Shabana lodged a complaint against him with Vaijapur police station on Wednesday, following which a case was registered, Kulkarni said.

Javed was yet to be arrested, the inspector said adding that an investigation has been launched into the case. On 28 December 2017, the Lok Sabha had passed The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017.

The bill made instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddah) in any form spoken, in writing or by electronic means such as email, SMS and WhatsApp illegal and void, with up to three years in jail for the husband.

The Union cabinet last month approved an ordinance making triple talaq a punishable offence.

PTI

An argument over Rs 10 resulted in a hair salon owner stabbing his friend to death using a pair of scissors here, police said Saturday.

Police said the incident took place on Friday evening, when Prempal Gangwar (42) went to his friend’s Ahibaran Lal’s saloon for a haircut. They had an argument over Rs 10.

Initially, people perceived it as a friendly fight between both of them, as they knew each other for the last 20 years, they said.

But, moments later Prempal slapped Ahibaran, after which Ahibaran stabbed Prempal’s chest with a pair of scissors. Prempal was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead.

Ahibaran also attacked sons of Prempal (Lakhan and Vipin) who came to their father’s rescue, and subsequently fled from the spot.

Station officer of Bhuta police station, Surendra Kumar Singh said the body has been sent for post-mortem examination, and a case has been registered against Ahibaran.

Efforts are on to nab him, police said.

PTI

As the #MeToo movement gains ground, 19 women journalists who have worked with ‘The Asian Age’ newspaper, came out in support of their colleague Priya Ramani who has accused union minister MJ Akbar of sexual harassment, a joint statement issued by them said.

The journalists have urged the court to hear their testimonies against MJ Akbar, claiming that some of them suffered sexual harassment by the minister and others have been a witness to it.

“Ramani is not alone in her fight. We would request the honourable court hearing the defamation case to also consider the testimonies of sexual harassment of some of us at the hands of the petitioner, as also of the other signatories who bore witness to this harassment,” the journalists said in the joint statement undersigned by them.

Meenal Baghel who worked for Asian Age (1993 to 1996), Manisha Pande (1993-1998), Tushita Patel (1993-2000), Kanika Gahlaut (1995-1998), Suparna Sharma (1993-1996), Ramola Talwar Badam (1994-1995), Hoihnu Hauzel (1999-2000), Aisha Khan (1995-1998) and Kushalrani Gulab (1993-1997) have signed the statement.

Kaniza Gazari (Asian Age 1995-1997), Malavika Banerjee (1995-1998), AT Jayanthi (1995-1996), Hamida Parkar (1996-1999), Jonali Buragohain, Meenakshi Kumar (1996-2000), Sujata Dutta Sachdeva (1999-2000), Reshmi Chakraborty (1996-98), Kiran Manral (1993-96) and Sanjari Chatterjee are the other journalists to sign the statement.

One journalist from Deccan Chronicle, Christina Francis (2005-2011), also signed the statement.

“What Akbar has demonstrated through his legal actions is his refusal to introspect, acknowledge or atone for his actions that have caused immense pain and indeed harm to many women over the years.

“He himself, in the meanwhile, continues to enjoy enormous power and privilege as minister and Member of Parliament,” the statement said.

“When Ramani spoke out against him in public, she spoke not only about her personal experience, but also lifted the lid on the culture of ‘casual misogyny, entitlement and sexual predation’ that Akbar engendered and presided over at The Asian Age,” it said.

Many journalists from multiple media platforms have come forward with their stories of harassment against the Minister of State for External Affairs under the social media campaign ‘#MeToo’ against sexual misconduct.

MJ Akbar, however, has denied the allegations and on Monday filed a private criminal defamation complaint against Ms Ramani.

Hours after returning from a trip to Africa, the union minister issued a statement trashing the charges against him, saying accusations without evidence has become a “viral fever” among some sections.

Ms Ramani on Monday asserted that she was ready to fight the defamation complaint filed against her, and expressed disappointment over the minister’s statement, saying it paid no heed to the “trauma and fear of the survivors”.

“I am ready to fight the allegations of defamation laid against me as truth and the absolute truth is my only defence,” she had said.

PTI

Delhi’s Patiala House court has listed the matter of Union minister MJ Akbar to 18 October. He had filed a criminal defamation case in the court against journalist Priya Ramani yesterday.

“My wife faces a union minister, his 97 lawyers. It takes special courage to do that. My wife Priya [Ramani] is amongst the 14 women journalists who have named union minister MJ Akbar for a range of inappropriate workplace behaviour,” wrote her husband Samar Halarnkar, in his column.

On Monday Union Minister MJ Akbar filed a private criminal defamation complaint in a court in Delhi against journalist Priya Ramani, who has accused him of sexual misconduct around 20 years ago, alleging she “wilfully” and “maliciously” made imputations against him with the ulterior motive of maligning his reputation and political standing.
The minister of state for external affairs filed the plea in the Patiala House district courts through law firm Karanjawala & Co and the ‘vakalatnama’ names 97 lawyers, who have been authorised by Akbar to represent him.

Ramani said in a statement that she is ready to fight the defamation allegations. She alleged that “rather than engage with the serious allegations that many women have made against him, he (Akbar) seeks to silence them through intimidation and harassment”.

Priya Ramani is the torch-bearer of the Indian episode of the #MeToo campaign. She spoke out against the minister of state and then all hell broke loose. Many skeletons started tumbling from cupboards and many dark secrets came to light, related to the film industry and in media as well as other fields. Within days a movement of sorts started with each day witnessing horrific tales of sexual harassment and exploitation.

PTI

Frustrated by a woman’s never-ending demand for sex, a 38-year-old man from Parbhani district of Maharashtra ended his life. The man was identified as Sachin Mitkari and worked at a hospital along with the woman.

On Monday, the police said that the man was found hanging from the ceiling at his residence situated on Vasmat-Parbhani road on Sunday. It was the neighbours who reportedly found him hanging and called on the police. His body was then sent for autopsy by the cops.

Mitkari penned down a suicide note which was recovered from the spot by the police. The note said that the woman had been harassing him and insisting him to have a sexual relationship with her.

Despite being told by Mitkari the fact that he was married, the woman continued to chase him so that she could indulge in a sexual relationship with him.

She allegedly also used to threaten and blackmail him that she would file a criminal case against him, said a police official quoting the suicide note. A case of abetment to suicide was registered against him by the police, as per what the official told news reporting agency PTI. Further investigation into the matter is reportedly underway.

This incident clearly tells us the impact sexual harassment can have on one’s life as this news has come in amid the #MeToo movement currently going on in India wherein different women are coming up with their ordeals and accounts of harassment, especially at their places of work.

This man should have gone on to publicise the said woman’s deeds, gaining inspiration from the many Me Too survivors. This could have saved his life and it is a clear indication that men should also join the campaign by voicing out their stories of harassment on social media.

PTI

Union Minister M.J. Akbar on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint against a journalist, Priya Ramani, who had accused him of sexual harassment.

Akbar has been accused of sexual harassment by several women journalists who had worked with him. He has denied the charges as “false, wild and baseless”.

Akbar’s complaint was filed in the Patiala House court complex.

Akbar has sought Ramani’s prosecution under Section 500 (defamation) of the Indian Penal Code.

He alleged that Ramani wilfully, deliberately, intentionally and maliciously defamed him by making a completely false and frivolous statement which has harmed his goodwill and reputation within the political fraternity, media, friends, family, colleagues and society at large.

“That the scandalous allegations leveled by the accused against the complainant (Akbar) herein, by their very tone and tenor, are ex facie defamatory and have not only damaged the goodwill and reputation of the complainant, in his social circles and on the political stage, established after years of toil and hard work, but have also affected the personal reputation of the complainant in the community, friends, family and colleagues, thereby causing him irreparable loss and tremendous distress,” said the complaint filed by advocate Sandeep Kapur.

IANS

On Sunday morning, Class 10 students of the Havanur Public School in Bengaluru went to attend a class. What they did not expect was to watch their teacher get brutally murdered.

Ranganath (56), the Principal of the school located near Magadi Road, had instructed the students to attend school on Sunday for special class.

At around 11 am, a group of five men barged into the school. Despite several attempts by the security guard to stop them, the gang of men allegedly pushed aside the security guard and went in.

“The five men entered the classroom in which Ranganath was teaching and began stabbing him. He died on the spot, before help could arrive,” the Magadi Road Police told media.

The horrified students began screaming loudly and this alerted passers-by, who went in to see what was going on.

“By the time the people came to see what happened, the men had fled the spot,” the police added.

The people who went into the classroom saw Ranganath bleeding and the students crying. “The students have been petrified by the incident. We have taken down the statements of the people who were there. We will get the statements of the students once they are out of shock and recovered,” the police added.

The CCTV camera installed near the school gate has allegedly captured footage of the men barging in through the school gate. The police say that they are in pursuit of the accused and will track them down within a few hours.

“We have the images of the men from the cameras. Our team is in the process of arresting them. We have registered a case of murder against unidentified persons currently. Their names will be added once we nab them. We suspect that the issue was personal. So far, the suspicion is that the principal had an affair with someone and that the killing was one of revenge. We have taken down the statement of the family members and are pursuing it,” the police said.

A 16-year-old class 10 student was on Saturday allegedly gangraped by four persons in east Delhi’s Vinod Nagar, police said on Sunday, adding that the accused have been arrested.

The police said one of the accused Amit Kumar (26), known to her and her kin, lured her to visit nearby park where his three friends Kishan Negi (42), Pankaj Mehta (42) and Raju Kumar (20) were waiting.

“The accused forcibly took the victim to a flat in same locality and gangraped her,” the official from Kalyanpuri police station said.

Four persons have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a television journalist near his house in south Mumbai, police said Monday.

The accused, all city residents aged between 20 and 25 years, were nabbed late Sunday night from Tardeo area, a senior police official said.

Herman Gomes, working with a private TV channel, was returning home along with a friend in a taxi on Sunday when he saw four to six men waiting near his house in Gamdevi area.