In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old software engineer was attacked by a man who allegedly tried to strip her. She managed to fight back and handed him over to the police.

The incident occurred near the victims PG near Kundalahalli.

The accused has been identified as Vijay Kumar, a bar-bender.

It has been reported that the accused attacked the woman when she’d gone out for a walk at 9.15pm. Police said he lunged at her and tried to rip her shirt, throwing her to the ground. The woman got up and rained blows on Kumar, who began to run in panic. But she chased him and with passersby’s help, caught him.

Marathahalli police have reported that the accused was intoxicated and claimed he was not aware of the said incident. But the woman alleged the man misbehaved with her intentionally and tried to disrobe her on the street. Police accepted the woman’s complaint on Thursday and arrested him.

 

The CBI on Thursday again questioned Sunil Kapur, Chairman of Travel Foods and Services, in connection with an alleged bribery case for getting FDI rules tweaked by AirAsia to get international flying licences.

A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official said that Kapur was again called for questioning and asked about whom all he met in the Civil Aviation Ministry and about a catering contract to him for in-flight catering by AirAsia.

Kapur was questioned for several hours on Tuesday also by CBI officials.

Earlier, the agency had examined Rajendra Dubey, Director of HNR Pte Ltd, Green IT Com Pvt Ltd and RRT Services India Pvt Ltd.

The CBI action had registered a case on May 29 against Malaysia-based AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes, AirAsia India Director R. Venkataramanan and AirAsia Group Deputy CEO T. Kanagalingam alias Bo Lingam and others for alleged violation of norms for getting international flying licence.

The CBI’s FIR also mentions aviation consultant Deepak Talwar, Dubey and some unknown public servants of the Civil Aviation Ministry and the then Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB).

According to the CBI FIR, during 2015-16, AAIL remitted about Rs 12.28 crore to HNR Trading Pte Ltd, owned by Dubey, for a sham contract on the basis of a bogus agreement on plain papers.

This was used for paying bribes to unidentified public servants and others for securing permit for the operation of international scheduled air transport services through Deepak Talwar of DTA Consulting and Sunil Kapur, Chairman of Travel/Total Food Services, who acted as lobbying agents.

In its FIR, the agency alleged that efforts were made by Fernandes to get the 5/20 rule of the civil aviation policy changed so that AirAsia could start international operations.

The rule requires that an airline must be operating in India for five years and have at least 20 aircraft in its fleet before starting international operations.

Fernandes is also accused of “putting pressure” on former AirAsia India CEO Mittu Chandilya to pursue changes in regulatory policies for international aviation in India which would be beneficial to the company.

AirAsia and Venkataramanan have denied the charges, saying the accusations were made with mala fide intention and will be contested in court.

Terrorists has once again attacked an army patrol party in Haril area of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday morning, but no injuries or casualties have been reported as yet.
This comes a day after two soldiers were injured after terrorists attacked an army patrol party near Line of Control fence in Kashmir’s Keran sector on Thursday, However, one of the soldier succumbed to injuries later in the hospital.
Sepoy Sukhwinder Singh (26) and another jawan sustained bullet injuries during an attack by militants along the LoC in Keran while they were patrolling forward areas ahead of the fence.
While the injured were provided immediate first aid, Singh was later evacuated to Army’s 92 Base Hospital here, where he succumbed to injuries on Thursday night, an official said.
His mortal remains would be flown for last rites to his native place, where he would be laid to rest with full military honours.
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Almost nine months after the murder of journalist and social activist Gauri Lankesh, the first accused arrested in the case – K T Naveen Kumar has confessed to killing Lankesh. Kumar also informed the police that he supplied bullets to a rightwing activist who told him they were for “Gauri Lankesh as she was anti-Hindu,” according to the report.

Earlier, Kumar and another accused Praveen, had confessed to issuing life threat letter to Mysuru-based rationalist writer Prof K S Bhagwan on September 9, 2015.

Kumar’s 12-page confession statement is part of the first charge sheet that was filed by the Special Investigation Team in May 2018. The charge sheet running into 650 pages was filed before a session court and includes 131 statements.

K T Naveen Kumar has confession statement also includes a detailed route map leading to Gauri Lankesh’s house. Prepared by the killers, the map mentions different angles of the house that were taken into account before carrying out the attack.

However, Naveen Kumar alias Hotte Manja has denied killing Lankesh. His family, too, has maintained throughout that he is innocent.

According to the police, Naveen Kumar is a member of a pro-Hindu outfit and founded the Hindu Yuva Sene in 2014. A student of commerce, he dropped out of college in Mysore reportedly after being influenced by right-wing ideology. He is also an alleged illegal arms dealer,

In the confession statement submitted by the SIT, Naveen Kumar mentions that Praveen had told him he needed bullets. However, Praveen tested the bullets and found them “useless”. He then reached out to Kumar and said that he needed to buy good bullets.

He also told Kumar that these bullets were meant to kill Gauri Lankesh as she was “anti-Hindu”, according to the confession statement.

As per Kumar’s statement to the police, he claims that he tried to buy new bullets but couldn’t get his hands on them and couldn’t communicate with Praveen as he wasn’t using a mobile phone.

It was only on September 5, the day Gauri Lankesh was murdered, Naveen Kumar claims he went to Mangalore and learnt from the newspapers that the journalist was killed.

The charge sheet reportedly includes phone call records of Kumar discussing the professor’s murder.

Gauri Lankesh, 55, was shot down with a 7.65 mm country made pistol in the driveway of her home in west Bengaluru on the evening of September 5, 2017.

Kannada actor Duniya Vijay has been arrested by Channammanakere Achhukattu police near Coimbatore here on June 8.

Duniya Vijay has arrested on charges of obstructing the police in their duty in connection with two sandalwood actor’s deaths during a film shoot.

Channammanakere Achhukattu police on Thursday registered a criminal case against Kannada film actor Duniya Vijay for allegedly obstructing police officials from carrying out their duty.

Police officials from the Taverekere station in Ramanagara had arrived at the house of film producer Sundar P Gowda and served him a non-bailable warrant from a Ramanagara court. Sundar was one of the accused in a case where two budding actors had drowned in Tippagondanahalli reservoir, during a movie shoot in November 2016. He had failed to appear before the court during the trial hearings. Taking his absence seriously, the court had issued an NBW warrant, directing cops to arrest him.

“Duniya Vijay was with Sundar when police arrived at the latter’s residence. On learning about the purpose of their visit, Vijay wasted time conversing with the police, and taking advantage of it, Sundar escaped from the house. Vijay promised police that he would produce Sundar before the jurisdictional police on Thursday morning. When Sundar failed to turn up at the station, the cops filed a complaint under sections IPC 353 (Obstructing government official from carrying out duty) and 225 (Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person),” police said.

Anil Kumar and Uday had drowned after jumping from a helicopter during the shooting of ‘Masti Gudi’, which had Vijay in the lead and was produced by Sundar. The chargesheet submitted by police lists among the accused, director Naga Shekhar, producer Sundar P Gowda, stunt director Ravi Varma, assistant director Siddharth, unit manager Bharath and helicopter pilot Prakash Biradar. Interestingly, actor Vijay’s name has been not been listed among the accused and he has been named prime witness.

A court here on Thursday sentenced extradited gangster Abu Salem to seven years rigorous imprisonment in a 2002 extortion case.

“…the convict is a hardcore criminal (who) indulged in the activities of extending threats and extortion under the fear of death, and he has been previously involved in several cases of similar nature, therefore, he deserves severe punishment of such magnitude that the same should be a lesson for the convict and an alarming lesson for others,” Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sahrawat said.

The court also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.

On May 26, Abu Salem was convicted under Section 387 (putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt in order to commit extortion) and Section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, but acquitted under charges of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.

The court has acquitted co-accused Pawan Kumar Mittal alias Raja Bhai, Mohd Ashraf alias Bablu, Majid Khan alias Raju Bhai and Chanchal Mehta in the case.

According to the prosecution, the gangster demanded money from a Delhi-based businessman and threatened to eliminate his family members if the amount was not paid.

A Dubai-based Indian man threatened to kill Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan leading to his getting fired from his job.

Krishnakumar S.N. Nair, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supporter, in a Facebook video on Tuesday said that he would soon travel to Kerala to carry out the act, Khaleej Times reported on Thursday.

“I am a former RSS worker. I am going to be active again. I am resigning my job here and returning to Kerala. I am staying in Dubai. I will be in Kerala for two to three days with an aim to kill. I am least bothered how my life is going to end. If we decide to kill a person then we need to finish the job,” he said in the four-minute video.

Nair, who used to work as a senior rigging supervisor at the Abu Dhabi-based Target Engineering Construction Company, also hurled abuses at Vijayan and commented about his caste.

He was terminated with immediate effect on Wednesday for the provoking post in an inebriated condition at the company accommodation.

He will be flying to Kerala as soon as all formalities are over.

“I have lost my job. I am ready to face any action. I remain an RSS supporter. I seek forgiveness from Pinarayi Vijayan and all politicians,” Nair apologised on Wednesday.

With Union Minister Arun Jaitley declaring all those who owed money to the banks have been declared insolvent and removed from their companies under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Congress leader P. Chidamabaram said on Wednesday that only Rs 1.7 lakh crore is expected to be recovered out of Rs 4 lakh crore loans involved in the proceedings.

“Out of Rs 4 lakh crore loans involved in Insolvency & Bankruptcy proceedings, only Rs 1.7 lakh crore is expected to be recovered,” Chidambaram said in a tweet.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi had alleged earlier in the day that the Modi government had written off loans worth Rs 2.50 lakh crore of some top industrialists.

Jaitley had responded to Gandhi by stating in an article that the government has not waived of a single rupee due from any industrialist. “Those who owed money to the banks and other creditors have been declared insolvent and removed from their companies by IBC (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code) enacted by Prime Minister Modi’s government. These loans were given largely during the UPA government,” he said.

Chidambaram, who made a series of tweets, also took a dig at government over the low growth rate of credit to industry.

“Credit to industry in 2018 grew at a grand rate of 1 per cent ! Yes, 1 per cent!…Banks will need a further Rs 60,000 crore towards recapitalisation,” he said.

The former Finance Minister also said that the government’s Make in India programme had failed to deliver results in defence production.

An activist who put up a defamatory post on social media against Dinesh Amin Mattu, journalist and former media advisor to former chief minister Siddaramaiah, has been arrested by D J Halli police.

B.R. Bhaskar Prasad, a resident of Nelamangala put up a post on Facebook alleging that Mattu had given a contract to get columnist Rohith Chakratheertha and himself killed. He also put a 40 minute video with different allegations against Mattu. The post, which was intimidating, aimed to instigate pro-Hindu groups to attack Mattu.

Mattu approached the police station and registered an FIR against Prasad.

When the police went to question Prasad on Tuesday night, he supposedly did not open the door for a long time. The cops then questioned him and when he was asked to accompany them to station, he asked time till Wednesday morning. As a result, the cops had to stand guard from 2 am to 6 am outside his house to make sure he does not escape.

In the morning, when the cops were about to arrest Prasad, he complained of chest pain and was shifted to Jayadeva Hospital.

Prasad’s advocate met him in the hospital. Prasad was taken into custody by the police after he was discharged around 2 pm.

Prasad has been booked under sections 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 118 (concealing design to commit an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.

Two people, including a juvenile, were arrested on Monday on the charge of raping a nine-year-old girl at S.N. Nagar in Sagar on Monday.

The arrested are Zameel Ahmed, 60, and the 16-year-old teenager. Both are construction laborers. The incident occurred when the victim had been to her grandmother’s house.

As indicated by the police, the accused barged into the house when the victim was alone at home and purportedly raped her. They are said to have threatened her if she told about the incident to anybody.

On Sunday, the victim has complained her mother of extreme discomfort and pain during urination. On being examined further, she uncovered the episode to her mother.

The mother immediately lodged a complaint with the Sagar police. In light of the depictions given by the girl, the police arrested the duo and charged them under areas of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and Section 376 (assault) of the Indian Penal Code.