Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has decided to hand over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) the probe into the case relating to the murder of 22-year-old Chandru who was allegedly stabbed to death recently by some Muslim youths.

Chandru, who was accompanied by his friend Simon Raj, was stabbed to death by Shahid Pasha on April 4 afternoon.

While the police maintained that it was a case of road rage, the ruling BJP asserted that Chandru was stabbed for not knowing Urdu as stated by the Home Minister Araga Jnanendra before retracting.

“I spoke to the Director General of Police and the Bengaluru police Commissioner. I have decided to hand over the case to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Let an impartial probe happen by a third party and truth should come out,” Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told reporters on Sunday.

Probably, the Commissioner will write to the Director General of Police to hand over the case to the CID, he added.

Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra who had initially said on Wednesday that the youth was stabbed to death for not knowing Urdu, later retracted it after coming in for flak from various quarters.

Bengaluru police maintained that it was a case of road rage and not any other case. The police said Chandru’s bike had collided with Shahid Pasha’s two-wheeler.

The Congress too demanded Jnanendra’s resignation for stoking communal passions with his statement and giving a twist to the case.

However, on Saturday, the ruling BJP in Karnataka accused the Bengaluru police of covering up the murder.

“Simon (Simon Raj, the victim’s friend) was at the spot when the incident took place. He has seen Chandru (the victim) being stabbed, when he said he doesn’t know Urdu. His statement is there, do you want more truth than this?” Ravikumar asked.

Speaking to reporters, he had said, “First thing is what Simon has said is true, second is there is truth in what his mother has said…there is truth in what his aunt and family are saying. If more truth is required, conduct an inquiry. The Police Commissioner has lied…The Home Minister’s earlier statement was correct.”

Congress MLA and former minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan had said Araga Jnanendra’s statement was wrong and backed the police that it was a case of road rage.

However, Bommai said, “who says what is not important. What matters is that truth must come out. I have decided to give it to the CID for fair probe.”

Talking to reporters on Sunday, Jnanendra said the case will be transferred to the CID for a detailed inquiry.

“We will make sure that the murderers get proper punishment for their crime. Carrying out such a gruesome murder for a trivial matter shows the mindset of the murderers. We want to send across a message in the society that the government is with the poor and helpless people,” he added.

Jnanendra also said that neither he as a home minister nor the police are inept.

“We are capable. We will make sure that conviction happens and law and order prevails. All the evidence concerning the case will be gathered,” he added.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister of Law, Parliamentary Affairs, and Legislation JC Madhu Swamy on Sunday reacted to the Sangh Parivar activists’ move to boycott Muslim businesses and added that every citizen in the country has the right to run businesses.

He also added that targeting shops on the basis of religious identities was not right.

“Anyone who does things to disturb the peace or causes problems to people is not honorable. Even the ruling party loses the respect if things like these happen under its governance,” he said.

“I am clueless about why pro-Hindu organizations are resorting to such tactics. We are all Indians here,” he said adding that the government cannot keep a watch on all the incidents happening across the incident, and incidents that are brought to its notice, will be taken care of and action will be taken against those found guilty.

Parmesh S JAIN

The Gouribidanur police on Saturday arrested a 29-year-old woman who got her first boyfriend killed through her second boyfriend and made it look like accidental death in November last year.

The police who have taken up a case of accidental death and Post-mortem report revealed that actual cause of death.

Based on the PM report the police taken up a case and zeroed in on M Pavithra and her boy friend Rishab Mittal and his company driver Shambhulinga,charging them under murder .

Senior officer told reporters,Pavithra,married with two children working as sales executive in a steel company in Gouribidanur.

She had an affair with her colleague P Prasanna Kumar and the latter starting having an affair with Rishab Mittal,who was her senior and worked as quality manager at the company.

Prasanna came to know that Pavithra is cheating him and used to have frequent fights with her .

Enraged by this,Pravithra sought the help of Rishab who agreed to help her get rid of Prasanna.

As per the plan,Rishab called Prasanna on the pretext of talk about work and strangulated him to death at the company godown.

The accused later directed Shambulinga and others to carry the body in a goods vehicle and dump on the road to make it look like accidental death.

Parmesh S JAIN

The Kamakshipalya police on Saturday arrested 40 year old bike lifter and recovered 10 scooters worth Rs 5.2 lakh from him.

The accused has been identified as,Srinivasa, resident of CB Pura in Gubbi Taluk.

Senior officer told reporters,Based on a bike theft complaint, the kamakshipalya police inspector, Prashanth M and his crime staff visited the crime scene and after analysing the CCTV footage a special team was pressed into action.

Based on local intelligence and technical inputs the team tracked down the bike lifter.

During investigation the accused has been identified as Srinivasa,a resident of CB pura and based on his statement the team recovered 10 scooters from his possession

A detailed investigation by the team it was revealed that he would target only TVS XL scooters as he did not know how to ride gear bikes,the police said.

Explaining the modus Operandi,the police said that the accused would come to city by bus carrying hand-held hammer and a crow bar .

He would move around the city to identify parked scooters.He would watch the scooter for sometime and then would break the lock using hammer and crow bar and ride back to his home town .

The accused would then sell the stolen scooters to his contacts who would in turn sell it to the people in rural areas.

The police are now tracking down the owner of the vehicles based on the registration number of the vehicle to handover them.

A case has been registered in Kamakshipalya police station and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,then ACP, Nanjundegowda,PI,Prashanth M,PSI,Murthy and their crime staff who has done a commendable job in nabbing the notorious bike lifter and a suitable reward will be given to whole team he added.

Parmesh S Jain

The Yelahanka police on Saturday arrested six persons and two juveniles for sexually assaulting a minor girl repeatedly after blackmailing her with a video which they had recorded during the act.

Senior officer told reporters,The incident had taken place in the limits of Yelahanka police station in Bengaluru.

It came to light after the parents of the victim persuaded her to reveal what happened to her as she came home crying.The mother of the victim then lodged a complaint with Yelahanka police on April 5.

Based on the complaint the police track down the accused and arrested six of them while two juveniles have been taken into custody.

During investigation it was revealed that the main accused had sexually assaulted the victim and made a video of the incident.

After the assault,he had threatened the victim to kill her if she chose to tell anyone about it.Later, he shared the video with his friends.

Blackmailing the girl again that the video would be made viral on social media,the main accused along with his seven friends gang raped her.

A case has been registered in Yelahanka police station and hunt is on for the another accused and further investigation is on.

Parmesh S Jain

Self pride is the hallmark of Dr. BR Ambedkar. People of all communities should strive to uplift the oppressed classes,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Bommai in his address after unveiling a statue of Ambedkar in Basavakalyan said, oppressed classes have a prominent role in building a new Karnataka.

State government would formulate welfare programmes that would reward the sweat and toil of these classes.

All pervasive and all inclusive Constitution

BR Ambedkar is a precious gem of our country. He has gifted an all pervasive and all inclusive Constitution for the country.

If India has remained as one nation with such diversities in culture, religion and caste, the credit should go to Dr Ambedkar, Bommai said.

There is similarity in thoughts of Ambedkar and Basavanna.They both propagated the principles of equality and tried to eradicate untouchability. He has incorporated all the ideals of Basavanna in the Constitution, Bommai said.

Three objectives

“Our government is aware of the ideals of Ambedkar.We are working to fulfill three objectives of-education,empowerment and employment.

Maximum allocation has been made for the welfare of the weaker sections in the budget. About Rs.35,000 cr has been provided for the welfare of SC,ST communities.

The communities should make good use of the funds and get economically empowered, Bommai said.