Duo held for black marketing Life Saving drug Remdesivir 2 injection vials Seized
PRAMESH S JAIN
The Jigani police have arrested A 33-year-old doctor and receptionist of the private hospital was caught red handed by Jigani police while trying to sell Remdesivir injection for Rs 15,000 in black .
The accused has been identified as Dr.Farman Ali,resident of Austin town and joined the,Ace Suhas hospital in Jigani,two months ago.The other accused is Rakshith V Salian,working as receptionist for the last three months.
Need of the hour in Bengaluru now is to have one dedicated and resourceful helpline to guide patients to hospitals or find alternatives at the earliest. People are just left scrambling between hospital numbers,NGOs,influence social media and other means to find a bed said by senior journalist.
Senior officer told reporters,our Anekal Sub-Division, DYSP,H Mahadevappa received information about illegally hoarding and selling life saving drug Remdesivir injection vials in black.
Based on a tip off that the hospital is involved in selling injections in black a team of police led by Inspector Goutham J,approached the hospital as prospective customers and caught the accused red handed while they were trying to sell the life saving drug Remdesivir injection in black rate.
During search the police team have also seized two bottles of injections vials which the accused have availed from government quota.
During investigation the accused confessed the crime that they have availed the injection vials in government quota and has violated law as people are dieing because of shortage of Remdesivir injection vials and this people to make ease money are playing with the life of patients and charging exhobirant price.
Meanwhile a family lost their father who was admitted in private hospital after he was infected with Covid19 and was undergoing treatment as today in the morning the doctors asked the family members to arrange for a life saving drug Remdesivir injection vials emergencily.
The family members contacted the drug control control room for the Remdesivir injection vials as prescribed by the doctors and the control room took a note and said we have noted the requirement and once it is available we will send.
But it is alleged that the relatives tried across city to all the corners nearly 100 pharmas and requested many officers for life saving drug for their father as the Remdesivir injection vials dint reach in time later by evening the patient succumbed to Covid because of life saving drug Remdesivir injection was not available in time.
The family leaves in north Bengaluru and the victim who died due to Covid! is survived by his wife and three children’s in Bengaluru.
But here this some people of pharmacy and doctors medical distributors and hospital management are playing with the lives of people who are struggling to get Remdesivir injection vials for the family members and here this people are taking advantage of the pandemic situation and are illegally hoarding the vials and selling it into higher price to make quick buck and become rich are now cooling their heels in jail.
The Jigani police have also seized two bottles of the injections from the hospital and also booked Dr Jagadish Hiremath,head of the hospital a case has been registered in Jigani police station charging the trio under various sections of the Drug Control Act and also under cheating and further investigation is on.
Finally,IGP Central Range,Chandrashekhar,has appreciated, Bengaluru Rural SP,Ravi D Chennanavar,Addl SP,Lakshmi Ganesh,DYSP, Anekal Sub-Division,Dr.HM Mahadevappa,PI,Gautham J,PSIs,Govinda BT,Shivalinganaik,and crime staff as,Srinivas,Mahesh,Sharieff Sab,Kottesh,and other has been appreciated for the commendable and exemplary work done by them a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
Life Saving act by Two RPF personnel saves man as he slips while trying to deboard moving train in Bengaluru
PRAMESH S JAIN
Two Alert RPF personnel rescued a 39 year old passenger in the nick of time while his leg stuck between the moving train and the platform while he was trying to deboard the train Yelahanka station from a moving train on Saturday morning.
Debashmita Chattopadhyay Banerjee,Senior Divisional Security Commissioner of Railway Protection Force,South Western Railway immediately rushed to the spot as soon as she received the information to take stock of the situation.
After inspecting the spot and collecting details, Debashmita Chattopadhyay Banerjee told reporters,Our two brave RPF personnel identified who risked their life and saved a passenger life are,Madhav singh and his colleague Ashish Kumar who were on rounds on platform no.3.When they noticed a passenger struggling with crushed leg next to moving train at around 6.30 am.
They immediately rushed to rescue the passenger later identified as M.Gurjeeth Singh aged resident of Barnala dist,Pnajab- travelling in coach no.D1 had come to meet his friends.He forgot to get down after reaching Yelahanka but realized his stop wheh the train started to move.
While hurrying to get down,he lost control and fell down between the gap of the platform and train and his right foot got crushed.
They rushed to the spot and pulled out Gurjeeth to safety before rushing him to Yelahanka General hospital.
They provided first aid to stop the bleeding from the foot with available materials and picked him up and took him to General hospital,Yelahanka where he has been treated for stopping the severe blood loss and after that he was shifted to Victoria Hospital for further treatment .
The officials informed his family members and the friends whom he supposed to meet them for the bravery and life saving act by our unsung heroes with their pro-active alertness on duty today saved a passengers life they risked their life and did a exemplary job.
I appreciate the exemplary work done by two RPF personnel,Madhav Singh and Ashish Kumar for the commendable job done by them and a reward will be given to both for their excellent job done in saving life of passengers risking their own lives.
The incident was intimated to their family members who expressed their gratefulness for the timely action by RPF in saving the life.South Western Railway requests the passengers not to board or deboard a moving train,which may endanger the precious life,said by RPF,Senior Divisional Security Commissioner,Debashmita Chattopadhyay Banerjee.
Meanwhile recently,At Vangani station of Central Railway, Pointsman,Mr.Mayur Shelkhe saved the life of a child just in the nick of the time. He risked his life to save the life of the child.We salute his exemplary courage and utmost devotion to the duty tweeted by,Railway Minister, Piyush Goyal.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal also lauded the man for his valor act.
“Very proud of Mayur Shelke,Railwayman from the Vangani Railway Station in Mumbai who has done an exceptionally courageous act, risked his own life and saved a child’s life,” Piyush Goyal wrote.
Meanwhile, the clip has gone viral on Twitter and has garnered over 1.47 lakh views and over 15k comments.
CBI Files Supplementary Charge Sheet Against Former Karnataka Minister Roshan Baig,IMA MD, Mohammed Mansoor Khan and others in CBI chargesheet
Pramesh Jain
The Central Bureau of Investigation officials on Tuesday filed a supplementary charge sheet against Roshan Baig,Former Minister of Karnataka,his firm and Mohammed Mansoor Khan,CEO and MD of IMA along with the other Directors,in CBI court,related to the ongoing investigation in IMA scam.
Name of the accused in the chargesheet are, Roshan Baig,Former Minister of Karnataka,his firm M/s Danish Publications,and others including,Mohammed Mansoor Khan,CEO & MD of,IMA,Bangalore,and other Directors of IMA are,Nizamuddin.A,Naveed Ahmed,Vaseem,M/s IMA Pvt Ltd M/s Daanish Publications,are named in the chargesheet.
It was alleged that Mr.Baig had received several crores of rupees from IMA funds for election expenditure.
It was further alleged that the accused was also utilising the said funds for daily expenditure including salaries of employees of his firm identified as Danish Publications.
It was also alleged that the Mr.Baig spent the funds for various social and cultural activities in his Constituency to increase his popularity.
The funds of IMA were allegedly unauthorised deposits raised from innocent public to the tune of Rs 4000 crore (approx) from around one lakh investors.
It has been alleged that money was diverted to the former Minister so that the accused firm could continue it’s illegal activities.
It may be recalled that CBI had registered 04 cases in the said scam and earlier filed 03 charge sheets and Three more supplementary charge sheets against 33 accused including MD and CEO and its directors of IMA,several private persons,Revenue and Police officials.
It was alleged that the said Group had raised unauthorised deposits and cheated the public by failing to repay the principal and as well as the promised returns.
These funds were allegedly diverted for acquiring properties,paying bribe amounts to the official who are later charged in the case.
Several properties including moveable and immovable were identified and attached under KPIDFE (Karnataka Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishments)Act,2004 by the Competent Authority.Further Investigation is continuing.
The public is reminded that the above findings are based on the investigation done by CBI and evidence collected by it.
Under the Indian Law,the accused are presumed to be innocent till their guilt is finally established after a fair trial,press release from the CBI,said.
BJP government lying on issue of availability of oxygen in Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh of lying on the issue of availability of oxygen for coronavirus patients, and said it was sad that people were wandering in search of the life-saving gas.
“Never before has there been so much insult to the truth,” he said attacking the BJP government on the issue.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said, “The way in which the people of Uttar Pradesh are wandering for getting oxygen is very sad and even more sad is that the BJP government is lying publicly that there is no shortage. This is a moral offence. Now even the supporters of BJP are bound to lose their loved ones in this lie.”
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had recently said that there is no shortage of oxygen and medicines for COVID-19 patients in the state.
Uttar Pradesh on Monday reported 249 coronavirus deaths, the highest single-day fatality count so far, as 33,574 fresh cases pushed the state’s infection tally to 11,20,176.
Turnout 75.02 per cent in seventh phase of Bengal elections, polling by and large peaceful
KOLKATA: An estimated 75 per cent votes were cast on Monday in West Bengal in the seventh and penultimate phase of the assembly election, which was by and large peaceful, Chief Electoral Officer Aariz Aftab said.
“Polling was entirely peaceful today and there was no incident of violence anywhere in the state,” Aftab told reporters.
“The seventh phase is the most quiet and incident-free phase. There was no bomb blast from anywhere during today’s polling, not even from sensitive places. We are extremely happy. The police and the central forces have done a commendable job,” ADG (Law and order) Jag Mohan said.
Voting began at 7 am in 12,068 polling stations spread over nine assembly constituencies each in Murshidabad and Paschim Bardhaman districts, six each in Dakshin Dinajpur and Malda and four in Kolkata, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s home turf Bhabanipur.
Malda, Murshidabad and Dakshin Dinajpur are minority dominated and the fight in these districts is between the Trinamool Congress and the Congress-ISF-Left alliance, except in a few pockets where the BJP has gained strength.
Till 5 pm, the highest voters’ turnout of 80.30 per cent was registered in the Murshidabad constituency, and the lowest polling percentage of 59.91 per cent was recorded in the Kolkata Dakshin seat, the CEO added.
Although the polling passed off more or less peacefully, there were a few incidents of scuffle between rival party workers in some parts of the state.
A few such incidents were reported from Asansol in Paschim Bardhaman district where TMC candidate Sayoni Ghosh claimed that BJP activists tried to jam booths in the constituency.
The allegation was dubbed as baseless by BJP candidate Agnimitra Paul, who asserted “Ghosh is making excuses sensing defeat”.
There was a commotion in the Rash Behari constituency in the city after BJP candidate Lt Gen (retd) Subrata Saha’s agent Mohan Rao was accused of molesting women voters inside a polling booth, police said.
The agent was detained after several women voters claimed he tried to drag them by holding their hands inside Bidya Bharati School, a police officer said.
Rao rubbished the allegations and said no such incident had taken place.
“We have received a complaint in this regard and a probe is underway,” the official said.
The TMC candidate for the constituency, Debashis Kumar claimed that he was stopped from entering a booth in the area by central forces.
The central forces, however, denied the allegations.
In the Jamuria seat, Left Front candidate Aishe Ghosh alleged that agents of CPI-M were stopped from entering a booth by TMC workers, a charge which was denied by the ruling party.
In Murshidabad, TMC district president and MP Abu Taher was heckled by party workers when he was touring the area.
Taher, however, claimed that Congress activists had heckled him.
The Congress dubbed the allegations as baseless.
In Bhabanipur constituency TMC candidate Sovandeb Chattopadhyay claimed that he too was stopped from entering the booth in his area by central forces.
The security forces denied the allegations and the office of the chief electoral officer intervened and sorted out the issue.
Security was tight in view of the violence in the previous phases, particularly the death of five people at Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar, including four in CISF firing, in the fourth phase of polling on April 10, an EC official said.
The ECI has ordered repoll on April 29 at booth No.
126 of the Sitalkuchi seat where voting was cancelled after the four were killed in the firing.
The poll panel has deployed at least 796 companies of central forces in the seventh phase to ensure free and fair voting, he said.
Each company of central armed police force has around 100 personnel and officers.
The EC also put in place measures to ensure strict adherence to health protocols during the election process, including wearing of face masks and maintaining social distancing to check the spread of COVID-19.
The state registered its highest single-day spike of 15,889 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, while 57 more people succumbed to the virus.
Election to two assembly constituencies Samserganj and Jangipur in Murshidabad district where polling was originally slated on Monday – has been adjourned following the death of two coronavirus-positive candidates.
The EC has fixed May 16 as the date for polling in the two seats.
The eighth and final phase of polling is scheduled for Thursday, April 29.
Votes will be counted on Sunday, May 2.
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COVID-19 Update: India adds 3,23,144 fresh cases and 2,771 deaths in single day
NEW DELHI: With 3,23,144 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases has climbed to 1,76,36,307, while the national recovery rate has further dropped to 82.54 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.
The death toll increased to 1,97,894 with 2,771 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 28,82,204 comprising 16.34 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further dropped to 82.54 per cent.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,45,56,209 while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.12 per cent, the data stated.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of 1.50 crore on April 19.
According to the ICMR, 28,09,79,877 samples have been tested up to April 26 with 16,58,700 samples being tested on Monday.
EC bans victory processions on or after counting of votes amid COVID-19 surge

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Tuesday banned all victory processions on or after counting of votes in states where assembly polls were held, sources said citing an order.
The counting of votes will be held in Assam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala and Puducherry on May 2.
Sources in the poll panel said an exhaustive order is being issued in this regard.
NIA court rejects bail to 18 accused in DJ Halli case
BENGALURU: A Special Court for National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases rejected bail for 18 persons accused of being involved in the DJ Halli riots, and booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The court stated that it was clearly not a simple case of rioting, but there was a conspiracy to commit the offences by the accused. “…the accused have gone to the extent of toppling the vehicle of the DCP and also burning a number of motorcycles of police personnel and private parties. These and other accused have caused extensive damage to the police station.”
The other petition was filed by Syed Ikramuddin alias Syed Naveed, Shaikh Muhammed Bilal, Syed Asif, Mohammed Atif, Mohammed Mudassir Kaleem, Naqeeb Pasha, Imran Ahmed, Mohammed Azhar, and Kareem alias Saddam, but the court stated the allegations against the petitioners is serious and rejected the bail application.
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