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3 brothers from Dharwad held in UP for Rs 400-cr scam

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May 31, 2017

Bengaluru, May 31: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths have arrested three brothers, the prime suspects in a Rs 400-crore scam involving Harsha Entertainment Pvt Ltd (HEPL) based in Kalghatgi in Dharwad district.

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Harsha Khasnis alias Satyabodha, Sanjeev Khasnis and Shrikant Khasnis were picked up from a hotel in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday and were subsequently arrested. They were brought to Karnataka and produced before a court in Dharwad on Tuesday. The court remanded them in police custody for eight days for further interrogation. Brothers, who floated the HEPL, were on the run since April 11, 2017.

The Khasnis brothers were small-time moneylenders when they started the business in 2005. The business grew rapidly and they started taking deposits from the public. They collected more than Rs 400 crore from the public?by promising monthly returns of 7%. They said the money would be invested in the stock market and film production. Agents were hired to collect deposits from the public and were given a commission. A large number of people, including government employees, from Dharwad, Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Gadag, Haveri, Vijayapura and Davangere districts had invested in the firm. Some of the depositors had even taken loans for investing in HEPL.

The brothers invested in 10 films. Their plans went well till the demonetisation in November 2016. Post-demonetisation, they found it difficult to manage their business. So, they called a meeting of investors and sought time for making the payments.

The trio wound up the company on April 11 and vanished with investors' money and documents. The victims filed complaints with the Kalghatgi police who registered cases under IPC sections 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy), 406 and 408 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and Section 9 of the Karnataka Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 2004 (Fraudulent Default by Financial Establishment).

The police arrested four employees of HEPL, Ramachandra, Vadiraja, Mahesh and Shambulingha, after a case was registered.

Considering large sums of money involved in the scam, the government handed over the case to CID to ensure justice to victims. The police conducted searches in parts of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to nab the trio.

Now, the CID sleuths have requested victims cheated by the trio to contact the CID (9480800184/ 94808-00103/[email protected]) and share the details.

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July 28,2020

Mangaluru, July 28: In an unexpected development, the government of Karnataka has transferred Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh.

The development comes days after the IAS officer warned of legal action against those attacking cattle traders in the region.

Another IAS officer Dr Rajendra K V who was the CEO of Belagavi Zilla Panchayat, has been transferred and posted as the new Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada.

Dr Rajendra is a medical doctor graduated from Bapuji Medical College, Davangere. He had secured the 32nd rank in the civil services examination in 2013.

Sindhu B Rupesh had taken over as DK DC in September 2019.  Now, she is posted as the director, electronic delivery citizen services (EDCS), DP & AR (e governance) Bengaluru.

Also Read: Death threat against DK DC Sindhu B Rupesh after she warns against attack on cattle traders

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June 21,2020

Mangaluru, June 21: The first ever repatriation flight from Saudi Arabia’s Dammam Karnataka’s Mangaluru under Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) today brought home around 165 stranded passengers. 

The IndiGo flight took off from Dammam International Airport at 11 a.m. (Saudi time) and landed at Mangaluru International Airport at 6:30 p.m.

The stranded passengers included pregnant women, senior citizens and those who are in need of emergency medical treatment are on board.

The passengers were screened at the Airport before being despatched for institutional quarantine in special buses. 

Even though a few charter flights arranged by a couple of NRI entrepreneurs have already repatriated hundreds of stranded people from Dammam to Mangaluru, the government of India had not operated any repatriation flight under VBM on this sector so far. 

Saudi Kannadigas Humanity Forum (SKHF), an NGO which came into existence to help the stranded Kannadigas in Saudi Arabia during covid-19 lockdown had been successful in persuading the government of India operate a flight on Dammam-Mangaluru sector under VBM. 

SKHF has also set up an online portal for those who were in need of emergency repatriation. In today’s flight around 100 passengers have obtained seats through SKHF.

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July 11,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Karantaka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Friday raised questions over claims that Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project Madhya Pradesh was "largest in Asia" and said a 2000 MW had been built in the state.

"BJP central government is claiming today that it inaugurated Asia's largest solar plant of 750 MW at Rewa, MP. What then is the 2000 MW Solar Plant in Pavagada, Karnataka which was built in just 3 years by Karnataka Congress government and has been operational since 2018?" Shivakumar said in a tweet.

The Congress leader further said that the most unique thing about the solar project set up in Karnataka was that the farmers were being paid yearly rents for the land upon which it was constructed as it had been leased and not purchased from them, helping them retain ownership.

"The unique thing about the 2000 MW Pavagada Mega Solar Park was that not a single acre of land was acquired from the farmers. All 13,000 acres have been leased from the farmers who are being given yearly rent. Karnataka model of renewable energy was accepted as the best in India," he said.

"Union power minister must answer as to how the Central Government can claim that the Rewa Solar Park (750 MW) opened today is Asia's largest when clearly the Pavagada Park in Karnataka is much larger (2000 MW) and was opened two years back!" he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project to the nation on Friday. 

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