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Army man-turned-Bajrang Dal leader held for blackmail along with associates

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May 28, 2016

Mangaluru, May 28: An army-man-turned Bajrang Dal leader has been arrested along with his four associates by the police on the charges of extortion and blackmail in Moodbidri on the outskirts of the city.

SantoshSantosh Poojary, a local Bajrang Dal leader, caught red-handed when he was blackmailing a resident of Puthige in Moodbidri on Saturday.

After quitting Indian army under the pretext of ill-health, Santosh had returned to his hometown to engage in real estate business. He joined Bajrang Dal and soon became one of its leaders.

According to police, Santosh had been blackmailing one Raghavendra Bhat on some issue and demanding Rs 2 lakh for some days. Mr Bhat, without the blackmailer's knowledge had informed this to police.

On Saturday, Santosh visited Mr Bhat's residence in Puthige to extort Rs 2 lakh. A team of police from Moodbidri, which was already present there, caught him red-handed.

The police also managed to arrest four of his associates from Moodbidri, Bantwal, Addyar and Kapikkad in Mangaluru at Moodbidri bus stand.

Santosh is the second senior Bajrang Dal leader arrested by the police in Moodbidri this week. Last Wednesday, another Bajrang Dal leader, Sumit Raj, was arrested in connection with an alleged murder conspiracy.

Also Read : Cops avert murder and communal riot by arresting Bajrang Dal leader, associates

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UMMAR
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Sunday, 29 May 2016

They are giving training , gov need to take action
bec are intention is this kill someone and loot them ,
need to give proper treatment to him

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July 2,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 2: Karnataka government has issued a show-cause notice to 18 private hospitals for refusing to admit a 52-year-old patient with influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms, who later died.

According to the notice dated on June 30, a 52-years patient named Bhawarlal Sujani died after he was denied admission by 18 private hospitals.

The patient was taken to these hospitals on Saturday and Sunday for admission on observing some ILI like symptoms. But none of these hospitals admitted in on the pretext of unavailability of bed/ventilators, read the notice.

This is a clear violation of providing medical assistance and admission necessitated under the agreed provision of KPME Registration. They should strictly adhere to the provisions under Sections 11 & 11 A of KPME Act 2017. Private Medical Establishments cannot deny/ refuse/ avoid treatment to patients with Covid-19 and Covid-19 like symptoms, the state Health Department said.

By denying the admission to the deceased patient, your hospitals have violated the provisions of the above-said act. You are liable for legal action in this regard, as per the notice.

The state Health department asked the hospitals to reply as to why action should not be initiated under the relevant Acts. 

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January 22,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 22: Three alleged Bangladeshi nationals living illegally in India were apprehended in Karnataka's Bengaluru district, police said on Wednesday.

The arrested are identified as Mohammed Lokman (55), his wife Jasmin Begun (35) and son Raasel (22) are natives of Boresel village in Pirojpur district in Bangladesh.

According to police, they were staying at a camp at Munnekolala village.

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April 11,2020

Chitradurga, Apr 11: Akhila Bharata Hindu Mahasabha district president M Kumaraswamy has been arrested by Police on charges of posting provocative posts on Facebook.

Police said on Saturday that Syed Sadath who is the Popular Front of India District Secretary, in Chitradurga filed a complaint stating that Mr Kumaraswamy had posted ''Godhra riots will be repeated by Karsevaks'' on his Facebook page on April 7.

Mr Sadath said that Kumaraswamy was spreading communal hatred and targeting one community, at a time when the world was struggling to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

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