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Ballari: BJP leader who faced several criminal cases hacked to death

DHNS
June 23, 2017

Ballari, Jun 23: District BJP ST Morcha vice-president Bandi Ramesh, a criminal facing several charges, was killed at Guggarahatti on the outskirts of Ballari city on Thursday afternoon.bandiramesh

Ramesh, 42, and resident of Karimaramma Temple, Indiranagar, Cantonment, Ballari, was a close aide of B Sriramulu, Member of Parliament, Ballari. Police said he had gone on Thursday to Rampura with his followers to the neighbouring town in Chitradurga district.

When they were returning to Ballari, around 3.30pm, they stopped for lunch at Pavan Dhaba. When Ramesh and his supporters were busy ordering food, several people with lethal weapons rushed in and attacked them. They murdered Ramesh and fled in a four-wheeler.

Bandi Ramesh's brother Nagaraj, also involved in criminal activities, had been murdered by their enemies. After Nagaraj's death, Bandi Ramesh took over and had political ambitions. He often spoke about contesting any ST reserved constituency with the support of BJP leaders.

Recently, he was released from Ballari Central Jail on bail, with regard to an attempt to murder case, was in judicial custody for some days. While in jail, he chalked out his political future with his confidants.

S Murugan, IGP, Ballari Range, went to the murder spot. Police were deployed in Indiranagar, Devinagar, SP Circle, Kurihatti and other sensitive areas. After the postmortem, Ramesh's body was handed over to his family.

On Wednesday, he had been actively involved in the birthday celebrations of G Somashaker Reddy, former MLA and ex-chairman, KMF.

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March 30,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 30: Police on Monday registered a case against a man, who, after return from Dubai, had failed to adhere to lockdown guidelines of house quarantine.

The case was filed by Assistant Commissioner, Puttur, Dr Yathish Ullal.

The man, who returned from Dubai on March 21, had a seal on his hand and was supposed to stay at home for 14 days, but was seen roaming around the city, hence he was taken into custody and a case registered.

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March 27,2020

Belgaum, Mar 26: The police on Thursday thrashed people who had gone to offer prayers at a mosque despite the nationwide lockdown in force.
In a video, the police personnel can be seen thrashing the people with batons while they were leaving after offering prayers at a local mosque here.
In another incident in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh, the police made few youngsters hop along a road and even gave the 'murga,' punishment to a few of them for violating the restrictions.
Similarly in Uttar Pradesh's Budaun, the police made people hop along a road with their bags strapped on their backs as a punishment. The people were possibly going to their native places.
In the video of the Budaun incident, a few men can be seen being made to hop along the road with a stick-wielding policeman keeping a watch.
SSP Budaun told ANI that an investigation is being conducted into the incident and expressed an apology for the police's behaviour.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a 21-day countrywide lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, saying that "social distancing" is the only option to deal with the highly contagious disease.

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April 11,2020

Kundapur, Apr 10: Police have lodged a case against Nagaraj Mogaveera, 28, a resident of Karwadi Saukur in Kundapur, for sharing a communal hatred and sensitive post over Facebook.

On his Facebook page, he wrote, "1,500 persons went to Delhi mosque from Karnataka. Each person's test costs Rs 4,500 which becomes expenditure of Rs 67,50,000 in all. If they be encountered, each bullet costs Rs. 63 and the total expenditure will be Rs 94,500."

According to the complaint filed by Mukhtar Ahmad of the Janata Colony of Kundapur Karwadi village on Friday, the police have booked a case under the IPC Section 1860, 295A, 505 (2) and launched the investigation.

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