BSY govt shunts out top cops seen as close to HDK

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August 2, 2019

Bengaluru, Aug 2: A mere 72 hours after cancelling all nominations to boards, corporations and academies made by the previous government, chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday effected a major reshuffle of IPS officers, shunting out two Vokkaliga officers seen to be close to his predecessor HD Kumaraswamy.

BR Ravikanthe Gowda, who was seen as a trusted lieutenant of Kumaraswamy, has been shunted out of his position as joint commissioner (crime), Bengaluru. Sandeep Pa til, commissioner of police, Mangaluru City, will take his place. Gowda, who is yet to be given a posting, will be confined to the special investigation team probing the IMA scam for now. Yediyurappa has also moved out D Devaraja from his position as DCP (Central), Bengaluru. Devaraja, also seen to be close to Kumaraswamy, has been transferred out without a posting.

Kamal Pant, 1990 batch IPS officer who was previously additional director general, law and order, Bengaluru, has been brought in to head the state intelligence wing. Pant will replace B Dayanand, who has been transferred to Karnataka State Reserve Police. The 1989 batch officer Amar Kumar Pandey, ADGP, Karnataka Human Rights Commission, has been posted as ADGP, law and order, Bengaluru.

Hemant Nimbalkar, who was recently posted to the Anti-Corruption Bureau, has again been transferred, but without a posting. Nimbalkar’s MLA wife Anjali, is believed to be one of those who had been courted by the BJP to join the rebellion in Congress ranks. Chandra Shekhar, inspector general, crime investigation department (CID), will now head the ACB.

Other transfers: A Subramayeswara Rao (commissioner, Mangaluru), Chethan Singh Rathore (deputy commissioner, central division, Bengaluru), Anoop Shetty (SP, Ramanagara), KM Shantharaju (Shivamogga SP) and Hanumantharayappa (Davanagere SP).

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March 11,2020

Udupi, Mar 11: An elderly woman, who had recently visited Saudi Arabia has been admitted to an isolation ward at KMC in Manipal, here with symptoms of fever, cough and breathlessness.

The 68-year-old woman hails from Sagar taluk in Shivamogga district of Karnataka.

The patient had travelled to Saudi Arabia in the last week of February and was treated for fever cough and breathlessness there.

After recovery, she had travelled back to Bengaluru, where she was screened at the airport. 

Later, she reached Shivamogga where she was treated at Nanjappa Hospital for symptoms of fever, cough. 

As she has symptoms of coronavirus, she is quarantined and is under observation. The samples will have been sent to Bengaluru and the result is awaited.

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March 24,2020

Bhatkal, Mar 24: Two people, who arrived from Dubai at Mangaluru International Airport on March 21, were tested positive for coronavirus.

A 40-year-old man has been tested positive for the dreaded killer disease Covid-19 while 65-year-old man, who arrived on same day from Dubai, has also been tested positive for the virus. The person reportedly took train from Mangaluru to Bhatkal after arriving at Mangaluru International Airport.

Both of them hailed from Bhatkal and are currently hospitalised and their direct contacts are being traced by the authorities.

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January 26,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 26: A 55-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly attacking his sister-in-law and her daughter with acid used to make rubber sheets in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, police said on Saturday.

The victim, a 35-year-old widow with three daughters, has been admitted to the government Wenlock Hospital here with severe burns. Her daughter, who suffered minor injuries, is also hospitalised.

In her complaint, the woman said her late husband's elder brother came to her house on Thursday, abused her in foul language before opening an acid bottle and throwing its contents at her through the window.

The woman suffered burn injuries on her face, neck and shoulders and her daughter on her legs and hands.

The victim's husband had taken a loan of Rs 5 lakh from a cooperative bank but died in 2018 after paying only two instalments and the woman could not repay it further.

The bank's notices kept coming to the elder sibling's address, which infuriated him. There was also a long-pending land dispute between the two, sources said.

Based on the woman's complaint, a case was registered on Friday and the man arrested soon after. Kadaba sub-inspector police Rukma Naik visited Wenlock

Hospital to record the woman's statement, police added.

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