Raid on Yelahanka MLA’s houses yield 2.6 kg gold

December 20, 2011

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Bangalore, December 20: The Lokayukta police conducted an early morning raid on the houses and office of Yelahanka MLA S?R Vishwanath on Monday.

The police had registered a case on December 16 after the Special Lokayukta Court directed them to investigate allegations of cheating and acquiring notified land by V Shashidhar through a private complaint in the Special Lokayukta Court. The Lokayukta police have been directed to file a report on January 6, 2012.

The raid, headed by Bangalore Urban Superintendent of Police P K Shivashankar and DySP Girish S, led to a haul of 2.6 kg of gold articles, Rs 14.5 lakh in cash, 11 kg of silver articles and currency of $3,500.

Immovable property

The raid, which began at 6 am, yielded documents pertaining to two apartments in Coffee Board Layout, four buildings in Rajanakunte and Bhuvaneshwari Nagar and agricultural land measuring 65 acres. All the documents pertaining to immovable properties have been seized.

Sources in the Lokayukta said the police raided the MLA’s house in Singanayakanahalli, his office in Yelahanka New Town and an apartment in Hebbal.

Currency and gold

Vishwanath and his wife Vanishree were both present in the house during the raid. Subsequent to the raid, the couple accompanied the police officers to a nearby bank, Raitha Seva Sahakara Bank, where Vanishree is the president and owns two lockers. Here, the police seized currency amounting to about Rs 14.5 lakh and gold weighing about 1.5 kg from the two lockers.

Vehicles

Vishwanath’s house in Singanayakanahalli also had household articles amounting to about Rs 40 lakh. Six vehicles - a Toyota Innova, Toyota Fortuner and four tractors - have also been seized.

Shashidhar, a social activist and former constable, had alleged that Vishwanath has cheated the government in several instances.

In the first instance, the complainant alleged that Vishwanath worked as employee of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) from 1985 to April, 2008.

Held two posts at a time

At the same time, he became a Zilla Panchayat member from Hesaraghatta constituency and completed his full term from 2000 to 2005, without even resigning his job at HAL. The complainant said Vishwanath continued to receive salary and other perks from both ZP and HAL.

Vishwanath is also accused of acquiring assets worth more than Rs 70 crore, even though his total salary during his tenure at HAL did not exceed Rs 20 lakh.

Land deal

Vishwanath is also supposed to have purchased two properties in survey Nos 3 and 38 at Sriramanahalli in Hesaraghatta hobli of Bangalore North taluk from GPA holder Sakamma. This land, according to the complaint, belonged to the Karnataka Housing Board and was notified by the government in 2009.

“Knowing well about the nature of the land and its notification, the MLA of the constituency went ahead ignoring all legal implications and got the property registered in his name for a far lesser price than the actual value. He has made the full payment in cash and got the khata transferred thereafter in his name. Around 1.38 acres out of 3.38 acres in survey number 38 was converted from agriculture to residential purpose on June 14, 2011,” the complaint states.

He is also accused of obtaining two residential sites at Kudlu in Anekal taluk where the HAL House Building Co-operative Society formed sites for the benefit of its members, once again violating the Society’s rules.

The other accused in the complaint are Vanishree, Deputy Commissioner of Bangalore Urban M?K Aiyappa, Yelahanka Special Additional Tahsildar Ranganath, Hesarghatta sub-registrar Ravi Kumar and Sakamma.

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March 18,2020

Jaipur, Mar 18: Initially buried as per Islamic traditions, an unidentified man's body was exhumed and later cremated after he was found to be a Hindu in Rajasthan's Tonk district, police said.

The family members identified the body of Mahaveer Sahu on Tuesday, a day after the burial, as they stumbled upon photos of the deceased that had circulated on social media.

The man was brought to a government hospital by locals in an unconscious state on March 12 and he died on March 13, according to Purani Tonk police station SHO Shivlal.

The man was said to be a liquor addict and was found unconscious on the road, he added.

The body was kept at the mortuary for three days awaiting identification. Despite efforts to trace the next of kin, the identity could not be ascertained and members of Hindu and Muslim communities were brought in to take a decision, Shivlal said.

The community leaders presumed that he was a Muslim after examining the body and the burial took place as per Islamic funeral traditions on Monday, he added.

Meanwhile, Sahu's family members saw the photo of his body that had circulated on a WhatsAapp group and identified him later that day. They rushed to the hospital and then to the police station in the night where they were informed that the body had been buried.

“The body was exhumed with permission from the sub-divisional magistrate on Tuesday and handed over to the family members after proper identification. Members of the Muslim community led by an Imam were also present and gave in writing that they have no objection,” Shivlal said.

The body was later cremated by his family members.

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May 12,2020

May 12: A Madhya Pradesh Police sub-inspector was fined Rs 5,000 after he performed a daredevil act of balancing himself on two moving cars, copying the famous stunt from Ajay Devgn-starrer 'Singham'.

Manoj Yadav, the in-charge of Narsinghgarh police post in Damoh district, was also warned against any such daredevilry in future, police sources said on Monday.

Sporting shades as the hero of the cop drama film and wearing his police uniform, Yadav got the entire episode video-graphed, they said.

As the video of the stunt went viral on social media, senior police officials took serious note of it as it will send wrong signals to youngsters, the sources said.

Inspector General, Sagar range, Anil Sharma directed Damoh Superintendent of Police Hemant Chauhan to probe the matter.

After an investigation, Chauhan imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the sub-inspector and warned him not to repeat such mistakes.

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February 10,2020

New Delhi, Feb 10: A 44-year-old man allegedly killed his daughter and son before ending his life by jumping in front of a Delhi metro train at Haiderpur Badli Mor station on Sunday, police said.

No suicide note has been recovered, but police claimed that the man, Madhur Malani, was depressed since his sandpaper-manufacturing factory was closed some six months ago due to financial crunch leaving him jobless. Madhur's parents had been supporting his family financially since then.

He used to stay with his wife Rupali, daughter Samiksha (14) and six-year-old son Shraiyans at a rented house in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh area, they said.

Rupali was not at home when Madhur strangled their children. He might have also smothered their daughter but the exact cause of death would be ascertained only after the post-mortem reports arrive, a police official said.

After killing his two children, he jumped in front of an approaching train at Haiderpur Badli Mor Metro station following which he was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him 'brought dead', the official said.

Metro services on the Yellow Line were briefly delayed due to the incident.

"Delay in services from Samaypur Badli to GTB Nagar due to a passenger on track at Haiderpur Badli Mor," the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) tweeted.

After about 15 minutes, it again tweeted that normal services have been restored. The Delhi Metro's Yellow Line connects Samaypur Badli in Delhi to HUDA City Centre in Gurgaon.

The suicide was reported to the police around 5.40 pm while the Shalimar Bagh Police station received a call about the killings around 6.50 pm.

On reaching the house, police found bodies of the children lying in beds in two rooms. During enquiry, it was learnt that their father has left the house, a senior police officer said.

While police were trying to trace Madhur, they learnt about a suicide at the metro station. On verifying the details, it surfaced that Madhur committed suicide after killing his children, the officer said.

Rupali told police that she had gone to a nearby market around 3 pm and on returning home she found the bodies of her children while her husband was missing.

A case under relevant sections of the IPC has been registered and investigation was underway, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Vijayanta Arya said.

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