BMTF files cheating case against BDA officers

March 23, 2012

HRBRBangalore, March 23: The Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) has registered a case of cheating against the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) officers for carving out 112 sites out of 38 acres of land which was not notified by the State government.


Sources in the BMTF said the Task Force registered the case under section 420, 306 and 192 of the IPC read with 33 of the BDA Act against the yet-to-be-named BDA officers based on a complaint by Rajmohan.

The complainant had stated that the BDA allotted him a site way back in 1996 which he got registered in 2010. In the year of registration, he got the building plan sanctioned by the BBMP.

When he started the construction, officials of the Karnataka Public Land Corporation (KPLC) took objection to it, served him a notice, fenced the land and put up a notice saying trespassers will be prosecuted.

Rajmohan rued: “I have become a trespasser in my own land, which the BDA had allotted to me 14 years ago.”

What annoyed him was that the BDA authorities did not give him any satisfactory reply, compelling him to lodge a complaint with the BMTF.

The BMTF sources said they have served a notice on the BDA to explain under what circumstances they took possession of the government land without even issuing notification, formed layout and then allotted it to the beneficiaries.

The sources said due to the blunder committed by the BDA, the beneficiaries feel cheated. The said the registration of case became necessary to make the government organisation accountable.

BDA loses credibility

Speaking to Deccan Herald, Rajmohan and other people, who were allegedly cheated by the BDA, said he was earlier allotted land in HBR Layout, but due to some dispute he was allotted an alternative site at HRBR Layout. But little did he know that dispute will arise here too shaking his faith in the government body.

He said: “It is a strange situation. We are yet to ascertain which one is the real government body- the BDA or the KPLC. While the BDA forms layout and distributes it to people, the deputy commissioner of KPLC says the land allotted is illegal and the allottees need to vacate the sites.”

Another victim of BDA’s bungling, Shankar, said: “The blunder by the BDA has made people lose faith in the institution. There is no government body to do justice to the people,” said Shankar.

The air of uncertainty has given sleepless nights to the site owners. Ever since they received notices from the KPLC to vacate the sites and demolish their buildings six months ago, they have been regularly meeting on Sundays.

“We used to keep Sundays reserved for our family members but not any more. Now, we meet on Sundays to discuss strategies,” said Ansar Ahmed, one of the site owners at HRBR Layout.


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July 16,2020

Surat, Jul 16: Woman police constable Sunita Yadav, who had a confrontation with a minister's son over lockdown violation which led to his arrest here in Gujarat, claimed she has resigned from service. However, a senior police official has denied it.

Prakash Kanani, the son of Gujarat Minister of State for Health Kumar Kanani, and his two friends were arrested on Sunday for allegedly violating the lockdown and night curfew orders in Surat, a COVID-19 hotspot, a senior police official earlier said.

Yadav, who is being hailed on social media for taking action against the minister's son, told news channels on Wednesday that she had put in her papers.

"I have resigned because I did not receive support from my superior officers. I was only doing my duty as a constable. It's the fault of our system that these people (like the minister's son) think they are VVIPs (very very important persons)," she said.

However, a senior police official here denied that she has resigned.

"She has not given her resignation. The inquiry is still on and technically she cannot resign at this juncture," Surat Police Commissioner R B Brahmbhatt said.

Yadav's action had led to the registration of an FIR and arrest of Prakash Kanani and two of his friends for alleged violation of lockdown and curfew norms in Surat city.

The arrests came after a video of a heated exchange between them and Yadav, who pulled up the trio for violation of curfew, surfaced on social media. The trio was later released on bail.

Since the incident, Yadav is being hailed on social media.

While some social media users called her "Lady Singham" (referring to the tough cop in the Hindi film "Singham"), some suggested she contest the 2022 state Assembly polls against Kumar Kanani, who represents Varachha constituency in Surat district.

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March 7,2020

Palghar, Mar 7: Police have arrested a man for allegedly cheating several shopkeepers in Maharashtra's Thane, Pune and Nashik by making phone calls in a woman's voice, police said on Friday.

The accused, Shashikant Ambekar (42), a resident of Palghar, was arrested in the last week of February, they said.

"He used to note down the phone numbers mentioned on different shops and call the owners in a woman's voice to order some things from them. He would tell them that he had a Rs 2000 currency note and needed change," an official said.

"He would ask the shopkeepers to send smaller denomination notes for exchange. He would wait at the entrance of buildings and when the delivery man arrived, he used to tell that he was there on behalf of the ''caller woman''.

"He would then take the currency notes from the delivery man saying he would get the Rs 2,000 note from the woman. However, he would disappear from the scene," the official said.

Police have seized Rs 1,85,000 from the accused and found that so far he has committed 22 similar crimes in different parts of the state.

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May 11,2020

May 11: Two youths allegedly gang-raped a teen and then hacked to death her 11-year old brother, who had seen their act, in a bid to hide their crime, at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, about 300 kilometres from here.

Police sources said that two youths, resident of the same village, barged into the house of the teen, when she was alone, and allegedly gang-raped her.

The victim's minor brother suddenly came into the house and protested after he witnessed his sister being sexually assaulted, sources said. The youths allegedly strangled the minor with a towel.

The alleged culprits, who hailed from influential families, 'forced' the victim's parents to bury their son and warned them against approaching the cops.

The parents, however, gathered courage and met senior police officials in Etah on Sunday after a case was registered in this regard. Police said that the body of the minor would be exhumed and a postmortem examination would be conducted.

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