Cyanide Mohan acquitted in 2005 Bantwal woman rape-murder case

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October 25, 2017

Mangaluru, Oct 25: The Karnataka high court on Tuesdayacquitted Mohan Kumar alias Cyanide Mohan in the rape and murder of 32-year-old Leelavati Mistry, a resident of Vamapadavu in Bantwal taluk, who was found dead at a KSRTC bus stand in Mysuru in September 2005.

A division bench comprising Justice Ravi Malimath and John Michael Cunha noted that both the postmortem and Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) reports only established the presence of organophosporous (insecticide), and the 'last seen' theory was not proved by the prosecution.

Partly allowing a criminal appeal filed by Mohan, the bench, however, upheld the trial court's order holding him guilty under section 392 of IPC (robbery), for which a five-year jail term was imposed.

However, the same was set off as Mohan had already spent seven years in jail since his arrest in July 2009.

On October 12, the court had commuted Mohan's death penalty to life sentence in the murder of 22-year-old Anitha who was found dead at a KSRTC bus stand in Hassan on June 18, 2009.

The third case in which Mohan was awarded the death penalty - the murder of Sunanda Pujari - will be taken up on October 31.

Took her to Mysuru on pretext of job interview. Leelavati was found dead in the urinal at the Mysuru bus stand on September 10, 2005.

The prosecution had alleged that Mohan befriended Leelavati in August 2005 claiming that he belonged to her caste and would marry her. On September 9, 2005, he took her to Mysuru from Bantwal on the pretext of an job interview.

He booked a room at a lodge and the duo checked in. Later, he allegedly raped her.

The next morning, he asked her to remove her ornaments and keep them in her bag to give the interviewers the impression that she belonged to a poor family.

He also gave her a pill laced with cyanide, claiming it was an 'anti-pregnancy medicine' and asked her to consume it in the lavatory. Then he checked out of the lodge and decamped with her jewellery.

On December 21, 2013, the IV additional sessions judge, Dakshina Kannada district, had awarded death penalty to Mohan in connection with the murders of Anitha, Leelavati and Sunanda.

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May 2,2020

Udupi, May 2: During the lockdown period the Department of Public Library digitised more books to the Karnataka Digital Public Library (KDPL).

According to the data released by the KDPL issued here on Saturday , as on April 29, 89,239 people from the State have already registered for the digital library.  From these 1,807 are from Dakshina Kannada district and 605 from the Udupi district.

The digital library already has a repository of 35,500 e-books, 4,800 videos, 59,980 e-journals and 1,112 items for children.

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July 15,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 15: As on Wednesday, Bengaluru witnessed its first day of lockdown after rising number of Corona cases in the city. In a latest development, popular Kannada actor Dhruva Sarja and his wife Prerana Sarja have tested positive for COVID-19 sending shockwaves in the indutry.

Dhruva Sarja is the nephew of Arjun Sarja and younger brother of Chiranjeevi Sarja who passed away last month after suffering a massive heart attack.

The actor has requested people, who came in contact with them, to get tested immediately.

"My wife and I have both been tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms and hence chosen to get ourselves hospitalised. I'm sure we'll be back all fine! All those who were in close proximity with us please get yourselves tested and remain safe," he tweeted.

In recent times, Mandya MP and popular actress Sumalatha Ambereesh too tested positive, now Dhruva Sarja is the second notable celebrity from Sandalwood to have tested positive for COVID-19.

A source close to the actor's family says that "During Chiranjeevi's funeral last month, some sections of people who had attended had also tested positive, as social distancing rules were not followed by those who attended the funeral. But now, the family has quarantined and there is no cause for worry. Dhruva has also requested all his primary contact to come forward voluntarily and get tested."

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May 29,2020

New Delhi, May 29: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1.2 crore on Karnataka Bank Limited for non-compliance of asset classification, divergence and provisioning norms.

"The penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Section 46 (4) (i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. 

This action is based on the deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers," the central bank said in a statement on Thursday.

According to the central bank, the statutory inspection of the bank with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2017, and as on March 31, 2018, and the Risk Assessment Reports (RAR) pertaining thereto revealed, inter-alia, non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI.

Earlier, a notice was issued to the bank advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for non-compliance with the directions.

After considering the bank's reply to the notice, oral submissions made in the personal hearing and examination of additional submissions, RBI concluded that the charges of non-compliance with RBI directions warranted imposition of monetary penalty, according to a release.

This action is based on the deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers.

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