'Goonda Act against sexual offenders'

February 8, 2017

Bengaluru, Feb 8: Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said the government would book sexual offenders sexually assaulting women and children under the Goonda Act.

parameshwarReplying to JD(S) MLA K Gopalaiah in the Assembly, he said cases under the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum-Grabbers Act, popularly called the Goonda Act, will booked and stringent action will be taken against them.

He also said a police patrol vehicle, Abhaya, will be launched exclusively to ensure safety of women and children. As many as 303 cases of assault on women, 1,423 cases of atrocities, 923 cases of sexual abuse and 255 cases of chain snatching related to women were reported in Bengaluru last year.

Parameshwara said reservation for women in the police department has been increased to 20% from 5% and a separate women's battalion in KSRP would be established.

He told the House that Bengaluru city would get another 500 CCTV cameras. The Minister said the government has already initiated steps to dismiss an assistant sub-inspector who is charged with raping a mentally challenged woman in Tumakuru recently.

He said the government has handed over a case pertaining to the lockup death of a truck driver in Laksmeshwar in Gadag district to the CID.

CID DIG visits Lakshmeshwar

Sonia Narang, the DIG?of the CID, on Tuesday visited Lakshmeshwar, Gadag district, in connection with the investigation into the death of a lorry driver in police custody.

The officer gathered information about the case from lorry driver Halesh Bhandari and others. She also questioned those transporting sand.

She later visited the nearby Battur village and collected details from the relatives

of the deceased youth.

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Skazi
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Wednesday, 8 Feb 2017

Some thing better than nothing .... But implementation should be strict... Doubts emerge as the police force is made of 60 % RSS chaddis ....antinationals

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April 11,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 11: Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar on Saturda said that he was hopeful that the Karnataka Chief Minister would take stern action against BJP MLA M Jayaram--who was on Friday seen celebrating his birthday with several villagers in Gubbi taluk in Tumkur, in violation of social isolation measures and nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

"I am sure that the Chief Minister will take action on all these types of activities. We have already petitioned the DGP. Suo moto case should be registered immediately," the Karnataka Congress Chief told media.

Speaking about the video conference meeting that Congress President Sonia Gandhi held with all Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) presidents via video conference, he said: "She has given us directions that the party has to play its own role. She said that the party needs to be very active, apart from the government."

With regards to the farmer's struggles due to the national lockdown, the Karnataka Congress Chief said that the farmers are in a 'very grim situation'. "I appeal to all the people of Karnataka that we should go to the fields and discuss with farmers and buy the materials. Let us purchase their fruits and vegetables and distribute them at the village level."

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April 12,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 12: Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has appealed to the Additional Chief Secretary to Karnataka government Jawaid Akhtar to exclude Dakshina Kannada district from hotspot/ red zone area pertaining to coronavirus, saying that the district has not reported any new case since last five days.

KCCI president Isaac Vas said DK district has not reported any new case of COVID-19 in the last five days. Of the 12 cases reported in the district, six are from Kasargod and one from Bhatkal.

None of the patients suffering from coronavirus are in ICU or put on ventilator, he said in a statement.

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August 1,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 1: The Karnataka government on Friday brought in Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence) Kamal Pant as the Bengaluru police Commissioner in a reshuffle of police personnel.

Pant comes in as the city police Commissioner in place of Bhaskar Rao.

According to a government order, Rao will handle internal security as ADGP, a post which was lying vacant due to the promotion of P S Sandhu.

Along with the two officials, ADGP B Dayananda who was in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department and Economic Offences, has been made the new intelligence chief.

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