KAS officer's wife ends life; hubby, accused of harassment, goes missing

August 12, 2016

chaitra1Bengaluru, Aug 12: The 21-year-old wife of a KAS officer allegedly committed suicide by hanging at a PG accommodation in Sanjaynagar police station limits on Wednesday. It is alleged that harassment by her husband is the reason for the suicide. The deceased has been identified as Chaitra, a resident of Nagarabavi. She was the wife of Niranjan Babu, a KAS officer posted in the land acquisition wing of the BDA.

According to the police, Chaitra had shifted to the PG accommodation for working women on July 31. As she did not come out of her room on Wednesday, the other inmates grew suspicious and knocked at the door. As there was no response, they peeped through a window and found her hanging. They immediately alerted the police.

“It is learnt that Chaitra got married to Niranjan Babu two years ago and had separated from him a year ago over differences. She was living with her parents in Nagarabavi and then moved to the PG accommodation. Before taking the extreme step, she had contacted her mother over the phone. Though her mother had asked her to return home, she had refused,” the police said.

“Chaitra's father Jayakumar is a D' Group employee in Karnataka State Warehousing Corporation. She was a stenographer on contract basis in the same office. When Niranjan was working there, they both fell in love and got married in Tirupati,” the police added.

“Jayakumar has filed a complaint stating that Niranjan and his mother were harassing Chaitra. Unable to bear it, she had left them and this led to her suicide. Niranjan is absconding and efforts are on to trace him,” the Sanjaynagar police said. Further investigations are on.

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Prem
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Friday, 12 Aug 2016

need to be blamed parents,they always wish their daughter married to govt employ or rich,

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May 6,2020

Bengaluru, May 6: The second day of liquor sales in Karnataka on Tuesday after easing of lockdown curbs saw a nearly five-fold jump in earnings, with Rs 197 crore worth spirits being sold.

According to top Excise Department officials, 4.21 lakh cases of Indian-made liquor, comprising 36.37 lakh litres, worth Rs 182 crore and 7.02 lakh litres of beer in 0.90 lakh cases worth Rs 15 crore was sold on Tuesday.

On Monday, when sales resumed in the state, Rs 45 crore worth liquor was sold.

"We had never expected such a record sale. It's unprecedented," an Excise official who did not wish to be named said.

Liquor sales had resumed in Karnataka on Monday after a 41 day gap following the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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January 28,2020

Chikkamagaluru, Jan 28: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Public Works Govind Karjol on Tuesday said that he is ready to quit if the post asks him to do so to pave way for smooth expansion of the Cabinet.

Responding to a question from media persons on the issue here, he said he was ready to quit his post any time.

“If the party asks me to resign now, I will send back my official car and return by bus”, he added.

Further, he opined that there should not be efforts to seek a berth in the Cabinet based on caste.

“Putting pressure on the party based on caste is not right. The party will consider those who worked for the party and also take district-wise representation into account while filling up the vacancies”, he added.

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April 1,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 1: The price of petrol and diesel will go up by Rs 1.60 and Rs 1.59 per litre, respectively, from Wednesday. This is in line with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’s decision to hike the rate of tax on petrol from 32% to 35% and diesel from 21% to 24%.

He had announced this in his March 5 Budget for 2020-21 fiscal. At present, a litre of petrol costs Rs 71.97 and diesel Rs 64.41 in Bengaluru.

The government decided to roll out the hike from Tuesday midnight going into Wednesday, April 1, after briefly considering a postponement in view of the COVID-19 crisis. 

Finance Secretary (Budget & Resources) Ekroop Caur confirmed to DH that the hike will be rolled out. 

The 3% hike on fuel tax was a key resource mobilisation measure that Yediyurappa announced in his Budget. The hike is expected to fetch the government Rs 1,500 crore. 

Yediyurappa had also announced a 6% additional excise duty on Indian Made Liquor (IML), which could help the government mop up Rs 1,200 crore. However, the sale of liquor has been prohibited during the lockdown period. Plus, hiking fuel prices during the lockdown will not hit citizens very hard. 

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