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Land scam: Anti Corruption Bureau registers FIR against KMF, PWD

DHNS
August 21, 2017

Bengaluru, Aug 21: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against officials of Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) and Public Works Department (PWD), in a case where a prime property allotted to the KMF by the PWD has been leased to realtors.

The KMF had leased two acres and 16.74 guntas of land out of the four acres and 14 guntas allotted to it in Koramangala, Bengaluru, to a real estate firm for construction of a commercial building. The land was allotted to KMF to build its office complex.

The Anti Corruption Bureau has registered the First Information Reprt (FIR) under Sections 13 (1) (c) (d) of Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code. Though the names of the officials are not mentioned, the FIR states that the managing director and board of management of KMF and executive engineer of PWD (Buildings) during 2007 and 2008 are the suspects.

Complaint lodged

Activist Saidutta had filed a complaint with the the Anti Corruption Bureau.

The land in four survey numbers (71, 2, 3, and 4) in Koramangala was handed over to the KMF by the PWD in 1986 and 1998.

For 10 years, the KMF did not construct the office complex. However, a board meeting of the KMF held in 2007 resolved to commercially exploit two acres and 16.74 guntas. Subsequently, the KMF handed over the lease hold rights to a company PVK Koramangala Development Pvt Ltd, which was the special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the project.

Armed with the lease hold rights, PVK Koramangala entered into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with a leading realty firm in March 2011 by receiving Rs 9 crore as deposit.

As per the Joint Development Agreement, PVK Koramangala would own 44% of the super built-up area and the remaining 56% will be the share of the other realty firm.

One of the clauses in the JDA states that both the parties enjoy absolute ownership over their share in the constructed area and that they can “hold, gift, sell, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of their respective shares or any part thereof in any manner they may deem fit”.

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July 23,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 23: The Siddi community in Karnataka got its first lawmaker as Governor Vajubhai Vala nominated five persons, including Shantharama Budna Siddi, to the Karnataka Legislative Council on Wednesday.

Shantharama Siddi had been working as a social worker and was a post holder at the Vanavasi Kalyan Prakalpa, a tribal welfare initiative of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

The Siddis, an ethnic group in India, are said to have descended from the people of the East African region. They are included in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Karnataka.

Apart from the Shantharama, the inclusion of CP Yogishwar, who had left Congress to join BJP in 2017 but failed to retain his seat in the 2018 Assembly polls, is also considered as a big decision.

Adagur H Vishwanath, another former JDS leader, who had quit his party and joined BJP but failed to retain his seat has also caught the attention of the people.

Further, Governor Vala has nominated Talwar Sabanna and Bharathi Shetty to the Upper House in the state.

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August 3,2020

Manjeshwar, Aug 3: In a horrific incident, a man hacked four of his relatives to death at Bayar near Kaniala Gurukumeri in Manjeshwar taluk of Kasaragod district.

According to police, Udaya (40), a resident of Sudanbala, killed three of his maternal uncles and a maternal aunt who were staying together at a house at around 7:30 p.m. today. 

The deceased have been identified as Sadashiv (54), Vittal (52), Babu (50), and maternal Revati (58).

Locals caught him and handed him over to the police after tying his hands and legs. 

A preliminary investigation revealed that a familial clash led to the gruesome murder. A police team led by Kasargod DSP Balakrishnan are investigating the matter.

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May 12,2020

Bengaluru, May 12: People returning to Karnataka from other states will have to remain in quarantine">institutional quarantine even if they are asymptomatic, according to Department of Health and Family Welfare Services, Government of Karnataka

"All persons returning to Karnataka from any State, symptomatic or asymptomatic shall be kept in quarantine">institutional quarantine," read an order issued by the State Health and Family Welfare Services.

It further read, "For persons claiming to come from Goa, Deputy Commissioner of receiving district should verify and in the event of adequate capacity not being available, can put them in home quarantine for a period of 14 days, if the claim regarding the origin state is confirmed."

"Deputy Commissioner/Special Commissioner, BBMP will fix the rates for hotels where such returnees will be staying on a payment basis," the statement read.

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