Dalits flay delay in solving Venur cheating case

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November 7, 2011

Mangalore, November 7: Dalit leaders expressed acute contempt over the delay in solving the Venur atrocities case.

During the SC/ST grievances meet held on Sunday at SP Office in presence of Superintendent of Police Labhu Ram, Dalit leader Shekar calling the incident nothing less than an atrocity said that the lady in question was cheated by a man promising her marriage. He however, abandoned her without marrying her. The lady gave birth to a baby on September 10, 2011 in a hospital in Mangalore. Though a case was filed couple of months ago, the police have not been able to nab the culprit.

Responding to the same, Investigation Officer, Additional SP Prabhakar, said that it is wrong on the part of the community members to say that the police has not done its duty or is unnecessarily delaying action against the culprit.

“We are on a look out for the culprit who is absconding since a long time now. On receiving some information, we had even sent team to Mumbai to track him down, but it was in vain,” he said adding that once the culprit is nabbed, then there is a long procedure of collecting DNA samples of both the culprit and the baby and receiving report to see if the samples match. However, collection of details is going on, said Prabhakar.

Dalit Leader Keshava said that Scheduled Caste families living on 1.80 acre land at Barya village have been left in lurch because attempts are now on to evict them from this land.

“The land was allotted for Dalits in 1979 but the sanction was cancelled in 1983. Now some vested interests are trying their level best to get the Dalit families out of this place,” he said adding that the Dalit families have the right over this land and this right must be restored.

Responding to this, the SP said that he will direct the Tahshildar concerned to take up re-survey of the land at the earliest.

Leader S P Anand said that though the grievances meet to be held by the police department is being conducted regularly, the meeting to be conducted by the Deputy Commissioner has not been held. “There are a lot of issues which needs to be brought to the notice of the DC. The relief available to the Dalits under Atrocities Act, which ranges from Rs 25,000-50,000, has been reduced to Rs 5,000. This should not have happened,” he said adding that the applications for subsidy for self employment applied to Ambedkar Welfare Board are not being issued on time to the applicants.


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June 29,2020

Karwar, June 29: The additional sessions court, Sirsi town police station and office of the deputy superintendent of police in Uttara Kannada district were sealed on Sunday after an undertrial was found positive for Covid-19.

The undertrial, accused of stealing a bike, from Hubballi was arrested by Sirsi police and had initially tested negative. He was confirmed infected when his samples were tested the second time.

He was arrested by Dharwad police in connection with a bike theft case. During interrogation it was found that he had stolen bikes in Sirsi too. Sirsi police had brought him from Dharwad sub-jail for the interrogation and was produced in the court.

The accused was in Manipal jail for some time after he was convicted there for the bike theft. While bringing him to Sirsi the police had wore PPE kits.

When he was produced in the court the judge had reportedly directed the police test him for covid as he had some symptoms.

His swab was collected and sent to the lab. In the first test the result was negative but it was positive in another test. At that time he was in Sirsi sub-jail. 10 police officials who had come into his contact have been quarantined. The police station has been sealed down and the court will be closed down on Monday and Tuesday.

All the under trails who were kept with him in the sub-jail have been isolated and their swab has been sent for the testing.

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August 3,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 3: A building of Bengaluru's civic body, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), on Broadway Road in Shivajinagar, is being developed into a COVID dedicated hospital with 200 beds, Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Sunday.

The hospital will be functional in two weeks, said Sudhakar.

"BBMP building in Broadway Road is converted into Covid hospital. Setting up of infrastructure like beds, ventilators, oxygen etc is underway.

All necessary staff for this hospital including doctors, nurses and paramedical staff have been already deployed and the work is on fast track," Sudhakar tweeted.

He also thanked Infosys foundation and it's Chairperson Sudha Murthy for immediately responding to government's request and providing infrastructure for this hospital.

In a tweet, Sudhakar thanked the doctors for their service to combat COVID-19 in the state.
"These doctors have extended helping hand in these corona times without any expectations. I salute their spirit of service and professionalism," Minister said in a tweet.

According to the Union Health Ministry, there are 1,34,819 COVID-19 cases in the state. 

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May 1,2020

Bengaluru, May 1: As Mumbai link surfacing in some COVID-19 cases in Mandya district in Karnataka, JDS leader and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday blamed the district administration for the situation, accusing it of not quarantining 7,000 labourers who 'returned' from the Maharashtra capital.

"The information we have is that there are about 16,000 labourers from Mandya were working in Mumbai of which 7,000 people reached the district. None of them was quarantined properly," Kumaraswamy told reporters in Bengaluru.

He claimed the district, a stronghold of JDS, was staring at a major spurt in cases due to the careless attitude of the district administration. "Government should initiate action against those who are responsible for the laxity," he said.

However, he did not specify when the 7,000 workers returned to Mandya. When asked about Kumaraswamy's claim, officials said they have to verify it. Of the eight cases reported from Mandya on Friday, three had a travel history to Mumbai, a major COVID-19 hotspot in the country, officials said.

A Health Department official said four of the fresh cases were contacts of a patient who tested positive on April 8 and admitted to a hospital. After weeks of coming in contact with him, the four were confirmed for COVID-19, an official said. The Three people with travel history to Mumbai had, in fact, brought the body of a man who died of a heart attack there on April 24, the official added.

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