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Case slapped against Padakannaya couple for misguiding police

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May 17, 2012

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Mangalore, May 17: A case has been slapped against Srinivas Padakannaya and his wife Swati for misguiding the police, said Seemanth Kumar Singh, Mangalore Police Commissioner.

Addressing mediapersons at a press conference at his office in the city on Thursday, Mr. Singh said that Swati had misled the police stating that her husband had slipped into Phalguni river from his two wheeler. Padakannaya too had given false information to Padmavathi Hospital in Surathkal as per the directions of his wife, stating that he had been attacked by three people who had come in a Tata Sumo car and taken him out of the river. It appears that he had shaved his head to hide his identity during these days, the Commissioner said.

During investigation the police found that Padakannaya had incurred losses in his share business. It was also found that Padakannaya had drawn Rs. 700 from SBI ATM at Sringeri on May 12 and Rs. 100 from SBI ATM at Murdeshwar. ATM Camera footages also showed Mr. Padakannaya drawing money. When Padakannaya was questioned about this, he spilled the beans and revealed to the police that whatever he and his wife had done was all a drama after having got scared by the financial losses that incurred, Mr. Singh said.

In spite of search operations at the river, police had got no clue for 4 days. The behavior of Ms. Swati and her parents had aroused suspicions as they were not cooperating with the police in investigation. They were instead threatening to file a case against us. Besides, the very explanation that Padakannaya had slipped into the river seemed suspicious to us and we went ahead with our investigation accordingly, Mr. Singh said.

A case has been booked against the four accused (Padakannaya, Swati, and her parents). “I find it shocking that people can stoop to this level. If they can cheat the police, they can cheat anyone and we suspect that they might have cheated others too”, Mr. Singh said.

He also clarified on the occasion that police had not demanded money from Padakannaya, as was said in a section of the media quoting Padakannaya. “On questioning, he (Padakannaya) denied that he had given any such statement to the media”, Mr.Singh said.

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February 22,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 22: Karnataka legislative assembly speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has issued a notification banning entry of journalists in the Legislators House.

"Electronic media and print media cannot enter the Legislators House any time," the notification issued by the Speaker's office read.

The notification which was issued on February 18 said, "The legislators come to Legislators House from their constituencies during the assembly session. It is their private time when they stay there. When journalists come to Legislators House to meet them, it's an invasion of their privacy."

"Arrangements will be made for journalists to speak to MLAs outside the gate. No journalist or camera person will be allowed inside the gate," the notification added.

The Legislators House is located near the Vidhan Soudha, the state legislative assembly.

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May 26,2020

Bengaluru, May 26: Ministers of the central government or state governments or officers on their official duty, who are travelling across states, will be exempted from requirements of quarantine, the Karnataka government said on Monday.

The state government issued an addendum to Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for inter-state passengers.

"Any person who gets a negative COVID test certificate (from ICMR approved lab) which is not more than two days old from the date of journey will be exempted from the requirement of institutional quarantine," read the addendum.

The state government has laid down new norms for those coming from other states (including those coming by domestic air flights).

Passengers coming from 'high prevalence states' (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh) would be required to undergo a seven-day "institutional quarantine", which will be followed by home quarantine.

The new norms also said that home quarantine of 14 days would be necessary for the passengers coming from other states.

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June 3,2020

Mangalore, Jun 3: One man was arrested by the Crime Branch of city police from Mangalore for allegedly having links with gangster Ravi Pujari, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Patil said on Wednesday.

According to the police, the man identified as Ghulam has been sent to 10-day police custody.

"During the investigation of a case related to Ravi Pujari, it was found that one Ghulam is a close associate of Pujari and had helped him in extortion and other illegal activity. Ghulam was arrested from Mangalore. He was produced before a court and sent to 10-day police custody," Patil said.

The senior police officer said that further investigation is on in the matter.

Pujari, who was wanted in several cases including ones related to heinous crimes like murder and extortion, was brought to Bengaluru earlier this year from Senegal. He had reportedly gone underground two decades ago and had allegedly been carrying out illegal activities from abroad.

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