Udupi: Slain BJP worker's family accuses Hindutva activists of backstabbing

August 19, 2016

Udupi, Aug 19: Two days after Praveen Poojary, a BJP?worker, was killed by miscreants belonging to Hindu Jagarana Vedike and other Hindutva outfits while transporting cattle on Wednesday, the family of the victim has denied the charge that he was involved in cattle trafficking.

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Prameela Poojary, the sister of the Praveen, told media persons on Friday that her brother was never involved in cattle trafficking. “If that was the case, we would have been rich years ago itself. The people whom he believed stabbed him in the back,” she said. She claimed that the people who did not tolerate her brother's popularity in the village were behind his murder.

Praveen's father Vasu Poojary said that his (Praveen's)?friends were the main culprits. “He trusted people too much. They cheated him,” he said.

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Udupi district BJP?president Matter Ratnakar Hegde said he personally believed that Praveen had been murdered for “personal reasons.”?Former district BJP president, Tingalay Vikramarjuna Hegde, said that the murder had nothing do with the party. He said that people who brand themselves as cattle protectors were no way connected with the party.

Superintendent of Police K?T?Balakrishna said that according to the preliminary investigation, Poojary was killed over cattle trafficking. “The suspects claim that they murdered Poojary as he was transporting cattle. But, it is yet to be ascertained whether the he was done to death owing to personal enmity,” the SP?said.

Poojary, 29, was bludgeoned to death by a gang while transporting cattle in his mini truck under the limits of Hebri police station in Udupi district on Wednesdaynight. His friend, Akshay Devadiga, was injured in the murderous attack and he is under treatment in a private hospital in Brahmavar.

Akshay Devadiga, who spoke to media persons, said that a gang of around 25 men attacked him and Praveen with iron rods when the vehicle by which they were transporting calves stopped near Muddur. Ramesh, the person who had hired the vehicle, fled the spot as soon as the gang struck them, Devadiga said.

“We were dumped along with the calves in the truck. I lost consciousness after the attack and when I regained senses, I?heard Praveen screaming for water. The assailants told him to drink rain water and die. Later, some local people, who arrived at the spot, threw a water bottle at him. I put a few drops of water into his mouth. The police shifted us to a hospital,” he recalled.

18 remanded to judicial custody

A local court in Udupi has remanded 18 suspects arrested on Thursday in connection with the murder in judicial custody till August 30. The other seven suspects, who were produced before the magistrate at his house on Friday evening, were sent to judicial custody till August 31.

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we welcome poojary family to indian national congress

P Bhatt : Im happy my family did not suffer
PravTogadia : I give speeches to people not for my family. My family doesnt involve in this evil acts of killing and looting.
YOGI : Let them kill each other. We dont suffer
Prachi : Its easy to fool with Orange Cloths cos our BD / VHP members doesnt want to know what the scriptures really talk about Cows and beefs.
VJP : Lets be silent now .. once the damage is done.. Lets go to the STREETS making bow bow...

Hope our intelligent humans understand what they all intend in their real life... Life is not a play ... Life is precious and fragile...will b accounted with the one who gave us this life...

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Karnataka-Kerala border at Talapady is yet to be opened for public

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June 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 2: Karnataka-Kerala border at Talapady is yet to be opened for traffic despite lifting lockdown. Only those, who have registered on ‘Seva Sindhu’ portal, are given one-time permission to enter the district.

With the relaxation of the lock-down many, especially the labour class, were anticipating free movement. However, both the States have not allowed free movement of vehicles. Hundreds of people from bordering villages of Kerala arrive in Mangaluru for work and likewise many from bordering villages of Mangaluru too work in Kasargod district.

It has become a routine for the labourers of both the States living in border villages to daily assemble at the check post in the morning and return after the authorities refuse free movement.

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PE firms, IT Dept get clean chit in CCD founder Siddhartha's suicide case

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July 25,2020

New Delhi, Jul 25: Nearly a year after Cafe Coffee Day founder V.G. Siddhartha's death, the probe committee appointed by the Board of Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd (CDEL) has given a virtual clean chit to private equity investors and the Income Tax Department who were named in his last letter.
The investigation report noted that Siddhartha may have felt "aversive behavioural stimulus" due to persistent reminders from the PE investors and other lenders.

"However, such reminders and follow-ups by the PE investors and lenders are not something which are beyond normal industry practices and we believe that PE investors were acting as per accepted legal and business norms," said that report.

It further said that the investigators were not provided with any documentary evidence to show any "advertent or inadvertent harassment" from the Income Tax Department.

It however, said that the financial records suggest a serious liquidity crunch which may have arisen due to the attachment of Mindtree shares by the IT Department.

Further, the probe revealed that MACEL, a private firm of Siddhartha, owes Rs 2,693 crore to Coffee Day Enterprises, which the report says, "needs to be addressed".

The Cafe Coffee Day founder's body was fished out of the Netravathi river in Karnataka by a group of fishermen on July 31 last year, a day after he went missing.

His last note raised several questions about the role of investors, and tax officials.

He had written: "Tremendous pressure from other lenders lead to me succumbing to the situation. There was a lot of harassment from the previous DG Income Tax in the form of attaching our shares on two separate occasions to block our Mindtree deal and then taking possession of our Coffee Day shares, although the revised returns have been filed by us. This was very unfair and has led to a serious liquidity crunch."

The massive shock to the industry and the country also led the government to assure that tax officials would not harass businessmen and the situation would improve.

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