Bangalore: School principal borrows girls' pillows, dances drunk

June 29, 2014

Bangalore, Jun 29: Mallikarjun Swamy, 52, principal of Kittur Rani Chennamma Residential School in Yellammana Palya, Anekal taluk, Bangalore Urban district, allegedly suffers from a perversity. He can't sleep till he rests his head on a pillow borrowed from a girl student.

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The principal has other outrageous traits too. After a few pegs, Swamy and his aide Karthik would break into dance in the corridors of the girls' hostel before retiring for the night. The girls' school simmered with discontent as most students, their parents and staffers were upset over the principal's behaviour. He allegedly harassed the girls to part with their pillows, bedspreads and blankets, saying they helped him dream.

Swamy reported to work in May. In just a month, resentment had built up over his alleged actions. On June 20, the parent of a girl student filed a complaint with Anekal police, accusing Mallikarjun Swamy and Karthik of misbehaving with his ward. News of the duo's odd behaviour spread and locals pressured police to take action. Anekal police summoned Karthik and warned him.

On Thursday, things turned serious as TV channels beamed footage of Swamy and others consuming alcohol inside the hostel premises and dancing with abandon. Anekal police arrested Swamy and Karthik. Investigating officials claimed that Swamy's mobile phone had photos of several girl students.

Bangalore Rural SP Ramesh Banoth said they would speak with parents and students to know more about the accused.

According to parents, Swamy didn't have a good relationship with either the students or parents. "My daughter called me in the first week of June, saying the principal behaves strangely with girls. She told me 'he borrows bedspreads and pillows from the girls and clicks our photos on his mobile," a high school student's father said.

The mother of another girl alleged that Swamy chided her daughter without reason. "One day, he borrowed her pillow, saying he gets 'romantic dreams' if he sleeps on it," she said.

"He often drinks in the evening and loiters near our rooms. Earlier, we enjoyed our evenings sitting in the verandah and reading. Now we lock ourselves up," a student said.

School staffers confirmed the principal has been a nuisance. "Nothing good is happening here. Most of us are on contract and those who raise their voices face pay cuts," a staffer said. Swamy stayed in Yellammana Palya with his wife and college going daughter. Police invoked sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012.

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May 25,2020

Hyderabad, May 25: Indicating foul play in the death of nine people, including six of a family, whose bodies were fished out from a well near Warangal, a forensic expert on Sunday virtually ruled out suicide theory, saying it appeared seven of them had been dragged and thrown into the water body.

Mystery shrouded the death of nine people, including six of a family, whose bodies were found in a well, five of them on Friday and four on Thursday, on the outskirts of Warangal in Telangana.

Police stepped up the probe and forensic analysis was also underway in the case.

The forensic expert, who visited the crime scene as part of the investigation citing preliminary tests, said that the seven of nine people had scratch injuries and appeared to have been "dragged" and "thrown" into the well.

Forensic reports are expected in 10 days, the forensic expert told media on Sunday adding after examining the crime scene it appears that the deaths were not suicides.

"We have preserved all organs and the same were sent to forensic science laboratory (FSL) for examination... some two or three persons might have been involved in the crime. There are scratch injuries on the bodies," he said.

"It appears that they were thrown into the water... There were no injuries on the child's body. We are awaiting the forensic report (to ascertain) whether they were poisoned. It didn't appear as if they committed suicide," the expert, who performed the post-mortem said.

Police sources said at least two people were picked up for questioning.

Bodies of the head of the family, wife, daughter and three-year old grandson were found floating and fished out on Thursday.

On Friday morning, some bodies were seen floating following which police pumped out the water from the well and found others.

The 48-year old man had migrated from West Bengal over 20 years ago and had settled down here. His family had been staying in two rooms on the premises of the unit, police had earlier said.

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May 12,2020

May 12: A Madhya Pradesh Police sub-inspector was fined Rs 5,000 after he performed a daredevil act of balancing himself on two moving cars, copying the famous stunt from Ajay Devgn-starrer 'Singham'.

Manoj Yadav, the in-charge of Narsinghgarh police post in Damoh district, was also warned against any such daredevilry in future, police sources said on Monday.

Sporting shades as the hero of the cop drama film and wearing his police uniform, Yadav got the entire episode video-graphed, they said.

As the video of the stunt went viral on social media, senior police officials took serious note of it as it will send wrong signals to youngsters, the sources said.

Inspector General, Sagar range, Anil Sharma directed Damoh Superintendent of Police Hemant Chauhan to probe the matter.

After an investigation, Chauhan imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the sub-inspector and warned him not to repeat such mistakes.

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January 21,2020

Tengnoupal, Jan 21: A woman IPS officer has alleged that a rifleman of Assam Rifles physically assaulted and molested her at a check post near Moreh town in Manipur's Tengnoupal district, police said on Tuesday.

Based on a written complaint of the IPS officer, an FIR has been registered against rifleman P K Pandey and a summon has been issued to him to appear before the concerned police station, the police said.

Manipur DGP L M Khaute told reporters on Monday, "We have made contacts with the Assam Rifles authorities. A complaint has been lodged by the officer." In her complaint, the IPS officer said that on reaching Khudengtabi check post on Sunday afternoon one of her escorts, who was not in uniform, told the frisking party of Assam Rifles to register their entry.

Despite showing their identity cards, the rifleman allegedly detained them, she said.

"We offered to search ourselves and the vehicle, but he was not interested", she said.

The rifleman began hitting the official vehicle and "misbehaved, humiliated, harassed and assaulted me and my escort personnel," she alleged.

The IPS officer also alleged that the rifleman molested her and when her escorts tried to intervene, he thrashed them.

She further accused the rifleman of making "sexually coloured" remarks against her, using abusive language and even tried to snatch her phone when she tried to call her senior officers.

The issue was brought under control after the matter was reported to the Brigadier of 26th Assam Rifles and the Major of the D-company of 12th AR, police said.

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