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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June 6,2020

Kota (Rajasthan), Jun 6: A 14-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself to death on early Saturday morning shortly after he stopped playing PUBG throughout the night and went to sleep, said police. 

Railway Colony police station’s in-charge Hansraj Meena said the boy, a class 9 student and son of an Army man, was found hanging from the grill of the ventilator in his bedroom on early Saturday morning. 

Meena said according to the boy’s family members, the boy had downloaded the gaming programme on his mother’s mobile phone only three days back but had been playing the game virtually continuously for the last three days. 

He kept on playing the game till 3 am in a room in which his brother was studying, said Meena, adding the boy went to adjoining to sleep after that. His body was found hanging from the ventilator’s grill in the morning, he said, adding the boy was rushed to MBS Hospital, where he was declared “brought dead”. 

No suicide note was recovered in the case, the SHO said. The boy lived in Gandhi Colony in the city along with his mother and brother, while his father, a Tamil Nadu native and Army man, is currently posted in Arunachal Pradesh. The boy’s body has been kept in hospital’s morgue for the postmortem, the SHO said.

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February 6,2020

Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha President Ranjit Bachchan was shot dead on Sunday because of an extra-marital relationship of his second wife.

Lucknow Police Commissioner Sujit Pandey said at a press conference here on Thursday that Ranjit Bachchan's second wife Smriti Srivastava, her paramour Dipendra and driver Sanjit Gautam have been arrested in connection with the case. All three were held on Thursday, while the shooter -- Jitendra -- is yet to be arrested.

Pandey said that Smriti wanted a divorce from Ranjit Bachchan and their case was pending in the family court since 2016. While she was keen to marry Dipendra, Ranjit Bachchan was unwilling to leave her.

"On January 17, Ranjit had met Smriti and even slapped her, which became the provocation for the murder," he said.

The Police Commissioner said that during investigation, the police had probed all possible angles, including a terror angle.

"We found there were no financial disputes, no property disputes and no terror angle to the case. It emerged that Smriti had an affair with Dipendra and wanted to leave Ranjit Bachchan, who had four criminal cases against him. Through technical and electronic surveillance, we found the connection between Smriti, Dipendra, driver Sanjit and the shooter Jitendra," he said.

Ranjeet Bachchan, 40, who had founded the Vishwa Hindu Mahasabha, was shot in the head on Sunday morning while his brother Aditya Srivastava was injured in the attack by the assailant who also snatched their mobile phones.

The attacker had covered himself in a shawl and was on foot. The police had released CCTV footages showing a suspect and announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 for providing information.

Four police personnel, including a sub-inspector, were suspended for alleged laxity and a case was registered at the Hazratganj po

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July 31,2020

Amaravati, Jul 31: Nine people have died after allegedly consuming sanitiser in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh today, the police said.

Prakasam district Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal said the people had been consuming sanitiser for the past few days, mixing it with water and soft drinks.

"We are also investigating whether they laced the sanitiser with any other toxic substances," the official said.

"Their family members say these people have been consuming sanitiser for the past ten days. We are sending the sanitiser stocks, being sold in the area, for examination," he added.

Kurichedu in Prakasam district has been under lockdown due to rise in coronavirus cases and hence, liquor shops have also been shut since the past few days.

Habitual drinkers were said to be consuming sanitisers that have alcohol content, apart from illicitly distilled arrack.

The police said two beggars near a temple were the first to fall victim on Thursday night. While one of them was found dead at the spot, another died in the government hospital in Darsi town, they said.

A third person was also taken to the Darsi hospital late on Thursday night after he fell unconscious but he was declared brought dead. Six others who fell ill after allegedly consuming sanitiser, died this morning.

Others who fell ill after consuming sanitiser are undergoing treatment at their residences in the village, the police added.

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