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BSY, kin, three others summoned

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February 24, 2012

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Bangalore, February 24: The Special Lokayukta Court on Thursday issued summons to former Chief Minister B?S Yeddyurappa, his sons Vijayendra and Raghavendra and his son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar in one of the private complaints filed by advocate Sirajin Basha.

The complaint relates to several instances of illegal denotification of land by Yeddyurappa and receiving financial favours in return for the denotification.

The complaint also accuses BJP MLC Bharathi Shetty of getting a site allotted in RMV 2nd stage under ‘G’ category and later attempting to amalgamate the site with that of an adjoining site belonging to B?Y Raghavendra.

However, the case against Bharathi Shetty has been dismissed. The case has been adjourned to March 16, and Yeddyurappa will have to appear in the court on that day. All the accused have obtained anticipatory bail from the High Court.

Counsel for the petitioner Sirajin Basha had sought directions from the Court to order for an inquiry under Section 202 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Inquiry ruled out

But, Judge N?K?Sudhindra Rao ruled that there was no necessity for calling an inquiry at the present stage and declared there were sufficient grounds to conduct proceedings against the accused and ordered the issue of summons.

The Judge also dismissed the case against Bharathi Shetty and another accused G Selva Kumar in the same complaint. While the Judge ruled that there was no case made out against Bharathi Shetty, he dismissed the case against Selva Kumar as there was no address, description or any material provided against him. The complainant had stated that 14,432 sq ft of land in Nagashettihalli was denotified in Selva Kumar’s name, although he was not the original owner of the land.

Seven accused

The original complaint filed against Yeddyurappa had eleven accused persons. However, the counsel for the complainant had earlier withdrawn the names of former Minister Krishnaiah Setty and Director of E Ramamurthy Minerals, and Metals Private Limited, Praveen Chandra as the instance is already under trial in another private complaint filed by Sirajin Basha.

In the present form, the complaint has seven accused, B?S Yeddyurappa, B?Y Vijayendra, B?Y Raghavendra, R?N?Sohan Kumar, Praveen Shetty, B?S Ashok Kumar and B?R Shetty.

Instances

1 The first instance pertains to Yeddyurappa denotifying three pieces of land measuring 1 acre 36 guntas, 23 guntas and 33 guntas of adjoining land in Hebbala Amanikere village in favour of Trishul Developers represented by Prakash Shetty. Trishul Developers had illegally purchased the land after it was notified by the BDA. In return, Trishul had paid a total of Rs 2.75 crore to Dhavalagiri Properties owned by Yeddyurappa’s two sons and his son-in-law with a stake of Besto Ice Cream represented by Ashok Kumar.

Total loss to the exchequer: Rs 101.27 crore.

2 This relates to illegal denotification of 11 acres and 25 guntas of land in Srirampura Village of Yelahanka Hobli, acquired by the BDA?for the formation of Arkavathy Layout with the final notification given in 2004. The original owner of the land B R Shetty, who did not challenge the denotification, wrote twice to the Chief Minister B?S Yeddyurappa in August 2008, seeking denotification of land for different reasons. Yeddyurappa denotified the land in May 2010. Later Ashok Kumar of Besto Ice Cream purchased 2 acres 20 guntas of the same land for Rs 3.75 crore, when the market value was Rs 54.45 crore

Total loss to the exchequer: Rs 50.70 crore

3 Two adjoining sites were allotted to B Y Raghavendra and MLC Bharati Shetty, in RMV 2nd Stage under ‘G’ category despite Raghavendra not being eligible for the site, as he already owned other properties. Later, both of them submitted two applications, one to sell the sites ahead of the lease period and then to amalgamate them. Both these applications were rejected by the BDA. Both of them then got khatas effected in BBMP East Zone for the respective sites and got plans sanctioned respectively to construct two identical houses with identical plan and identical measurements.

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Agencies
August 9,2020

Vijayawada, Aug 9: The number of those killed in the fire at a hotel being used as a COVID-19 facility in Vijayawada rose to 10 on Sunday, said Vikrant Patil, Deputy Commissioner of Police.

Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh government announced Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia each to the families of those who lost their lives in the incident.

According to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (CMO), Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy also ordered an in-depth probe into the accident and directed authorities to take steps to ensure better medical services to the victims of the accident.

"The hotel was taken on lease and run by Ramesh Hospitals, a private hospital where COVID-19 patients were being treated. 40 patients and 10 medical staff were at the hotel at the time of the incident. 

Officials were directed to launch immediate rescue measures," said Mekathoti Sucharitha, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi also condoled the loss of the lives in the fire mishap and spoke to Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy over the phone and enquired about the accident.

The mishap took place in hotel Swarna Palace which was taken on lease and run by a private hospital for COVID patients.

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News Network
May 9,2020

Shillong, May 9: The poisonous mushrooms that killed six people at a remote village in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district have been identified as Amanita phalloides, commonly known as the 'Death Cap', a senior official said on Saturday.

Six people, including a 14-year-old girl, of Lamin village along the India-Bangladesh border in Amlarem civil sub-division died after consuming wild mushrooms they collected from a nearby forest late last month.

The wild mushroom has been identified as Amanita phalloides and is hepatotoxic as it directly affects the liver, state Director of Health Services (MI) Dr Aman War told PTI.

He said it has been established after an investigation that the cause of the deaths was the poisonous mushrooms.

At least 18 persons from three families were taken ill after consuming the mushrooms.

The symptoms after consuming the poisonous fungus include vomiting, headache and unconsciousness, the senior doctor said.

Most of those taken ill, including a pregnant woman, have already recovered and gone home. Therefore, people can survive as it depends on the amount of poison that you have consumed. Only one person was unaffected, maybe he did not consume much, he said.

Three people are still undergoing treatment and are recovering. Two of them are at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) and one in Woodland Hospital, Dr War said.

He said the health department can only appeal to the people, especially those in the rural areas, to refrain from eating wild mushrooms, while the horticulture department should take measures to create awareness.

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Agencies
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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