Suspended engineer back in same post

April 29, 2012
BBMP

Bangalore, April 29: Bruhat Bengalauru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Superintending Engineer K T Nagaraj, suspended six months ago on a charge of corruption, is back in the same post in the same Major Works Department of the civic body.

But another Palike Superintending Engineer, S Prabhakar, who probed the charges against Nagaraj, has been shunted out of the Major Works Department and dumped in the garbage section to handle solid waste management.

Nagaraj’s suspension was triggered by a Deccan Herald exposé on July 8, last year, which was based on the documents obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. On the basis of the report, the erstwhile BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah had ordered the Technical Vigilance Cell under Commissioner (TVCC) to probe the matter. At that time, Prabhakar was the second-in-command in the cell.

The probe into the works carried out in 2009, in and around Jalahalli in the City, had revealed that 14 engineers, including Chief Engineer Krishna Reddy, Superintending Engineer K T Nagaraj and audit officer Shashidhar had facilitated contractor Munirathna, now Yeshwanthapura corporator, to get his bills cleared even before the work was completed.

The TVCC had also found that the estimates and the payments were much higher than the rates fixed by the Karnataka PWD, incurring a loss of Rs 1.85 crore to the Palike. While placing Nagaraj under suspension, Siddaiah had recommended the government to recover the amount from these officers and initiate action.

While the state government kept the recommendation for recovery of the amount and action against the erring officers in cold storage, Nagaraj managed to get posted in the same place from where he was thrown out.

Three months ago, Nagaraj managed to find a place in the Yelahanka Zone of the BBMP. Around the same time, Prabhakar was shifted from the TVCC to the Major Roads department. Five days ago, the Palike administration effected another reshuffle bringing Nagaraj to the Major Works Department and dumping Prabhakar to the Solid Waste Management Department.

When contacted, BBMP Commissioner M K Shankarlinge Gowda said Nagaraj’s posting became necessary since the work on Mysore Road “is moving at a snail’s pace.”


Former corporator M Pari, who had extracted information about Nagaraj and 13 other officers under the RTI, said he was shocked by the turn of events.


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May 11,2020

May 11: Two youths allegedly gang-raped a teen and then hacked to death her 11-year old brother, who had seen their act, in a bid to hide their crime, at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, about 300 kilometres from here.

Police sources said that two youths, resident of the same village, barged into the house of the teen, when she was alone, and allegedly gang-raped her.

The victim's minor brother suddenly came into the house and protested after he witnessed his sister being sexually assaulted, sources said. The youths allegedly strangled the minor with a towel.

The alleged culprits, who hailed from influential families, 'forced' the victim's parents to bury their son and warned them against approaching the cops.

The parents, however, gathered courage and met senior police officials in Etah on Sunday after a case was registered in this regard. Police said that the body of the minor would be exhumed and a postmortem examination would be conducted.

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Agencies
July 8,2020

Kanpur, Jul 8: The Special Task Force (STF) shot dead Amar Dubey in an encounter in Maudaha on Wednesday morning. Amar, a right hand man of gangster Vikas Dubey, who shot dead eight police personnel on Friday last, figured prominently in the list of wanted persons released by the Kanpur police on Tuesday.

He was a named accused in the massacre.

According to STF sources, the police team had received a tip off about Amar's presence in the district and when they tried to close in on him, the criminal opened fire on them, He was killed in retaliatory firing around 6.30.a.m,

Amar was reportedly heading towards the house of one of his relatives in Maudaha area.

"We asked him to surrender but he opened fire at us and was killed when we returned the fire," said an STF official.

Earlier, he had been hiding in Faridabad but moved out after police pressure increased there.

Amar Dubey was a trusted accomplice of Vikas Dubey and the police had announced a reward of Rs 25,000 on him after the Kanpur massacre.

Incidentally, reports claim that Vikas Dubey was also seen at a hotel in Faridabad on Tuesday night but fled before the police could close in on him.

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June 27,2020

Guna (MP),  Jun 27: A 20-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly eloping with her minor partner and "marrying" her at Guna town in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Saturday.

The matter came to light, when a resident of Budhe Balaji area approached the Kotwali police station on Monday with a complaint that his 17-year-old daughter had gone missing, additional superintendent of police T S Baghel said.

On investigation, it was found that a relative from a village Shivpuri district, who was living with the family, was also missing, he said.

A team was sent to the village and the duo was caught on Friday, the official said, adding that the woman had married the minor, who claimed that she had eloped of her own volition.

The woman was arrested under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, while the minor was sent back to her family after counselling.

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