Karnataka traffic cops kick triple riding bike; 1 killed, 2 critical

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September 29, 2018

Bengaluru, Sept 29: Traffic police in Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, have landed in trouble for allegedly kicking a triple riding scooter after chasing it. While a pillion rider lost his life, two others are battling for life.

The incident took place near Hennur on Tuesday. The rider lost his balance and collided with a mini-goods vehicle when a Banaswadi traffic cop kicked the two-wheeler. While Chetan (25), one of the pillion riders, succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital on Thursday, Vinay (21), who was riding the scooter, and Kiran (22) are undergoing treatment for grievous injuries.

As the goods vehicle came to a sudden halt after the incident, another bike rider, Krishna Kumar, too collided with the mini-truck sustaining serious injuries.

According to the police, traffic policemen had barricaded a stretch of road near Gunduthoppu bus stop and were flagging down traffic offenders. The trio passed the Nagawara signal and on spotting the traffic police a little ahead immediately took a U-turn to avoid getting fined.

“Meanwhile, two traffic policemen on their bike started chasing them and one of them kicked the trio’s scooter from behind while on the move. Vinay lost control of the bike and collided with the Tata Ace,” said Venkatesh, Vinay's uncle. He said the chase has been captured in CCTV footages.

According to him, the three were heading to K R Puram MLA Byrathi Basavaraju’s house to bring him to the Ganesha Chathurthi function organised in their area.

However, the police have registered a case of accident naming Vinay as the accused and all the others including the driver and a technician of the goods vehicle and Krishna Kumar as victims. Interestingly, the technician, Manjunath, who was sleeping inside the Ace, has become the complainant.

The Banaswadi traffic police maintain that they did not chase the trio and they ran into the vehicle after taking the U-turn to avoid the policemen.

The goods vehicle driver, Santosh, “While driving my vehicle I suddenly heard a bang from the left with the sound of glass smashing. Later I learnt from the crowd that they were chased by the police.”

The crowd gathered there also informed the victim's family members of the alleged involvement of the police in the accident. When they attempted to lodge a complaint at the police station against the errant policemen, the inspector allegedly abused them. They have recorded the incident on their phones.

“We have two to three versions of the incident and we are collecting more proof to thoroughly investigate the matter. We cannot comment on the incident as it is being investigated,” said Anupam Agarwal, DCP Traffic East.

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Sundar
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Saturday, 29 Sep 2018

police knows only to follow rules but why its implemented they dont know. triple ride may kill riders

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July 24,2020

Udupi, Jul 24: Udupi Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) has filed a complaint with the Cybercrime Police alleging that fake websites were created in the Corporation name and charging for registration to 1800 engineer jobs amidst covid-19 crisis. 

In a complaint submitted to Udupi Cyber Crime, Economic Offences & Narcotics (CEN) police station on Friday, UPCL Association General Manager K Shashidar alleged that four fake websites have been created in the name of UPCL and have claimed that 1,800 engineers posts are vacant in UPCL.

The fake websites have also been demanding Rs 500 fee for the registration of the job aspirants.

The FAKE websites are: www.udupipowerproject.com, www.upclindia.com, www.udupiproject.com, www.udupiproject.in. Helpline numbers +918046800985, +911149409800, +911149409807  too have been given in these fake websites.

Udupi CEN station has registered a case under Section 66(c), 66(d) of IT Act.

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January 15,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 15: Thousands of people on Wednesday boarded boats from Ullal's Kotepura to join a massive protest against the amended Citizenship Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Adyar here.

People travelling through boats and steamers decorated with national flags, raised slogans during their journey through the Netravathi River.

The innovative mode of transportation was used by the protestors to reach the venue, as it not only saved time but was also more convenient for the fishermen, as large number of people from this community joined the protest.

The protestors docked their boats at the shore, which was barely 500 metres from the site of protest, being held at Shah Ground in Adyar.

The distance between Kotepura to the Shah Ground is approximately 15 kilometres but protesters would have to walk more five kilometres to reach the venue because of heavy traffic.

Due to protest, the national highway was also blocked and resulted in huge traffic snarls on routes leading to agitation site. 

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February 29,2020

Kochi, Feb 29: The Kerala Non-Resident Indians' Commission on Friday passed a resolution to request the Centre and Election Commission (EC) to make appropriate amendments in the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951, to ensure voting rights to the non-resident Indians working abroad. According to People’s Representation Act, 1951, None-Resident Indians (NRIs) can vote by proxy.

The Commission is a statutory body constituted for the welfare of Non-Resident Keralites working outside India.

The Centre had introduced a bill for this purpose which was passed by the Lok Sabha in 2018, but the same has since lapsed.

Therefore, the Kerala NRI Commission decided to request the Centre to consider introducing the bill in the next session of Parliament considering the interest of the NRI community at large.

The resolution was moved by commission member and NRI entrepreneur Shamsheer Vayalil, who is also a petitioner in the writ petition, filed regarding this in the Supreme Court.

"The central government may consider introducing the bill in the next session of the Parliament session considering the interest of the NRI community at large," read the resolution which will now be sent to the Ministry of Law and the Election Commission (EC).

Commission chairman Justice PD Rajan said the right to vote for NRIs is a genuine demand.

"This is the time that we step up pressure on the agencies concerned to implement this. Voting from the workplace would be a different experience for them. It would be a decisive step," he said.

This fresh development comes at a time when a petition filed in the Supreme Court on the same topic last week came before a bench headed by Justice Deepak Gupta, which considered the case and said it will be heard in April.

"We are expecting a favourable decision from the Supreme Court. We would also approach the NRI commission in other states and request them to raise the same demand," said Vayalil.

If implemented, millions of NRIs around the world would be able to exercise their franchise in the electoral processes of the nation. According to the estimate of the Ministry of External Affairs, there are about 3.10 crore NRIs.

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