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Main accused of multi-crore Global Index fraud nabbed

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July 12, 2011

Mangalore, July 12: Mangalore city police arrested the prime accused in a multi-crore fraud case on Monday night and recovered cash and other valuables worth Rs 65 lakh from his procession.

Police on reliable information, nabbed the accused Praveen Shetty (24), near Hotel Grand Meridian, Sheshadripuram, in Bangalore and brought to the city.

Praveen Shetty son of Sadashiva Shetty, a resident of Perdoor in Udupi district, was absconding in Chandighar, Dargiling and Vishakpatna.

City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh addressing the media persons here on Tuesday said, with the arrest of Praveen, the total number of arrested in this case increased to five. Four persons Vasantha KD of Sullia, Shekhar Bhat of Belthangady, Ashok Kumar of BC Road and T Koragappa Poojary of Puttur were already arrested.

The fraud had come to light on March 4, when two people, who had invested a huge amount of money with one Global Index Investment Company (GIIC) operating in Mahendra Arcade Complex, Karangalpady here, lodged separate complaints against it at Kadri Police station after realising that they were utterly deceived by the company.

It is said that the company has duped Rs 11 to 12 crore to nearly 2500 people in Mangalore city alone.

Warning

Mr Singh asked the public to be alert when such companies advertise offering highest interest rate for investment. Companies such as Global Index, Nano Forex, Uni Pay to You, SPM Infotech, La-Green Ma, Guru Teak Investment Pvt Ltd duped the public several crores of rupees in Mangalore alone.

He said any such companies cannot offer highest interest rate more than what Reserve Bank of India has fixed. 11 cases in Mangalore East police station, six cases each in Urwa and Surathkal police stations, four in Ullal, one case each in Mangalore North, Mangalore South and Urwa Police Stations have been registered. 11 accused have been arrested in all the cases.

He also requested the public to inform police department if such companies or any firm comes up luring huge profit.

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June 15,2020

Davanagere, Jun 15: Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu was on Monday seen without face mask at an event in Davanagere amid COVID-19 crisis in the country.

The Minister was attending the wedding ceremony of son of former minister Parameshwar Naik at Hagaribommanahalli in Davanagere.

This is not the first time that Sriramulu has flouted the norms for preventing the spread of COVID-19. He took part in a procession in Chitradurga on June 2 and flouted social distancing norms. He was seen surrounded by several supporters while a big garland was being offered to him.

The state has reported 6,245 COVID-19 cases including 2,977 cured, 3,196 active cases and 72 deaths.

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April 21,2020

Apr 21: An 80-year-old COVID-19 patient has died in Karnataka's Kalaburagi district, taking the death toll in the state to 17, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Tuesday.

The elderly person was suffering from Parkinson's disease for the last three years and died at a hospital on Monday, the minister said in a tweet.

"The person had developed fever on Sunday and was admitted to the hospital. The patient passed away yesterday at 9 am. Last night at 9 pm the death report came, which confirmed that the person was COVID-19 positive," Sudhakar tweeted.

The total number of COVID-19 infections in the state has crossed the 400-mark, according to last evening's bulletin by the Karnataka health department.

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May 28,2020

Bengaluru, May 28: The Karnataka government has done away with previously mandatory COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic international travellers. 

The development comes a day after the government issued a circular, which allowed placing of international travellers into home quarantine if they had completed seven days of institutional quarantine.

A circular signed by Jawaid Akhtar, Additional Chief Secretary to the State Government, dated May 27, says that any “person who has completed seven days of institutional quarantine and is asymptomatic can be permitted for home quarantine with a COVID-19 test (RT-PCR), subject to undergoing a medical check-up.”

This check-up equates to thermal screening (with a required temperature of under 37.5C or 99.5F and pulse oximetry of under 94%). 

The circular added that all elderly people, over the age of 60, and those with comorbidities (such as Diabetes mellitus, hypertension, asthma, heart ailment, renal disease...etc) are “required to be clinically evaluated diligently prior to shifting them for quarantine.”

On Wednesday, Pankaj Pandey, Commissioner, the Department of Health and Family Welfare said that these new guidelines were based on recommendations from the COVID Task Force. A member of the COVID Task Force said that new strategies had been formulated based on the latest findings on how the SARS-Cov-2 virus affects people.

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