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Editor: Nagaraja.M.R.. Vol.12..Issue.28........16/07/2016
To,
Shri Justice T S Thakur ,
Honourable Chie Justice of India ,
No.5 , Krishna Menon Marg ,
New Delhi – 110011.
Honourable Sir,
Subject : Honourable Chief Justice of
India Resign from judicial service
Read
the following articles it shows
the ugly face , criminal face of Indian
Police & Indian Judges. Ofcourse ,
there are honest few in police service & judiciary , but their numbers are dwindling day by day. Their
voices are muted. A crime can happen without the knowledge of police
, but a crime cann’t continue for years
without the knowledge , connivance of local police.
Inspite of repeated appeals , show cause notices by
our publication to you , you have not replied let alone take
action. You & your office staff lack decorum , etiquette
, duty consciousness of replying to
letters. You are making contempt of citizens of india.
But remember the basic fact that you are enjoying 5 star pay
, perks at the expense of public.
Throughout this petition & in our past
appeals , the term “JUDGE” includes all public servants right
from revenue inspector , officials performing quasi judicial
functions right up to chief justice of india.
In the following articles we have clearly shown
how justice is delayed & justice
manipulated in india. SCI & CJI is not even bothered
about health conditions , life of applicants. I am
suffering from health problems caused by my previous
occupation at M/s RPG Cables Ltd and am in my final days
, authorities , SCI , CJI is
not bothered to give justice inspite of my repeated appeals
for more than a decade.
Following two examples , actual cases
highlighting the judicial delays :
1. In Mysore ideal Jawa Factory
, company was locked out. Huge amounts were outstanding to banks ,
suppliers , employees. The land usage , alienation could have
been converted from industrial use to commercial to get higher market
price and then auctioned. We appealed for same to authorities
including SCI , but they didn’t heed. It was auctioned off for lesser
price , proceeds earned was far less to fully pay outstanding
amounts to banks , suppliers and employees. They were only paid less amounts ,
thus public banks , suppliers , employees were cheated of
their rightful dues. Afterwards the new buyer got the alienation ,
converted it from industrial use to commercial usage , demolished factory
building built huge residential complex and earned crores of rupees profit.
2. In mysore BEML
quarters lake & Hebbal lake are
encroached. In the beginning itself , I have appealed to authorities
, SCI , CJI to stop the encroachments. District
magistrate at that time threatened me. Even some citizens groups led protest
marches. Nobody was botherd. Today both lakes are encroached , huge buildings
, factories are functioning.
It is the duty of Supreme Court of India to
Protect , Guard the constitutional rights , fundamental rights of every Indian
citizen . Since 25 years I am appealing to SCI
about issues concerning public welfare , national security , etc and as a
result suffering injustices , my constitutional rights , human rights are
repeatedly violated but SCI is mum even when repeated appeals were made
to it. Paradoxically , after these appeals for justice , I have suffered more
injustices , attempts on my life were made , physically assaulted ,
livelihood / jobs were denied , news publication closed , press
accreditation denied , received threatening calls , blank calls,
even to date rough elements follow us , rough elements scout
near home at mid night. Does not these indicate some ties between rough
elements & SCI Judges ?
Mr.T.S.Thakur , You personally as CJI is
responsible for protection of our whole family & must ensure protection of
our whole family. Please don’t send
police once again to our home , they
lack practical powers , failed previously to enquire high & mighty.
They are only interested in taking my statement & closing the case. I have
given enough statements to police , IB.
Based on those statements , a supreme court monitored CBI enquiry is appropriate, to prosecute
corrupt public servants.
1. Why not police are given enough powers to summon
, enquire high & mighty VVIPs ? Why
my decade old complaint to DGP is not acted upon ?
2. Why the
enquiry of higher executive in M/s RBI Curreny Note Press (BRBNMPL) ,
PES Engineering College , NIE , RPG Cables , Mysore District Court is not done ? These people illegally denied
me job opportunities under the behest of
criminals , if they are enquired they will point to the criminal behind.
3. Why the enquiry of concerned judges is not made , who are denying information
and delaying to act upon our PILs , under whose behest ? If enquired
these judges will spill the beans about
criminals behind.
I ,NAGARAJA.M.R. hereby do declare that information given above are true to the best of my knowledge & belief. If i am repeatedly called to police station or else where for the sake of investigations , the losses i do incurr as a result like loss of wages , transportation , job , etc must be borne by the government. prevoiusly the police / IB personnel repeatedly called me the complainant (sufferer of injustices) to police station for questioning , but never called the guilty culprits even once to police station for questioning , as the culprits are high & mighty . this type of one sided questioning must not be done by police or investigating agencies . if anything untoward happens to me or to my family members like loss of job , meeting with hit & run accidents , loss of lives , death due to improper medical care , etc , the jurisdictional police , revenue officials , District Magistrate & Chief Justice of India together with above mentioned accused public servants will be responsible for it. Even if criminal nexus levels fake charges , police file fake cases against me or my dependents to silence me , this complaint is & will be effective.
If I or my family members or my dependents are denied our fundamental rights , human rights , denied proper medical care for ourselves , If anything untoward like hit & run cases , murder attempts , unnatural deaths , etc happens to me or to my dependents or to my family members - In such case Mr.T.S.Thakur , Chief Justice of India together with the jurisdictional revenue & police officials will be responsible for it , in such case the government of india is liable to pay Rs. TWO crore as compensation to survivors of my family. if my whole family is eliminated by the criminal nexus ,then that compensation money must be donated to Indian Army Welfare Fund. Afterwards , the money must be recovered by GOI as land arrears from the salary , pension , property , etc of guilty police officials , guilty Judges , guilty public servants & guilty Constitutional fuctionaries.
I ,NAGARAJA.M.R. hereby do declare that information given above are true to the best of my knowledge & belief. If i am repeatedly called to police station or else where for the sake of investigations , the losses i do incurr as a result like loss of wages , transportation , job , etc must be borne by the government. prevoiusly the police / IB personnel repeatedly called me the complainant (sufferer of injustices) to police station for questioning , but never called the guilty culprits even once to police station for questioning , as the culprits are high & mighty . this type of one sided questioning must not be done by police or investigating agencies . if anything untoward happens to me or to my family members like loss of job , meeting with hit & run accidents , loss of lives , death due to improper medical care , etc , the jurisdictional police , revenue officials , District Magistrate & Chief Justice of India together with above mentioned accused public servants will be responsible for it. Even if criminal nexus levels fake charges , police file fake cases against me or my dependents to silence me , this complaint is & will be effective.
If I or my family members or my dependents are denied our fundamental rights , human rights , denied proper medical care for ourselves , If anything untoward like hit & run cases , murder attempts , unnatural deaths , etc happens to me or to my dependents or to my family members - In such case Mr.T.S.Thakur , Chief Justice of India together with the jurisdictional revenue & police officials will be responsible for it , in such case the government of india is liable to pay Rs. TWO crore as compensation to survivors of my family. if my whole family is eliminated by the criminal nexus ,then that compensation money must be donated to Indian Army Welfare Fund. Afterwards , the money must be recovered by GOI as land arrears from the salary , pension , property , etc of guilty police officials , guilty Judges , guilty public servants & guilty Constitutional fuctionaries.
You are delaying
taking action with respect to PILs ,
appeals made by us concerning public welfare , national
security, loss to public exchequer , etc. Where as courts have
enough time to hear trivial cases of
cricket boards , etc. When you cann’t work
without fear or favour of criminals inside &
outside government , you are unfit for the post . Your
continuation in office only serves your self interest
not the country. Hereby , we request you to RESIGN from the
position of chief justice of india and to pave the way
for may be to a person who can work , uphold law. But you can
still continue in office as a burden on public
exchequer , society as some of the previous CJIs did.
We are witnessing unfit people being
selected as judges by collegiums , public service commissions. Till
rot in judiciary is cleared , judges lack moral ,
legal right to prosecute , punish others. Only when we
have honest persons in judiciary , police service then
alone we can clean criminals in judiciary , police service ,
government. Then alone we will get RAM RAJYA , a just society
envisioned by our constitution framers.
Against common people , you judges make
harsh comments , strict enforcement of law , police
cruelly treat commoners , use 3rd degree
torture on commoners. Whereas against rich
crooks , mafia you judges & police fail ,
lack spine to uphold law. You are zeroes
before rich crooks , valor of judges , police
is only before commoners. Still if you have
little sense of duty take action on
following PILs , previous appeals for justice by us ,
reply to our show cause notices , issue
writ of mandamus to concerned public servants to
give full truthful information to our
following & previous RTI applications.
You have failed in your constitutional duties as Chief Justice of
India. It will be better if you resign from judicial services immediately, it
will be good for the society the nation as a whole. or else you can
continue in service as a burden on the public exchequer , the society as
some of previous CJIs did.
Still now also you can change your work
style and sincerely do your duties upholding rule of law IMPARTIALLY.
Please read the details at following web pages :
Justice Thakur RESIGN
Rot in judiciary is decades
old. Honourable CJI sir , weeping is not right constitution of india has given
you the authority , TAKE ACTION DO YOUR DUTY. People , History will
remember you forever with respect. Anyway you are getting very good 5 star pay
& perks , will also get decent pension after retirement from government.
First forget about post retirement postings , discretionary
allotment of sites , etc from government then you can work fearlessly. Both
central & state governments are biggest litigants in the country ,
IAS babus make wrong application , interpretation of laws leading to
litigations. Start by clearing the rotten eggs within the judiciary. When
judiciary & police in a country strictly uphold law , work
impartially that country surpasses even heaven.
Do remember on the D Day ,
in the Court of Almighty everybody CJI , Judges , prime
ministers , common man alike has to bow his head. In who’s court
there is no match fixing , no technicalities , no vociferous hi fi advocates ,
no bias based on caste , religion , region , community , etc , only
straight simple account of wrongs & rights. Guess his judgement in
your case. GOD BLESS US ALL.
Jai Hind. Vande Mataram.
Date : 07.07.2016………………..Your’s sincerely
,
Place : Mysuru………………………..Nagaraja.M.R.
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It is the
duty of Supreme Court of India to Protect , Guard the constitutional rights ,
fundamental rights of every Indian citizen . Since 25 years I am
appealing to SCI about issues concerning public welfare
, national security , etc and as a result suffering injustices , my
constitutional rights , human rights are repeatedly violated but SCI is
mum even when repeated appeals were made to it. Paradoxically , after these
appeals for justice , I have suffered more injustices , attempts on my life
were made , physically assaulted , livelihood / jobs were
denied , news publication closed , press accreditation denied ,
received threatening calls , blank calls, even to date rough
elements follow us , rough elements scout near home at mid night.
Does not these indicate some ties between rough elements & SCI
Judges ?
I ,NAGARAJA.M.R. hereby do declare that information given above are true to the best of my knowledge & belief. If i am repeatedly called to police station or else where for the sake of investigations , the losses i do incurr as a result like loss of wages , transportation , job , etc must be borne by the government. prevoiusly the police / IB personnel repeatedly called me the complainant (sufferer of injustices) to police station for questioning , but never called the guilty culprits even once to police station for questioning , as the culprits are high & mighty . this type of one sided questioning must not be done by police or investigating agencies . if anything untoward happens to me or to my family members like loss of job , meeting with hit & run accidents , loss of lives , death due to improper medical care , etc , the jurisdictional police , revenue officials , District Magistrate & Chief Justice of India together with above mentioned accused public servants will be responsible for it. Even if criminal nexus levels fake charges , police file fake cases against me or my dependents to silence me , this complaint is & will be effective.
If I or my family members or my dependents are denied our fundamental rights , human rights , denied proper medical care for ourselves , If anything untoward like hit & run cases , murder attempts , unnatural deaths , etc happens to me or to my dependents or to my family members - In such case Chief Justice of India together with the jurisdictional revenue & police officials will be responsible for it , in such case the government of india is liable to pay Rs. TWO crore as compensation to survivors of my family. if my whole family is eliminated by the criminal nexus ,then that compensation money must be donated to Indian Army Welfare Fund. Afterwards , the money must be recovered by GOI as land arrears from the salary , pension , property , etc of guilty police officials , guilty Judges , guilty public servants & guilty Constitutional fuctionaries.
Date : 07th July 2016 ……………………Your’s sincerely ,
Place : Mysuru , India ……………………………Nagaraja M R
Karnataka DySP hangs self after being suspended for
kidnapping, extortion
Kalappa Handibag, deputy superintendent of police (DySP)
of Chikkamagaluru Rural in Karnataka, committed suicide on Tuesday by
hanging after he was suspended from duty for his alleged connection in the case
of abduction and extortion of a financier.
Relatives of his wife,
Vidya, claimed that Kallappa committed suicide around 8.30 a.m. when his wife
was in the bathroom. He was subsequently rushed to the Muragod Primary Health
Centre and then referred to KLE Hospital in Belagavi. However, doctors at the
hospital declared him brought dead, as reported by the Hindu.
Handibag's suspension was issued after a departmental inquiry
was ordered against him, following a complaint by 37-year-old resident of
Kempanahalli, Thejas, who alleged that Kalappa was one of the six men who
abducted him and tortured and extorted money from him.
As disclosed by Thejas in the FIR, he was picked up by a gang of
six men around 2 a.m. on June 28 when he was parking the car near his house. He
was shoved into a Scorpio (KA 20 N 3657) and taken to an old warehouse in
Bengaluru, where he was thrashed by the gangsters who also demanded a ransom of
Rs. 25 lakh.
The gangsters told Thejas that he was being punished for duping
people through his chit fund business and cricket betting. Thejas negotiated
the ransom down to Rs. 10 lakh and called his friend identified as Shivu or
Pavan to follow the kidnapper's instructions and deliver the money.
Thejas's friend was then given a mobile number (9480805120) and
a voice from the other line asked him to deliver the cash to the police
quarters behind Mathias Tower on IG Road. Thejas was eventually freed.
DySP Handibag's role
came to light after Thejas and his friend used the car's registration number
and the mobile number to investigate the kidnapping. Thejas's friend also
recorded the mobile conversation with Handibag, according to a report by
the Times of India.
Covert op on Dawood
compromised by some Mumbai cops: RK Singh
Noting that Dawood and Lashkar-e-Taiba chief
Hafiz Saeed were protected by Pakistani forces, Singh said a secret operation
must be carried out in the manner the United States did to kill terrorists
Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar.
India had planned a covert operation to take
down underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, but the operation was compromised by some
Mumbai Police officials. These are the explosive revelations made by former
Home Secretary and now BJP leader RK Singh in an interview to Seedhi Baat on
Aaj Tak.
RK Singh revealed details of how corrupt
elements of the Mumbai Police foiled a secret operation to take down Dawood.
The operation was launched when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister and
current NSA Ajit Doval was at the IB. Indian government had roped in some
elements from the Chota Rajan gang and they were being trained at a secret
location outside Maharashtra. But Mumbai Police officials who were in touch
with D-company landed up at the training camp with arrest warrants for the
covert operatives who had been engaged by India. The entire operation to take
down Dawood failed due to these rogue elements in Mumbai police. This is the
first time that there is confirmation of a botched covert operation to take
down Dawood by someone who has held a position of authority.
Noting that Dawood and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
chief Hafiz Saeed were protected by Pakistani forces, Singh said a secret
operation must be carried out in the manner the United States did to kill
terrorists Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar. He added that Pakistan will never
admit that Dawood is in Pakistan. Similarly, it will shamelessly deny the
presence of other terrorists despite funding and training these terror groups
on its soil. "India must repeat the Myanmar operation in Pakistan,"
he maintained. He added if one operation fails, the government shouldn't be
disheartened but launch another operation right away.
Singh said Modi's advisors are not giving him
the right advice on this issue. "Nothing will be achieved by handing over
dossiers to Pakistan. It is globally recognised as a snake pit. We can't depend
on the US to fight India's battles. India has to fight its own enemies,"
Singh added.
Singh also said the neighbouring country needs
to be wise and avert a possible war by not shielding a terrorist.
"Pakistan has to calculate the cost of a war. I don't think Pakistan is
such a big fool that it would engage in a war with India," he said.
"If America sees any threat from Pakistan, it will act. Similarly, Israel
can kill its enemies. We need to develop this mentality," he added. The retired
bureaucrat revealed that specially-trained private security men comprising
mostly ex-army men protect Dawood in Pakistan under the supervision of the ISI.
Singh exuded confidence that Modi's visit to the UAE would yield desirable
results. He did acknowledge though that Dawood still has significant influence
in Dubai.
Coming down heavily on Pakistan, Singh said
India must stop dialogue with its neighbor and instead deal with the situation
in a strategic manner. "India must hit back in a way that hurts Pakistan
the most," he said while suggesting that the dialogue process only helps
Pakistan restore credibility which it has lost all over the world.
"Pakistan believes in a constant war with India. We have the capability to
hit back hard. Any dialogue with Pakistan is futile. For a discredited country
like Pakistan, dialogue process is an opportunity to regain its credibility and
strike parity with India," Singh said. He said the elected government in
the neighbouring country had no control over its military force and the ISI.
Singh lauded the central government's firm
stand on separatists in Kashmir. He said the Pakistani government was using
separatists to claim in international platform that it has the support of a
section of people in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian government has done the
right thing by not talking to separatists, he said.
Lottery Scam: Retired IPS officer who introduced
Alok Kumar to Pari Rajan was major beneficiary
An IPS officer who retired in 2010 is said to be the major beneficiary of the single-digit lottery racket that was unearthed recently. If sources are to be believed then it is this retired officer who had held several positions in the Bengaluru City Police Commissionerate, who introduced the kingpin of the lottery racket, Pari Rajan, to fellow IPS officer Alok Kumar.
The
investigation carried out by the CID has indicated that the retired IPS officer
was one of the biggest beneficiaries in the scam and his name figured in the
list of 12 serving/ retired IPS officers whom the CID intended to summon for
interrogation, the sources said.
Alok Kumar, too, is said have disclosed the name of the officer, when he was grilled by the CID on Sunday.
There
are also reports that Rajan, a native of KGF was into hawala transactions and
this was a major reason why many officers had links with him.
The
suspicion is that Rajan used his contacts with the police top brass to ensure a
safe hawala transaction. Hawala operators considered Bengaluru as a safe
transit point and it had a well-oiled network.
With
the CBI probe being ordered, there are possibilities of various aspects
relating to lottery scam and hawala business to come out.
The
Excise and Lottery Enforcement Cell was set up immediately after the ban on the
lottery business in 2007.
For the
first two years, the cell had no station or power to arrest. One of the senior
officers, who was in the Enforcement Cell between 2007 and 2010, said that
until 2011 there wasn’t much illegal lottery business reported from across the
State.
“Matka
and single-number lottery were very much in existence, but they used to be
handled by the respective district police. As far as lottery was concerned,
there was no case registered at least till 2009-10,” an official said.
with Pari Rajan. The police
have recently arrested Rajan in connection with the scam. Arun Chakravarthy,
who was IGP, Lottery Squad, prior to Agrawal, had also taken bribe, he charged.
According to Kumaraswamy, 30 to 40 senior police officers, including many IPS
officers, are involved in the scam. Despite a TV channel conducting a sting
operation in March this year, the government took no action for two months.
During this period, the ruling party MLC took Pari Rajan and Matrin to the son
of the influential person to strike a deal. When Martin and Rajan refused to
pay Rs 100 crore, the scam gradually came out in the open, he said. Paying
hafta The JD(S) leader said suspended police officer Dharanesh (who was then
Superintendent of Police, Lottery Squad, southern range) and Pari Rajan had
been paying hafta (bribe) to a minister in the Siddaramaiah ministry. Dharanesh
was recently suspended in connection with the lottery scam. The officer wanted
to continue in the post. The then Superintendent of Police, Lottery Squad,
northern range, Chandrakanth was trying to get the post held by Dharanesh, he
said. "The chief minister and Home Minister K J George should now disclose
the name of the minister who was collecting the hafta. He should tell why Pari
Rajan was not arrested all these days." Simmering differences He said the
scam emerged due to the simmering differences among the police officers in
sharing the bribe money paid by the mafia. Two cases filed initially in KGF in
connection with the illegal lottery sale were fake and they were only meant to
cover up the scam, he added. Later speaking to the media after the chief
minister's decision to refer the scam to the CBI, Kumaraswamy said the
government should get ready to face more embarrassment. However, he welcomed
the decision to refer the racket to the CBI. Scam chronicle, according to HDK A
constable in Kolar, Manjunath, was regularly taking bribe from Pari Rajan
during June or July 2014. Rajan stopped giving him money after he developed
contacts among higher-ups. Manjunath informs about illegal activities of Rajan
to Singh, a head constable with anti-lottery squad. Singh, brings the matter to
the notice of Ramappa Guttedar, the inspector of the squad. When questioned,
Rajan he offers big money as bribe. Then he takes these policemen to Chennai
where they meet one Martin, one of the key operators. Martin gives Rs 40 lakh
as bribe and the three policemen sincerely inform about it to lottery squad SP
Dharanesh and IGP Arun Chakravarthy. All the policemen share the money:
Manjunath and Singh get Rs two lakh each, Ramappa gets Rs five lakh and the
rest was shared by Dharanesh and Chakravarthy. Upset with the small share they
got, Manjunath and Singh inform about the illegality to northern range SP
Chandrakanth. Chandrakanth tries to get the post held by Dharanesh but fails.
He then helps a TV news channel to conduct a sting operation. Six cases
referred to CBI by Siddaramaiah government Misappropriation of over Rs nine
crore by the officials of Ramanagaram-Channapatna Urban Development Authority
with the support of bank officials in 2013. Misuse of over Rs five crore by the
officials of Mandya Urban Development n Authority with the help of banks in
2013. Officers of many nationalised banks were said to be involved in the
irregularity. Rape and murder of Sowjanya, a 17-year-old pre-university course
student of SDM College, Ujire in Dakshina Kannada, on October 9, 2012. The
theft of 12 historic idols from Siddhanta Darshan Block of a Jain Basadi at
Moodbidri in September 2013. Death of IAS officer D K Ravi in April, 2015.
Single-digit lottery scam. H D Kumaraswamy, JD(S) leader: The chief minister
and Home Minister K J George should now disclose the name of the minister who
was collecting the hafta. He should tell why Pari Rajan was not arrested all
these days.
State police chief Omprakash’s son, Karthikesh
Omprakash, has business relations with the kin of N Narasimha Murthy, a clerk
at the State police headquarters, who has been arrested by the SIT probing the
Lokayukta corruption scam.
Documents available with the Deccan Herald show that Murthy's brother-in-law Ashwath and Karthikesh are partners in a quarrying and crusher unit in Ramanagara. Incidentally, a complaint by the villagers of Hanchikuppe in Ramanagara district against this quarrying firm for violation of rules is still pending before the Upalokayukta.
The application for quarrying and stone crushing unit was filed in the name of Karthikesh in 2009. The Mining Licence (Number 1354 and 1353) was issued in favour of the firm Magadi Quarry and Crusher, owned by Karthikesh and Ashwath. Around five acres of gomala land at Hanchikuppe was allotted to the firm.
When villagers objected to the quarrying unit within the prescribed safe zone, a proceeding by the Ramanagara Deputy Commissioner held on March 1, 2013 relaxed certain conditions. The area was declared as safe zone. The same day, based on the recommendation of the DC, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board accorded certification for the safe zone. The decision was so fast that both the offices passed orders in favour of a quarry owner in just one day, the documents reveal. Despite this, the Tahshildar had submitted a report that the unit fell within 500 metres of residential area, which is not permissable under Karnataka Regulation of Stone Crushers Act, 2011.
The Hanchikuppe villagers had also filed a PIL in the High Court. The court dismissed the petition on the grounds that since the villagers are the concerned parties a PIL cannot be entertained. The villagers also filed a complaint before the Upalokayukta (Compt/Uplok/BD/459/2011) and the next date of hearing is September 23, 2015.
On the day Omprakash took charge as DG&IGP, Loksatta Party had complained to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that he had prima facie misused his position to get clearances for the unit owned by his son.
When contacted, Omprakash said that it was a personal business issue of his son. Asked if he is aware of his son's business partnership with the brother-in-law of a clerk in his office, the DG&IGP answered in the negative.
“You have to ask this question to my son. He may have a business relationship with a private person. Moreover, if it is illegal, let the law take its own course,'' he said.
Documents available with the Deccan Herald show that Murthy's brother-in-law Ashwath and Karthikesh are partners in a quarrying and crusher unit in Ramanagara. Incidentally, a complaint by the villagers of Hanchikuppe in Ramanagara district against this quarrying firm for violation of rules is still pending before the Upalokayukta.
The application for quarrying and stone crushing unit was filed in the name of Karthikesh in 2009. The Mining Licence (Number 1354 and 1353) was issued in favour of the firm Magadi Quarry and Crusher, owned by Karthikesh and Ashwath. Around five acres of gomala land at Hanchikuppe was allotted to the firm.
When villagers objected to the quarrying unit within the prescribed safe zone, a proceeding by the Ramanagara Deputy Commissioner held on March 1, 2013 relaxed certain conditions. The area was declared as safe zone. The same day, based on the recommendation of the DC, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board accorded certification for the safe zone. The decision was so fast that both the offices passed orders in favour of a quarry owner in just one day, the documents reveal. Despite this, the Tahshildar had submitted a report that the unit fell within 500 metres of residential area, which is not permissable under Karnataka Regulation of Stone Crushers Act, 2011.
The Hanchikuppe villagers had also filed a PIL in the High Court. The court dismissed the petition on the grounds that since the villagers are the concerned parties a PIL cannot be entertained. The villagers also filed a complaint before the Upalokayukta (Compt/Uplok/BD/459/2011) and the next date of hearing is September 23, 2015.
On the day Omprakash took charge as DG&IGP, Loksatta Party had complained to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that he had prima facie misused his position to get clearances for the unit owned by his son.
When contacted, Omprakash said that it was a personal business issue of his son. Asked if he is aware of his son's business partnership with the brother-in-law of a clerk in his office, the DG&IGP answered in the negative.
“You have to ask this question to my son. He may have a business relationship with a private person. Moreover, if it is illegal, let the law take its own course,'' he said.
Karnataka Lokayukta Bhaskar Rao’s son held in
‘extortion’ racket
The arrest of Ashwin Rao was made in Hyderabad,
as the SIT, formed to probe the alleged racket that has also led to clamour for
the resignation of Bhaskar Rao, intensified the investigation
A special investigation team (SIT) of Karnataka
police, which is probing an extortion racket in the state Lokayukta, Monday
arrested Ashwin Rao, son of Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao and the prime
accused in the case.
Ashwin was arrested from Kukatpally near
Hyderabad.
“On Monday morning, we picked up Ashwin from
his residence,”a senior SIT official said. An advocate for Ashwin, who moved an
anticipatory bail plea in a special Lokayukta court after his client was
detained, was informed in court by the SIT investigating officer Labhu Ram
about the arrest.
Ashwin is prime accused in an extortion case
filed by a government executive engineer, M N Krishnamurthy, who has alleged
that Ashwin demanded a Rs 1 crore bribe from him to prevent initiation of
corruption proceedings against him.
The SIT, however, informed the special court
Monday that Ashwin had not been arrested in connection with Krishnamurthy’s
complaint, but in a fresh extortion complaint against him by P B Channabasappa,
a government executive engineer involved with the Upper Tunga irrigation
project in Haveri district.
“It is not clear how the arrest could have
happened in the second FIR because the SIT was in Hyderabad early on Monday and
the second FIR was filed around 10.30 am. The anticipatory bail plea in the
Krishnamurthy case is still valid if the arrest is in the second case. The SIT
has been asked to file objections to the anticipatory bail plea,” Ashwin’s
advocate Sandeep Patil said.
SIT sources indicated that Ashwin would be
placed under arrest in the Krishnamurthy case as well after he is brought to
Bengaluru Tuesday.
The SIT has so far arrested five people in
connection with the case.
The alleged racket had multiple layers, with
one group filing RTIs to identify allegedly corrupt persons as targets, a
second group calling up officials and summoning them to the Lokayukta offices,
and a third group allegedly demanding money to prevent initiation of cases
against them.
On Sunday, the SIT had arrested the public
relations officer in the Lokayukta, Syed Riyazatullah, a police officer of the
rank of joint commissioner, on charges of extortion and cheating.
Riyazatullah was produced in court Monday and
remanded in SIT custody till August 5. The court overruled his bail plea,
saying there was need for effective investigation in the case.
Ashwin Rao alias Yerabati Ashwin has been
arrested by a SIT in connection with an attempt to extort money from a
government official in the Lokayukta.
The SIT in its objections has
stated that Ashwin Rao “misused the premises and office of the Lokayukta and
meeting hall adjacent to the chambers of PRO of Lokayukta” as part of the
alleged extortion conspiracy.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) which
arrested Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao’s son Ashwin Rao in an
extortion case stated on Monday that he is a prominent member of a larger
conspiracy.
Ashwin Rao alias Yerabati Ashwin has been
arrested by a SIT in connection with an attempt to extort money from a
government official in the Lokayukta. The SIT objected to an anticipatory bail
plea filed by Ashwin Rao to pre-empt his arrest in a second extortion case.
The SIT in its objections has stated that
Ashwin Rao “misused the premises and office of the Lokayukta and meeting hall
adjacent to the chambers of PRO of Lokayukta” as part of the alleged extortion
conspiracy. The call detail records obtained during investigations “clearly
establishes” that Rao was in constant touch with three other key accused in the
extortion racket – middlemen V Bhaskar and Ashok Kumar and Lokayukta PRO Syed
Riyazathullah, the SIT has stated.
According to the SIT, though Ashwin Rao has
been arrested only in connection with an extortion attempt on one government
official, his arrest in a second case is likely at any time. “Considering the
fact that petitioner is the son of the Hon’ble Lokayukta and he is in a
position to wield influence on the prosecution witnesses he in not entitled to
anticipatory bail,” the SIT has argued. The SIT has also claimed to have
unearthed incriminating material against Ashwin Rao in the course of a search
of his house in Hyderabad.
While a case was initially registered against
Ashwin Rao and others for summoning Bengaluru Urban district executive engineer
M N Krishnamurthy to the Lokayukta office on May 4, 2015 to place a demand for
a bribe of Rs one crore to prevent initiation of Lokayukta corruption
proceedings the son of the Lokayukta was eventually arrested by the SIT in
connection with another case registered on the basis of a complaint by an
irrigation department engineer PB Channabasappa who alleged that Ashwin Rao and
others demanded Rs 20 lakh to make a Lokayukta corruption case go away.
The SIT has in other statements of objection to
bail applications said that cell tower analysis had revealed that three of the
middlemen, including realtor Ashok Kumar who allegedly made the telephone call
summoning executive engineer Krishnamurthy to the Lokayukta office were
together on May 4 when the government official was called to the Lokayukta’s
office. The trio of middlemen were also frequently in touch with the Lokayukta
PRO and Justice Bhaskar Rao’s son Ashwin Rao, the SIT has stated.
The SIT also informed the special Lokayukta
court that middlemen Ashok Kumar and Shankare Gowda, and Lokakyukta PRO
Riyazathullah had destroyed crucial evidence including some SIM cards and
mobile handsets used in the conspiracy.
More skeletons are tumbling out of the closet in
the cash-forbail scam involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan
Reddy.
On Thursday, the anti-corruption bureau (ACB)
arrested two more judges who allegedly made parallel attempts to secure bail
for the mining baron in the Obulapuram Mining Company's illegal mining
case.
The two judges - D. Prabhakar Rao, a family court
judge in Srikakulam and K. Lakshminarasimha Rao, the chief judge of the city
small causes court, were taken into custody by the agency from their respective
residences in Hyderabad.
While Prabhakar Rao was suspended by the Andhra
Pradesh High Court on July 6, Lakshminarasimha Rao was suspended late on
Wednesday, after the ACB probe unearthed his role in the scam.
The ACB authorities are questioning him. The ACB
had already arrested suspended CBI special court judge Talluri Pattabhirama
Rao, who had allegedly received a bribe for granting bail to the former
Karnataka minister on May 11.
Retired judge T.V. Chalapathi Rao, who mediated
in the cash-for-bail deal, has also been arrested. Pattabhi's son Ravichandra,
rowdy sheeter-turned-realtor P. Yadagiri Rao and realtor Ravi Suryaprakash Babu
were arrested and remanded in judicial custody.
According to the ACB sources, the former
Karnataka minister and mining baron had approached Pattabhi through two
different routes: one involving Chalapathi Rao and Yadagiri; and the other
through Lakshminarasimha Rao and Prabhakar Rao.
While Yadagiri offered Rs5 crore to Pattabhi,
Prabhakar offered to strike the deal for Rs10 crore. However, Pattabhi preferred
Yadagiri's offer because it was a safer deal as Chalapathi happened to be his
friend.
Janardhan Reddy was arrested on September 5,
2011, by the CBI. He is accused of being involved in the illegal mining and
export of iron ore in Bellary and Anantapur.
Rs 100cr offered for Gali Janardhan Reddy’s bail: Arrested
judge
More skeletons are tumbling
out in the murky cash-for-bail scam involving mining baron and former Karnataka
minister Gali Janardhan Reddy as a lower court judge, arrested in the case, disclosed
to the ACB that Gali's men were ready to offer as much as a staggering Rs 100
crore to secure bail for him. Earlier, the deal amount was put at Rs 15 crore.
T Lakshminarasimha Rao, the arrested judge, disclosed that Dasaradharami Reddy, a relative of Gali, had made the Rs 100 crore offer, according to the confession statement recorded by the ACB. Krishna Prasad, an auditor, who is known to him and another relative M Venkateswara Rao approached Lakshminarasimha Rao in the second week of April with a request to look for a `channel' to influence the CBI judge for Gali's release on bail. "They were in touch with Dasaradharami Reddy who was willing to pay even Rs 100 crore for securing the bail," the confession statement of Rao said. Though the deal initially came as a shock to the arrested judge, who at the time was registrar (enquiries), high court, he was later attracted towards the deal, it said.
Lakshminarasimha Rao called the CBI court judge B Nagamaruti Sarma to his residence on April 18 and tried to convince him on granting of bail to Gali. Sarma did not agree for the deal and went away rejecting the offer. He had, in fact, dismissed the bail plea. Then another person Raavi Surya Prakash Babu, a real estate dealer, who was taken to Bellary MLA Sriramulu by his associate Kolli Lakshmaiah Chowdary for striking the deal, approached Rao again. Surya Prakash had already met Sriramulu's nephew and Kampli MLA T H Suresh Babu who, too, was trying to secure bail for Gali and advised him to wait as Nagamaruti Sarma was not of 'their type'. But he requested Lakshminarasimha Rao to keep the `channel' open as the deal was "too lucrative to be ignored".
Later, in a strange sequence of events, Nagamaruti Sarma was shifted out of CBI court and a fresh bail plea was filed which came before another special judge T Pattabhirama Rao. Lakshminarasimha Rao roped in Pattabhi's batchmate D Prabhakar Rao, another district judge, who was with the state election commission as its secretary (legal). He also tried to push the deal but failed as Pattabhi told him that he would decide the matter on only `merit'. It turned out later that Pattabhi chose a 'route' planned by his friend Chalapati though the deal was only for Rs 5 crore. This was mainly because his friend did not put any precondition that he should meet Gali Somasekhara Reddy, brother of Gali Janardhana Reddy, before giving bail as was done by Prabhakar Rao, who was also arrested in the case. Prabhakar in his confession spoke of only Rs 15 core implying that he too was unaware of the whopping Rs 100-crore deal. While the ACB arrested Lakshminarasimha Rao on July 12, Pattabhi was arrested last month.
Interestingly, the ACB sleuths seized some cheques bearing the names of Lakshminarasimha Rao's family members with some complaint letters written by advocates against some AP high court judges. The letters were addressed to the President of India.
T Lakshminarasimha Rao, the arrested judge, disclosed that Dasaradharami Reddy, a relative of Gali, had made the Rs 100 crore offer, according to the confession statement recorded by the ACB. Krishna Prasad, an auditor, who is known to him and another relative M Venkateswara Rao approached Lakshminarasimha Rao in the second week of April with a request to look for a `channel' to influence the CBI judge for Gali's release on bail. "They were in touch with Dasaradharami Reddy who was willing to pay even Rs 100 crore for securing the bail," the confession statement of Rao said. Though the deal initially came as a shock to the arrested judge, who at the time was registrar (enquiries), high court, he was later attracted towards the deal, it said.
Lakshminarasimha Rao called the CBI court judge B Nagamaruti Sarma to his residence on April 18 and tried to convince him on granting of bail to Gali. Sarma did not agree for the deal and went away rejecting the offer. He had, in fact, dismissed the bail plea. Then another person Raavi Surya Prakash Babu, a real estate dealer, who was taken to Bellary MLA Sriramulu by his associate Kolli Lakshmaiah Chowdary for striking the deal, approached Rao again. Surya Prakash had already met Sriramulu's nephew and Kampli MLA T H Suresh Babu who, too, was trying to secure bail for Gali and advised him to wait as Nagamaruti Sarma was not of 'their type'. But he requested Lakshminarasimha Rao to keep the `channel' open as the deal was "too lucrative to be ignored".
Later, in a strange sequence of events, Nagamaruti Sarma was shifted out of CBI court and a fresh bail plea was filed which came before another special judge T Pattabhirama Rao. Lakshminarasimha Rao roped in Pattabhi's batchmate D Prabhakar Rao, another district judge, who was with the state election commission as its secretary (legal). He also tried to push the deal but failed as Pattabhi told him that he would decide the matter on only `merit'. It turned out later that Pattabhi chose a 'route' planned by his friend Chalapati though the deal was only for Rs 5 crore. This was mainly because his friend did not put any precondition that he should meet Gali Somasekhara Reddy, brother of Gali Janardhana Reddy, before giving bail as was done by Prabhakar Rao, who was also arrested in the case. Prabhakar in his confession spoke of only Rs 15 core implying that he too was unaware of the whopping Rs 100-crore deal. While the ACB arrested Lakshminarasimha Rao on July 12, Pattabhi was arrested last month.
Interestingly, the ACB sleuths seized some cheques bearing the names of Lakshminarasimha Rao's family members with some complaint letters written by advocates against some AP high court judges. The letters were addressed to the President of India.
Cash-for-bail scam: CBI Judge Pattabhi Rama Rao arrested
In a case of corruption seeping
into the lawmakers psyche, the Andhra Pradesh anti-Corruption bureau arrested
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Justice Pattabhi Rama Rao in the
cash-for-bail scam. He was suspended after the allegations surfaced that he
accepted a bribe of Rs 6 crore to grant bail to mining baron Janardhana Reddy
in the illegal mining case. Raids were earlier carried out in Rao's residence
and the arrest is the third in the case. Rao was hearing the case related to
the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) scam. Retired district judge T V Chalapathi
Rao and Pattabhirama Rao's son Ravichandra was also questioned by ACB sleuths.
Pattabhirama and Chalapathi were classmates at A C College of Law in Guntur and
the latter allegedly brokered the multi-crore bribe. On a tip off that a deal
has been struck between Reddy and the judge, the CBI had earlier recovered a
cash of nearly Rs 1.80 crore from a bank locker here, the keys of which were
allegedly in Ravichandra's possession.
300 Delhi lower-court judges under probe in laptop scam
Nearly 300 Delhi lower-court
judges are under the scanner of the high court for alleged financial
irregularities in purchase of computers and laptops from funds provided by the
Delhi government and Delhi high court in 2013.
A high-level panel comprising three HC judges has been set up by chief justice of Delhi high court Justice G Rohini to look into how the money was spent by each of these judges. The panel will scrutinize documents submitted by the judges on purchase of these items.
Under the scheme, each judge was sanctioned Rs 1.1 lakh for upgrading their computer infrastructure. The idea was to give the judges the freedom to opt for computers, laptops or iPads so that their efficiency in disposal of cases improves.
A high-level panel comprising three HC judges has been set up by chief justice of Delhi high court Justice G Rohini to look into how the money was spent by each of these judges. The panel will scrutinize documents submitted by the judges on purchase of these items.
Under the scheme, each judge was sanctioned Rs 1.1 lakh for upgrading their computer infrastructure. The idea was to give the judges the freedom to opt for computers, laptops or iPads so that their efficiency in disposal of cases improves.
Sources told TOI that the
probe panel has issued memos to judicial officers under the scanner, asking for
detailed explanation on the manner in which they spent the money.
"All judges were initially under probe but the panel has now zeroed in on roughly 300 officers against whom preliminary discrepancies have been found. The focus is on correctness of the utilization certificate given by them to HC relating to the purchases," said an authoritative source.
"All judges were initially under probe but the panel has now zeroed in on roughly 300 officers against whom preliminary discrepancies have been found. The focus is on correctness of the utilization certificate given by them to HC relating to the purchases," said an authoritative source.
"It has emerged some may
have bought TVs or home theatre systems out of the sanctioned sum instead of
computers," the source added.
The irregularities came to light during a routine vigilance inquiry conducted by court officials. When the evidence was shown to the chief justice and other senior judges including the computer committee, it set alarm bells ringing.
Taking a serious view of alleged financial misdemeanours by city court judges, Justice G Rohini set up a panel comprising justices Vipin Sanghi, Rajiv Shakdher and VK Rao to conduct a swift but wide ranging inquiry.
In response to the memos issued by the panel, sources said, many judges have sent detailed replies with annexures explaining what was purchased and even showing debit/credit details from their official bank accounts that tally with the date of purchase. Details of vendors have also been provided which is being checked individually.
The irregularities came to light during a routine vigilance inquiry conducted by court officials. When the evidence was shown to the chief justice and other senior judges including the computer committee, it set alarm bells ringing.
Taking a serious view of alleged financial misdemeanours by city court judges, Justice G Rohini set up a panel comprising justices Vipin Sanghi, Rajiv Shakdher and VK Rao to conduct a swift but wide ranging inquiry.
In response to the memos issued by the panel, sources said, many judges have sent detailed replies with annexures explaining what was purchased and even showing debit/credit details from their official bank accounts that tally with the date of purchase. Details of vendors have also been provided which is being checked individually.
"Since there was no
specification of how much money is to be used for maintenance of the new
equipment, the panel is likely to give a leeway of Rs 10,000-15,000 that may
have been kept reserved for annual maintenance charges by a judge. But beyond
that, the charges if proved, may lead to the guilty judge's dismissal from
service because financial fraud or providing forged certificates is a very
serious crime," the source pointed out.
The Delhi government had extended a similar scheme for its bureaucracy. City bureaucrats were empowered to buy computers and related equipment out of the sum allocated.
The Delhi government had extended a similar scheme for its bureaucracy. City bureaucrats were empowered to buy computers and related equipment out of the sum allocated.
`Copy cat' judges suspended by HC
Five judges belonging to the
state's subordinate judiciary were suspended by the AP High Court on Wednesday
for allegedly copying while writing their LLM examinations at the Arts College
of Kakatiya University in Warangal on Tuesday.
The judges were doing this course under distance mode from Kakatiya University as the degree would help them gain some increments in their careers.
Those placed under suspension include K Ajitsimha Rao, senior civil judge, Ranga Reddy district, M Kistappa, principal senior civil judge, Anantapur, P Vijayendar Reddy, second additional district judge, Ranga Reddy district, M Srinivasachary, senior civil judge in Bapatla of Guntur district and Hanumantha Rao, the additional junior civil judge in Warangal.
They were allegedly caught red-handed in the act of copying on Tuesday by the authorities and upon receipt of this information, the HC suspended them from service pending an inquiry. The HC would soon launch disciplinary proceedings against all these judicial officers, sources said.
The judges were doing this course under distance mode from Kakatiya University as the degree would help them gain some increments in their careers.
Those placed under suspension include K Ajitsimha Rao, senior civil judge, Ranga Reddy district, M Kistappa, principal senior civil judge, Anantapur, P Vijayendar Reddy, second additional district judge, Ranga Reddy district, M Srinivasachary, senior civil judge in Bapatla of Guntur district and Hanumantha Rao, the additional junior civil judge in Warangal.
They were allegedly caught red-handed in the act of copying on Tuesday by the authorities and upon receipt of this information, the HC suspended them from service pending an inquiry. The HC would soon launch disciplinary proceedings against all these judicial officers, sources said.
Forest Department authorities
on Friday arrested Deputy Superintendent of Police (CID), Mysore, T.K. Dharmesh
and five others for allegedly hunting down a spotted deer in the Omkara forest
range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR).
The carcass of the male deer
with a bullet injury was found in Naganapura third block in the forest range,
according to Forest Department sources.
They said the Forest staff
saw the accused in the forest range during routine patrolling early on Friday
and took them into their custody. They later combed the area and found the deer
carcass. Senior Forest officers rushed to the spot on getting the information
and conducted investigation.
“The deer carcass had entry
and exit bullet wound. The post-mortem was performed and the viscera samples
have been preserved,” the sources said. A case under the Wildlife Protection
Act, 1972, has been booked against the accused.
The names of other accused
were given as Manjaiah, Raghu, Hanif, Atiq and Farid.
“A .303 service rifle and a
multi-utility vehicle used for committing the alleged offence have been seized
from the accused,” the sources said. Repeated attempts to contact the Forest
officers investigating the case went in a vain.
When contacted, D. Rajkumar,
Honorary Wildlife Warden, Mysore district confirmed that six persons, including
Mr. Dharmesh, were arrested on charges of alleged killing of deer. “The deer
was found hunted with a service rifle,” he said.
The Criminal Investigation
Department (CID) has chargesheeted six police officials and some other private
persons in the infamous inter-State dacoity case of Rs 2.27 crore from a
Kerala-bound bus in Yelwala police station limits in Mysore in January this
year. The chargesheet was submitted in the jurisdictional court in Mysore after
the Department obtained government permission to prosecute the accused police
officials – the then sub inspector C.D. Jagadish, four constables – Satish,
Manohar, Ravi and Latif of Mysore South police station and Prakash and the
gunman of the then Southern range Inspector General of Police Ramchandra Rao
under Sections 395 (dacoity) and 120A (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal
Code.
Rao, who was transferred after
he came under scanner for his alleged involvement in the crime, does not figure
in the chargesheet. “There is no legal admissible evidence against the then IGP
or the then deputy superintendent of Police (Mysore rural) Srihari Baragur. The
investigation is however on and it will be early to come to any conclusion,”
said an official source. He added that it is a complex case because there are
no independent witnesses.
A Kerala-bound bus carrying
about Rs 2.27 crore of four jewelers was ‘raided’ by the police in Yelawala
police station limits in Mysore on January 4, who seized six bags of cash from
inside the bus and arrested the driver and the cleaner of the bus for “illegal”
transportation of cash.
The police showed a recovery of
Rs. 20 lakh, but the Kerala jewelers told their Home Minister that the amount
was around Rs. 2.27 crore. “There is no clinching evidence on the exact amount,
which was reportedly being transported in the bus. We can only surmise from the
statements of the victims and the accused,” added the officer.
Rs 2.26-crore theft by cop: IGP,
DySP under scanner
CID focuses on duo after gunman, informant
confesses
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Karnataka Police is thoroughly probing the alleged roles of K Ramachandra Rao, Inspector General of Police (southern range) and Srihari Baragur, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Mysore rural), in the sensational Rs 2.26-crore robbery that took place on a Kerala-bound bus at Yelawala, Mysore, on January 4 this year. The needle of suspicion pointed strongly towards the duo following a confession by Rao's gunman, Prakash, who was arrested by the CID on Tuesday along with three informants.
Statements made by the arrested gunman and the informants in their confessions indicate that the plundered loot was shared between the IGP and DySP. According to highly placed sources, Prakash and one of the three informants, gave minute-by-minute accounts to the CID sleuths about the robbery that occurred two months ago.
"We have recorded their confession statements. Before laying our hands on the IGP and DySP, we need to collect further corroborative evidence. At this juncture, we can neither rule out their involvement nor give them a clean chit," a top-ranking CID official, who is part of the investigating team, told Bangalore Mirror.
However, when BM spoke to IGP K Ramachandra Rao, he denied all the allegations. "I am not aware of what Prakash has said in his statements to the police. He is in the CID's custody, and they are conducting a detailed probe. Let them come out with the truth," he said.
METICULOUSLY EXECUTED
The meticulously executed robbery unfolded on the night of January 4, as a group of policemen led by Mysore South SI, C D Jagadish, stopped a bus that was en route to Kerala from Bangalore, near Yelawala on the Mysore-Hunsur state highway. They later diverted the bus to a road near Yelawala police station and took out six bags containing hard cash from its luggage compartment. The driver and cleaners of the bus were taken into custody and a case slapped against them for ferrying large amounts of cash illegally. But the cops showed a recovery amount of a mere Rs 20 lakh, whereas the actual amount was Rs 2.26 crore.
The cash belonged to four Kerala-based jewellers who had reportedly selected the bus to transport it from Bangalore to Kerala. It is alleged that they had taken the owner and the driver of the bus into confidence in order to ferry the cash.
The jewellers, to whom the cash belonged, got the shock of their lives when they found out that the Yelawala police had stopped the bus and booked a case against the driver and cleaners, showing a paltry sum of Rs 20 lakh as recovery.
Upon making enquiries, they learnt that the remaining Rs 2.06 crore had been pocketed by the policemen themselves. The agitated jewellers proceeded to get in touch with Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, who personally knows Karnataka Home Minister K J George. Chennithala brought the matter to the notice of George, who was reportedly infuriated with what had happened. He immediately informed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah — who hails from Mysore — of the incident.
ENRAGED CM SUMMONS DGP
An enraged Siddaramaiah and George are then said to have summoned State Police Chief Lalrokhuma Pachau and asked him to get the matter examined. Pachau got in touch with IGP Rao, and subsequently, a case was taken up. But the top brass smelled a rat during the investigation, and a CID investigation was ordered.
The CID sleuths conducted a methodical investigation for a month before laying their hands on the IGP's gunman, Prakash, and his gang of informants. Investigation by the CID also revealed that Prakash resorted to these kinds of crimes involving Kerala jewellers regularly over the past two years. He had allegedly taken the help of DySP Srihari Baragur, and other policemen, to conduct false raids and clean out cash. In the past, the gang had looted small amounts running into a few lakh. But since the amount involved now was a staggering Rs 2.26 crore, the jewellers mustered the courage to lodge a complaint.
"The crime does not stop with the gunman. It appears that they got support from higher-ups. It is here we are examining the involvement (if any) of Prakash's boss Rao, DySP Baragur, and other seniors," the officer added. After the matter reached the CM's table, the culprits tried to reach a compromise with the jewellers by offering to return the money. This, however, failed to go through because some of the policemen had taken large amounts of cash with them, and had subsequently gone absconding, said the CID police. The absconding policemen, four in number, are not be confused with the three informants.
Additional Director General of Police (CID) P K Garg said, "The IGP's gunman, Prakash, was arrested two days ago. So far, we have arrested four persons whom we are questioning and whose statements we are recording. The money is yet to be recovered. We believe that the cash is with the absconding policemen, and we have laid a manhunt for the four policemen, whose names and ranks I cannot reveal."
According to sources, Prakash and his gang shared the booty among themselves, the informants, and senior police officers. The informants said they got around Rs 20 lakh as their cut, but claimed the rest is with policemen of different ranks.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Karnataka Police is thoroughly probing the alleged roles of K Ramachandra Rao, Inspector General of Police (southern range) and Srihari Baragur, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Mysore rural), in the sensational Rs 2.26-crore robbery that took place on a Kerala-bound bus at Yelawala, Mysore, on January 4 this year. The needle of suspicion pointed strongly towards the duo following a confession by Rao's gunman, Prakash, who was arrested by the CID on Tuesday along with three informants.
Statements made by the arrested gunman and the informants in their confessions indicate that the plundered loot was shared between the IGP and DySP. According to highly placed sources, Prakash and one of the three informants, gave minute-by-minute accounts to the CID sleuths about the robbery that occurred two months ago.
"We have recorded their confession statements. Before laying our hands on the IGP and DySP, we need to collect further corroborative evidence. At this juncture, we can neither rule out their involvement nor give them a clean chit," a top-ranking CID official, who is part of the investigating team, told Bangalore Mirror.
However, when BM spoke to IGP K Ramachandra Rao, he denied all the allegations. "I am not aware of what Prakash has said in his statements to the police. He is in the CID's custody, and they are conducting a detailed probe. Let them come out with the truth," he said.
METICULOUSLY EXECUTED
The meticulously executed robbery unfolded on the night of January 4, as a group of policemen led by Mysore South SI, C D Jagadish, stopped a bus that was en route to Kerala from Bangalore, near Yelawala on the Mysore-Hunsur state highway. They later diverted the bus to a road near Yelawala police station and took out six bags containing hard cash from its luggage compartment. The driver and cleaners of the bus were taken into custody and a case slapped against them for ferrying large amounts of cash illegally. But the cops showed a recovery amount of a mere Rs 20 lakh, whereas the actual amount was Rs 2.26 crore.
The cash belonged to four Kerala-based jewellers who had reportedly selected the bus to transport it from Bangalore to Kerala. It is alleged that they had taken the owner and the driver of the bus into confidence in order to ferry the cash.
The jewellers, to whom the cash belonged, got the shock of their lives when they found out that the Yelawala police had stopped the bus and booked a case against the driver and cleaners, showing a paltry sum of Rs 20 lakh as recovery.
Upon making enquiries, they learnt that the remaining Rs 2.06 crore had been pocketed by the policemen themselves. The agitated jewellers proceeded to get in touch with Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, who personally knows Karnataka Home Minister K J George. Chennithala brought the matter to the notice of George, who was reportedly infuriated with what had happened. He immediately informed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah — who hails from Mysore — of the incident.
ENRAGED CM SUMMONS DGP
An enraged Siddaramaiah and George are then said to have summoned State Police Chief Lalrokhuma Pachau and asked him to get the matter examined. Pachau got in touch with IGP Rao, and subsequently, a case was taken up. But the top brass smelled a rat during the investigation, and a CID investigation was ordered.
The CID sleuths conducted a methodical investigation for a month before laying their hands on the IGP's gunman, Prakash, and his gang of informants. Investigation by the CID also revealed that Prakash resorted to these kinds of crimes involving Kerala jewellers regularly over the past two years. He had allegedly taken the help of DySP Srihari Baragur, and other policemen, to conduct false raids and clean out cash. In the past, the gang had looted small amounts running into a few lakh. But since the amount involved now was a staggering Rs 2.26 crore, the jewellers mustered the courage to lodge a complaint.
"The crime does not stop with the gunman. It appears that they got support from higher-ups. It is here we are examining the involvement (if any) of Prakash's boss Rao, DySP Baragur, and other seniors," the officer added. After the matter reached the CM's table, the culprits tried to reach a compromise with the jewellers by offering to return the money. This, however, failed to go through because some of the policemen had taken large amounts of cash with them, and had subsequently gone absconding, said the CID police. The absconding policemen, four in number, are not be confused with the three informants.
Additional Director General of Police (CID) P K Garg said, "The IGP's gunman, Prakash, was arrested two days ago. So far, we have arrested four persons whom we are questioning and whose statements we are recording. The money is yet to be recovered. We believe that the cash is with the absconding policemen, and we have laid a manhunt for the four policemen, whose names and ranks I cannot reveal."
According to sources, Prakash and his gang shared the booty among themselves, the informants, and senior police officers. The informants said they got around Rs 20 lakh as their cut, but claimed the rest is with policemen of different ranks.
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