CM exacting revenge like a cobra; HM should provide me special security: Reddy

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November 15, 2018

Bengaluru, Nov 15: Mining baron G Janardhana Reddy has accused Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy of conspiring against him and making his police officials file false cases against him.

Reddy was speaking to reporters after being released from the Parappana Agrahara central prison here, after he was granted bail in a money-laundering case by a city court.

Reddy urged Home Minister G Parameshwara to provide him special security.

The former minister said Kumaraswamy was having grudge against him for revealing that he had taken Rs 150 crore from the mining lobby in 2006, which led to a corruption case being filed against him.

Reddy said Kumaraswamy was exacting revenge after 12 years, “like a cobra”.

He said Additional Commissioner of Police (crime) Alok Kumar and S Girish DCP (crime) were acting at Kumaraswamy’s behest. He said the Congress-JD(S), due to their coalition government, think that they can do whatever they want and that BJP had ditched him. “Let them run the government till it lasts,” he said.

On the charge that he had taken money to bail out the Ambidant case suspects from the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Reddy asked how could he help others when his own ED cases, quashed by the High Court, were before the Supreme Court. Reddy said Ali Khan and his relatives have invested nearly Rs 70 lakh in Ambidant company, but the company neither gave interest nor principal.

Also Read: Reddy row | Neither misused power, nor indulged in hate politics: HDK

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A 34-year-old fruit and vegetable trader in Mangaluru has reportedly lost ₹33.1 lakh after falling victim to an online investment scam run through a fake mobile app.

Police said the scam began in September, when the victim received a link on Facebook. Clicking it connected him to a WhatsApp number, where an unidentified person introduced a high-return investment scheme and instructed him to download an app.

To build trust, the fraudster asked him to invest ₹30,000 on September 24. The trader soon received ₹34,000 as “profit,” convincing him the scheme was genuine. Over the next two months, he transferred money in multiple instalments via Google Pay and IMPS to different scanner codes and bank accounts shared by the scammers. Between September 24 and December 3, he ended up sending a total of ₹33.1 lakh.

When he later requested a refund of his investment and promised returns, the scammers demanded additional payments, claiming he needed to pay a “service tax” first. Even after he paid a small amount, no money was returned, and the scammers continued pressuring him for more.

A case has been registered at the CEN Crime Police Station.

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