Dalit woman humiliated at CM's Janata Darshan, alleges HDK

Mysuru, May 24: Former chief minister H?D?Kumaraswamy on Monday said a dalit woman who had been to meet chief minister Siddaramaiah during his janata darshan in Bengaluru on May 17 was humiliated.?

Addressing a press conference here, Kumaraswamy said the woman went to meet chief minister along with her two children. She was made to wait for long till 8 pm, only to be packed off to a women's rehabilitation centre at Madivala. “She was warned that she would be disrobed and also threatened that she would be handcuffed and sent to the Parappana Agrahara jail. Her husband, an autorickshaw driver was beaten black and blue and the owner of the autorickshaw was asked to remove him from the job. I will be summoning her to the Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday to narrate the incident before media'.

The JD(S)?leader said that the High Ground police in Bengaluru had stated the woman was found to be suspicious and was thus sent to a rehabilitation centre. “The government seems to be forcing women to take to flesh trade,” said Kumaraswamy.

On Governor

Without taking the name of Governor?Vajubai Vala, Kumaraswamy demanded a probe into the latter's weekly sojourn' to his home state of Gujarat. Nobody knows what does he take home from Karnataka. He is here for business and not for people's welfare,” he remarked.

Kumaraswamy said he has convened a meeting of the JD(S)?leaders in Bengaluru on May 26 to select the party's candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections from the state.

Commenting on the media reports that Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President G?Parameshwara had shed tears over Congress' poor show in the assembly elections in Tamil?Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal and Assam, Kumaraswamy said “Parameshwara may have shed tears fearing similar results in the state in the coming assembly polls.'

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‘Profit’ trap: Mangaluru trader duped of ₹33.1 lakh in online App scam

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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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