I-T raid on Cong MLA Shivanna a day after he gets party ticket

coastaldigest.com web desk

April 16, 2018

Bengaluru, Apr 16: Sleuths from the Income Tax department on Monday searched the office and residence of B Shivanna, MLA of Anekal constituency in Bengaluru urban district.

The development comes a day after Congress released its first list of candidates for May 12 Karnataka assembly polls. Shivanna is among the 218 candidates chosen by the high command.

There has been no official confirmation from the I-T Department yet on the findings. However, highly placed sources said that the MLA’s office and residences were raided by I-T sleuths.

In March, Congress MLC Raghu Achar had also faced raids by the I-T Department. Raghu is known to be a close aide of KPCC President G Parameshwara.

The Congress in the state has maintained that the BJP-ruled centre was misusing central agencies to carry out political vendetta. It all started with massive I-T raids on Energy Minister DK Shivakumar and his associates in August 2017.

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Udupi: Hindutva activist arrested for allegedly raping young woman while out on bail

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December 1,2025

Udupi, Dec 1: A horrific case of alleged rape has unfolded in Udupi, where a worker from a Hindutva organisation, previously arrested and released on bail for harassing a young woman, is now accused of waylaying and sexually assaulting her.

The arrested individual has been identified as Pradeep Poojary (26), a member of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike's Nairkode unit in Perdur.

Poojary had allegedly been relentlessly harassing the young woman, pressuring her to marry him. When she bravely stood up to him and refused his demands, she filed a formal complaint at the Hiriyadka police station. He was subsequently arrested in that initial harassment case but was later granted bail.

According to police reports, driven by the same malicious grudge, Poojary allegedly intercepted the woman again on November 29. While she was walking through a deserted area, the accused is claimed to have threatened her by grabbing her neck. When she again refused to marry him, he allegedly proceeded to rape her.

The survivor immediately informed her family about the traumatic assault. Following this, her parents lodged a complaint at the Udupi women’s police station.

Police arrested Poojary again and produced him before the court. He has since been remanded to judicial custody.

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