5 policemen arrested for robbing bizman of Rs 35 lakh in Bengaluru

December 7, 2016

Bengaluru, Dec 7: A sub-inspector and four constables were arrested on Monday for robbing a businessman of Rs 35.5 lakh near Peenya on November 22. They colluded with two welders to threaten and rob Gangadhar, a mobile shop owner from Tumukuru district, police said. All those involved in the crime — Sub-inspector Mallikarjun, constables Manjunath, Girish, Chandrashekar and Anantharaju, police informant Jaffer and his friend Bhaskar — are now in custody, a senior police officer said.

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The Peenya police have recovered Rs 16 lakh in cash, and are looking for the rest of the stash. From Kunigal, Gangadhar had brought the cash to 8th Mile, Peenya, the police said. After he was robbed, Gangadhar took 12 days to approach the Peenya police and register a complaint. When the police began investigation, they found that welders Jaffer and Bhaskar had first contacted Ganga-dhar. After demonetisation, they would randomly call up people and offer to get their black money converted.

When they called up Gangadhar, he told them he had enough new notes, and was willing to trade them for old ones. The operators from Bengaluru offered him a 30% commission if he could exchange Rs 35.5 lakh, and he agreed.Bhaskar and Gangadhar then set up a place to meet, the police officer said. Bhaskar and Jaffer had no plans to exchange any money though, and were scheming to rob Gangadhar. They roped in sub-inspector Mallikarjun and promised him a share, the officer said.

“Bhaskar and Jaffer met Gangadhar at the 8th Mile. As planned, Mallikarjun and the constables showed up, saying they were policemen. They asked Gangadhar to account for the cash. When he failed to show any papers, they grabbed the money and fled,” the officer said.

ID card clueGangadhar gave the police the number from which Bhaskar and Jaffer had called him up. “We traced its location to Kalasipalyam. Gangadhar said one of those who had robbed him had showed him a police ID?card with the name of Mallikarjun,” the officer recalled. That turned out to be a vital clue. The police checked their personal records and found a sub-inspector with that name at the Kalasipalyam police station.

Jaffer's mobile phone was also tracked to Kalasipalyam, where he is a habitual offender. Investigators contacted Mallikarjun and asked him about Jaffer. He claimed Jaffer was in police custody.

“But when we questioned Mallikarjun closely, he confessed and gave out the names of the accomplices,” the officer said.

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March 17,2024

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Beltangady, Mar 17: A three-year-old boy was crushed to death under the wheels of an auto-rickshaw in front of his house at Panakaje Mundadi in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada. 

The gut-wrenching tragedy took place on Saturday, March 16 morning when the boy ran out of home to the road. 

The victim has been identified as Kaushik, the son of Chandrashekhar and Usha couple. Their home is situated adjacent to the main road at Panakaje.

It is learnt that the auto-rickshaw failed to notice the boy who suddenly darted towards the road and hit him. 

Even though the injured boy was rushed to a private hospital in Ujire and later to Mangaluru, he breathed his last. 

The Beltangady traffic police have registered a case in connection with the incident.

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March 26,2024

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Mangaluru: Officials from Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime Police Station in Mangaluru have arrested a man for allegedly engaging in an online fraud by deceiving a person on the pretext of offering a part-time job. The arrested is Saddam Gauri alias Bavuri, 30, from Rajasthan.

City police commissioner Anupam Agrawal said the CEN police received a complaint regarding an online scam related to a part-time job offer.

Police registered a case under sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act, along with IPC Section 420. The complainant had received a link via WhatsApp from an unknown number, purportedly offering a part-time job opportunity.

Upon clicking the link, the complainant was instructed to complete certain tasks to earn money. However, during the process, the complainant incurred a loss of Rs 1.1 lakh.

Following an investigation into the matter, the CEN police successfully arrested the suspect and presented him before the court. In the course of arrest, police seized two mobile phones, eight debit cards, four bank cheque books, Aadhaar card, PAN card, and other relevant documents from the accused.

The arrest was made possible through the efforts of CEN station inspector Shyam Sundar and his team, under the guidance of City Crime Records Bureau (CCRB) ACP Ravish Nayak and DCP Siddharth Goyal.

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March 19,2024

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Mangaluru: The Mangalore International Airport (MIA) will connect to a new domestic destination with the introduction of a non-stop flight to Tiruchirappalli International Airport in Tamil Nadu. 

The non-stop service, once-a-week, will operate on Wednesday (from TIA) and Thursday (from MIA), starting April 3. Air India Express will operate the flight.

The flight is expected to help those taking up a pilgrimage to Vailankani shrine.

Sources from the AIE said that the airline carrier decided to fly non-stop between the two southern Indian cities as a flight to Jeddah, which will start from April 3, arrives from Tiruchirappalli International Airport. 

“It is a ferry or positional flight from TIA to MIA. Instead of flying empty, the management has decided to run it as a commercial flight. This will help both passengers and the airline. The airline will deploy Boeing 737-800 aircraft with a 186-seater all-economy configuration on this route. 

The same flight, after landing in MIA, will further fly to Jeddah,” a source said. 

The flight IX 1498 will depart every Thursday at 5am from MIA to TIA. The TIA-MIA flight IX 1499 departs at 12.50pm. It is a one-hour nonstop flight. The same flights will also operate nonstop between Jeddah and MIA. 

The non-stop flight IX 499 will depart MIA at 2.50pm and reach King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah at 6.25pm. The IX498, will depart from Jeddah at 7.25pm and reach MIA early at 3.40am.

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