14 cases filed against Yogeeshwara

Bangalore, February 24: The Serious Fraud Investigation Office on Thursday filed 14 cases against eight persons including Forest Minister C P Yogeeshwara and his family members in connection with the alleged misappropriation of funds involving Mega City (Bangalore) Developers and Builders (MDBL).

Six criminal cases were filed before a court while the remaining eight related to violation of Company Law were filed before the Special Economic Offences Court. The matter had been adjourned to June 11.

Yogeeshwara, who is also the Managing Director of Mega City (Bangalore) Developers and Builders, his wife N Manjukumari, brother C P Gangadhareshwar (Executive Director), relative P Mahadevaiah (Director), H P Ramesh (Non-Executive Director), Sambasadashiva Rao, Arun Charantimath (chairperson) and his wife Sujatha Charanithmath have been arrayed as accused in the complaints.

Standing Government Counsel, Government of India, B P Puttasiddaiah told Deccan Herald that the SFIO submitted a detailed report to the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs after a probe an year ago and the cases had been filed on the directions of the ministry.

Yogeeshwara and others started MDBL in 1994 and allegedly duped as many as 9,600 investors to the tune of Rs 60 crore by promising them sites.

They are said to have misappropriated the money collected from the investors. The details of the offences have been given in 14 booklets which run into 2,000 pages.

The cases, filed under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code pertain to criminal breach of trust, dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by a deceased person, forgery and criminal conspiracy.

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Kodagu: Jilted groom kills 15-yr-old girl hours after she passes SSLC; Officials had thwarted her wedding

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May 10,2024

Madikeri: A 15-year-old was bludgeoned to death and the accused fled with her severed head at Mutlu village in Somwarpet of Kodagu district on Thursday late night, hours after her SSLC examination result was declared.

The victim has been identified as US Meena, a 10th grade student of Surlabbi High School. She had passed the SSLC examination and her school attained 100% results.

However, she was brutally murdered by accused Prakash (32), a resident of the village. The police have launched a search operation to find the suspect, said Kodagu SP K Ramarajan

It is said that the minor girl's engagement with the suspect was thwarted by officials from Women and Child Development department on May 9, and later officials had even convinced her parents of not to marry the minor girl.

However, the suspect barged into her house in the night and allegedly kidnapped her. Later, he took her to an area near the periphery of the forest and murdered her after which he fled with her severed head.

Victim's mother too has suffered injuries and is admitted to a hospital for treatment. The reason for the murder will be known after the probing officials have inquired the victim's mother, said the SP.

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