BBMP and local body elections post Lok Sabha elections: CM Siddaramaiah
Mysuru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said the process to hold the local body elections including Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will start soon after the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections.
He said the delimitation of wards has happened and reservation of wards will be the next step.
“We are ready to hold district and taluk panchayat elections. After the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha election, we will conduct gram panchayat, taluk panchayat and district panchayat elections. We will also conduct the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike elections,” Siddaramaiah told reporters here in Mysuru.
“When he was told that the deadline was January, by which time the delimitation process should have been completed, Siddaramaiah said he will hold a discussion and conduct the election as per rules.
Regarding making his son Yathindra Siddaramaiah a Member of the Legislative Council, he said it is left to the high command, which had said that it will make him a member of the upper house of the Karnataka legislature.
Siddaramaiah had been representing Varuna constituency in Mysuru traditionally, but in the 2018 assembly election, he opted to field his son Yathindra from there, whereas Siddaramaiah himself fought from Chamundeshwari and Badami.
While he lost from Chamundeshwari constituency, Badami was his face saver. In the 2023 assembly election, Yathindra made way for his father.
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Delhi: Couple held for stealing cash, valuables from elderly people travelling in e-rickshaws
New Delhi (PTI): A couple has been arrested for allegedly stealing cash or valuables from elderly passengers travelling in e-rickshaws in west Delhi's Moti Nagar area, police said on Sunday.
The accused has been identified as Suresh (25) and his wife, the police said, adding that they were apprehended after an investigation into the theft of Rs 1 lakh from a 60-year-old passenger earlier this week.
According to the police, the complainant, a resident of Kirti Nagar, had hired an e-rickshaw from a showroom on Shivaji Marg on May 13.
The man was carrying a small bag containing Rs 1 lakh cash. After reaching his destination, he found that the bag had been torn and the cash was missing, they said.
An e-FIR was registered at Moti Nagar police station on May 14 and an investigation was launched. A team analysed CCTV footage from the route taken by the complainant and identified the e-rickshaw allegedly used in the crime.
"Using technical surveillance and local inputs, the accused couple was traced and apprehended," a senior police officer said.
During interrogation, the accused allegedly disclosed that they used to target elderly passengers travelling in e-rickshaws and steal cash and valuables from their bags during transit without raising suspicion.
Police recovered Rs 90,000 of the stolen amount from the possession of the accused along with the e-rickshaw used in the commission of the offence.
"The accused had no previous criminal involvement on record. Further investigation is underway to ascertain whether the couple was involved in other similar theft cases targeting passengers and senior citizens in different parts of the city," the police officer added.
