Karkala: 69-year-old man who left for Prayagraj to attend Kumbh Mela reported missing
Karkala: A 69-year-old resident of Bharat Beedi Colony in VC Road of Kabettu, who had left for Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh to attend the Kumbh Mela, is suspected to be missing.
The missing citizen, identified as Sudhakar, is learned to have left for Prayagraj by train on January 25, saying he would be visiting Varanasi to attend the Kumbh Mela. On the way, however, he reportedly called and informed his son Shivaprasad that his journey had gone off route as the train had changed.
On January 27, when Shivaprasad tried to call his father, the mobile phone was found to be switched off. As Sudhakar has not returned home so far, it is suspected that he has gone missing.
A case has been registered at the Karkala Town Police Station in the matter. Investigation is underway.
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ED searches: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah accuses Centre of targeting Cong leaders
Chamarajanagara (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the central government and its agencies of consistently targeting Congress members by using searches on their properties, and questioned why similar action is not taken against BJP leaders.
He was reacting to searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday on several individuals, among them the sons of Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris and the grandson of former Union Cabinet minister K Rahman Khan, in connection with a cryptocurrency-linked money laundering case.
"The central government always targets Congress leaders. Will they raid the houses of BJP leaders?" Siddaramaiah said in response to a question. More than a dozen premises in the city were searched as part of the operation carried out by the ED under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The premises searched comprised those of Mohammed Haris Nalapad and Omar Farook Nalapad, the sons of the MLA; Aqeeb Khan, the grandson of veteran Congress leader K Rahman Khan; and an alleged crypto hacker, Srikrishna Ramesh, alias Sriki, officials said.
The money laundering case stems from Karnataka Police FIRs and charge sheets filed in a 2017 case involving the hacking of national and international websites, theft of bitcoins, and the sale of these stolen virtual digital assets (VDAs) through crypto platforms by the alleged hacker Sriki and his associates.
Mohammed Haris Nalapad, Omar Farook Nalapad, and Aqeeb Khan are alleged to be beneficiaries of the proceeds of crime generated through this crypto-linked activity, officials added.
