Mangaluru: Man falsely claims he was chased by men with swords in Ullal
Police Commissioner says action will be taken against him for spreading rumours
Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar said that appropriate action would be taken against the individual who spread rumours about a sword attack. Reportedly, a man had claimed that he was chased by someone trying to attack him with a sword in the jurisdiction of the Ullal police station.
According to the police, a Uchil resident identified as Kishore is the man who spread the rumour.
On Wednesday morning, Kishore had spread a rumour that he had been chased by someone carrying a sword at K.C Nagar’s Mullugudde. The Ullal police revealed that when the police questioned him about the incident, they learned that no such instance had occurred and that he had lied about the entire episode.
The Mangaluru Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar responded concerning the incident and said, “Incident of sword attack has not occurred. When I visited the place and questioned the person who spread this rumour, he confessed that he had imagined it, as nobody had attacked him with a sword and neither had anybody chased him. Appropriate action will be taken against the person who spread this rumour”, he informed.
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Electoral trusts fill BJP coffers after scrapping of electoral bonds, shows ECI website
New Delhi: Contrary to expectations that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be adversely affected by the Supreme Court’s scrapping of the electoral bonds scheme in February 2024, the party’s finances have seen a significant boost in 2024–25 through electoral trusts. It has emerged that electoral trusts alone donated ₹2,577 crore to the BJP during this period.
Following the abolition of electoral bonds, corporate donors seeking partial anonymity appear to have shifted to the electoral trust route, with the BJP continuing to be the largest beneficiary.
According to data available on the Election Commission of India’s website, a total of ₹4,276 crore was donated through electoral trusts, of which the ruling BJP received 83.6 per cent. Compared to 2023–24, corporate donations flowing to the BJP have increased nearly fourfold. The Congress received 7.3 per cent of the total donations, while the Trinamool Congress accounted for 3.6 per cent.
Donations received through electoral trusts constitute only a portion of the total funds collected by political parties. Parties also receive contributions directly from individuals, corporates, institutions and charitable organisations. Over the past several years, donations from sources other than electoral trusts have also shown a steady increase.
