Kota: Police have arrested one of the key accused in the multi-crore fraud reported at the Kavadi branch of the Shiriyaar Service Cooperative Society in Sabarakatte.
The arrested person has been identified as Suresh Bhat, 38, from Jaanuvaarakatte in Heggunge village. He was serving as the in-charge manager of the Kavadi branch. According to the complaint, Suresh Bhat and junior clerk Harish Kulal had allegedly misappropriated around 1.70 crore rupees from the society before going into hiding. A case in this regard had been registered at the Kota police station.
Under the guidance of Udupi DySP Prabhu D.T. and Brahmavar Circle Inspector Gopikrishna, a team led by Kota Police Sub-Inspectors Praveen Kumar and Mantesh Jabagoud, along with staff members Krishna Sheregar, Sridhar and Vijayendra, traced and arrested Suresh Bhat.
The second accused, Harish Kulal, is still absconding. Police have launched a search to trace him.
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Cooch Behar (WB) (PTI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was using the proposed amendment to the women's quota law in Parliament as a front for the Delimitation Bill that would "break the country into pieces".
The TMC will fight this Central government's move at every step, she asserted at her party's poll rally here.
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to tweak the women's quota law, along with the Delimitation Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, to implement the proposed amended women's quota law, in the Union territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir, were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
According to the Constitution amendment bill, Lok Sabha seats will be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
Seats will also be increased in state and Union territory assemblies to accommodate 33 per cent reservation for women.
Opposing the Centre's move, Banerjee alleged that "the BJP brought the Delimitation Bill while keeping the women's reservation bill at the front".
"The BJP is trying to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha to nearly 850 through the Delimitation Bill. It will break the country into pieces," the TMC supremo said.
She also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not speaking the truth about the development of north Bengal at a BJP rally last week.
"The prime minister said nothing was done for the development of north Bengal. But we spent Rs 1.72 lakh crore on the development of the region," Banerjee said and asked Modi to cross-check data before making such remarks.
