Periyottu : Aged couple commits suicide
Suspected to be depressed over ill-health
Uppinangadi: An aged couple committed suicide by consuming poison at Periyottu in Barya village in Belthangady taluk on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Sanjeeva Poojary (60) and his wife Sita (57).
They have reportedly consumed poison inside the room. Sanjeeva Poojary died on the spot, while Sita breathed her last on the way to hospital. It is said that Sanjeeva Poojary has been suffering from Asthma and heart related problems for some time. Because of his ill-health, he could not go to labour work, the only source of their livelihood. Meanwhile, his wife was also suffering from sickness. It is suspected that the couple might have committed suicide desperate over their health problems.
The couple has three children- two daughters and one son. All the three were married. Son Janardhana Poojary and his wife are with his parents. When the incident happened, Janardhana wife Mohini was at home. “Father-in-law was not feeling well due to which he used to stay inside the room. Some time, mother-in-law was also staying with him. Today afternoon also, both of them were inside the room. After some time, I heard sound and moaning from the room. When I tried to open the door, it was locked from inside. I climbed up the loft and saw them bewildering in the room. I shouted and asked the neighbours and broke open the door. By the time, father--in-law passed away and mother-in-law was in serious condition”, she said.
Uppinangadi SI Nandakumar visited the village and inspected. Police registered a case.
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Wine Merchants’ Association alleges corruption in excise dept, Minister Thimmapur refutes charge
Bengaluru, Nov 5: The Karnataka Wine Merchants’ Association has alleged that the Excise Minister R B Thimmapur’s office has collected Rs 16 crore from various excise department officers by transferring them in and around Bengaluru.
While the Minister refuted the allegation, the opposition BJP got new ammunition to target the ruling Congress.
In a letter to the Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, Chief Secretary and the Karnataka Lokayukta, the Association alleged that the Minister's office is involved in rampant corruption.
“Huge bribes and money laundering took place in the excise minister office in Bengaluru in transferring excise officers and to control illegal collection of money for election purposes from excise officials,” the letter sent by mail read.
Explaining further, the Association said about Rs 16 crore has been collected on a single day from three deputy commissioners of excise, nine excise superintendents, 13 deputy superintendents of excise and 20 excise inspectors “for transferring in and around Bengaluru from past 2 to 3.5 years, as their tenure was getting completed within a month.”
Naming a deputy commissioner, the letter said the officer was collecting money somewhere between Rs 25 lakh to Rs 40 lakh from each officer for transferring them.
The Association said Rs 2.5 crore to Rs three crore was collected from deputy commissioners (excise) working in Bengaluru.
The association has demanded action against those involved "in this corruption."
“No such thing has happened. You must ask them why they went to pay money. Why would anyone pay if everything is correct?” Thimmapur told reporters at Shiggaon in Haveri district.
He also assured to take action against officers if they have collected money.
“The matter is that when these people (wine merchants) do something wrong then they (officers) harass them. The wine merchants should rectify themselves,” the Minister said.
The Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, R Ashoka alleged that there was a Rs 700 crore liquor scam in the state.
“The Karnataka Wine Merchants’ Association in its letter to CM @Siddaramaiah has alleged that State Excise Minister R B Timmapur is involved in blatant extortion and bribery, unfolding another dark episode of the series of scams by 'SCAM'gress Govt in Karnataka,” he said in a post on ‘X’.
He said the Association has alleged that CL7 bar licences were given after collecting a bribe amount of anywhere between Rs 30 lakh to Rs 70 lakh each by the Minister.
In the last one year, 1,000 such illegal licences were given by the excise minister, amounting to Rs 300 crore to Rs 700 crore in corruption, Ashoka alleged.
“After the Maharshi Valmiki ST Development Corporation Scam, MUDA land scam, KIADB land scam, Waqf Scam, this Liquor scam is yet another fresh addition to the series of scams by CM Siddaramaiah led Congress Government in the last 17 months,” the BJP leader alleged.
