Mangaluru: Local police on Monday arrested the Ramsena State President Prasad Attavar for allegedly duping people of money by promising them the job of Vice-Chancellor at Mangalore University.
Prasad Attavar who heads the state unit of Ramsena and is also the founder of the Hindu organization had reportedly promised one person named Vivek Acharya of elevating him to the position of Vice-Chancellor at the Mangalore University and had duped him of 17.5 lakhs rupees. A case in this regard was registered at Kankanady Police Station in the city following which he was arrested on Monday.
According to the reports, Vivek was lobbying for himself for the post of VC as he believed he was the able contender for the post at the Mangalore University where he was posted as Chemistry Professor. Taking advantage of the situation, Prasad approached him and claimed that he can elevate him as the VC of the university using his connection with the Chief Minister.
Prasad reportedly sought 15 lakh rupees as a bribe and additional 2.5 lakh rupees for miscellaneous expenses from Vivek.
Vivek filed a complaint with the police when there was no progress on the job for more than a year after he gave money to Prasad.
Prasad was an active member of Shri Ramsene and later came out of it to form his own organization Ramsena of which he was the founder and State President. The group had linked itself to BJP.
Several cases of fraud and cheating are registered against Prasad at Kankanady, Bunder, and Kadri police stations in the city. The initial investigations have also revealed that he had duped more people in similar cases and the city police commissioner has added that the case will be thoroughly investigated.
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Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
