Bengaluru: Illegal asset worth Rs 250 cr found; FIR registered against hostel warden
Bengaluru, December 2: Following the direction from a court, ACB police registered an FIR against a junior warden of a government hostel on charges of accumulating properties worth Rs 250 crore disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The ACB police registered an FIR against Kanakapura taluk Hunasavalli hostel junior warden B Nataraj and investigating.
How it’s found?
RTI activist Ravikumar filed a PCR at the second additional principal district and sessions court against Ravikumar alleging that he has amassed properties worth Rs 250 crore disproportionate to his known sources of income and produced the documents. Based on the complaint, a case was registered under PC Act 1988 and directed the police to file FIR against him.
Ravikumar has made strong allegation that the accused has accumulated properties in Kanakapura, Bengaluru, Harohalli Industrial area and appealed the court to conduct an investigation against him.
Who is he?
Nataraj is a resident of Kanakapura. He has got the job on contract basis and was getting Rs 7,000 salary. Later, he got tenders in the social welfare department illegally, executed the works and earned multi-crore property, it is said.
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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
