Bengaluru: Rajasthan man arrested for selling smuggled food products with fake FSSAI stickers
Bengaluru: City Police Commissioner B Dayanand stated that the sleuths from Economic offences wing of Central Crime Bureau (CCB) arrested an individual for selling untaxed imported food products to malls and supermarkets in the city with fake FSSAI stickers, on Wednesday.
The accused is identified as Narendra Singh (45). A case has been registered at the Kalasipalya Police Station in this regard.
Narendra Singh, originally from Rajasthan, had been living in the city from many years. Food products worth 1 crore has been seized from him. Starting the illegal business 5-6 years ago, he imported chocolates, biscuits, cold drinks and other food products from foreign countries. The consignment would be shipped to Mumbai port first and would be transported to Bangalore on road. The food products thus imported would be stocked in a warehouse in Sudhama Nagara. Based on credible information, CCB officers raided the warehouse and arrested the accused.
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Police discovered that the accused smuggled the food products to the country without paying any taxes. He pasted fake FSSAI stickers on the stocked items and made profits, illegally, by selling them to malls and supermarkets at expensive prices, the police commissioner stated.
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Rain wreaks havoc in Bengaluru, kills 10
Bengaluru (PTI):The rains in Bengaluru on Wednesday evening wreaked havoc, killing 10 people, authorities said.
Heavy rains coupled with a hailstorm and gusty winds uprooted trees, flooded many key stretches and threw traffic out of gear, they said on Thursday.
Large parts of the city witnessed sudden, intense rainfall for nearly an hour, bringing down trees and electric poles, crushing parked vehicles and inundating low-lying areas, while several roads were rendered impassable, severely disrupting vehicular movement during peak hours.
Seven people, including a six-year-old girl, were killed when a compound wall of the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital collapsed amid the downpour.
Among the deceased, two were from Kerala who were on a study tour. They had taken shelter near the wall when it gave way, they said.
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In another incident, a 35-year-old man, identified as Raghu, died of electrocution on Bannerghatta Road near Vega City Mall.
In a separate case in Yarab Nagar, a student, Syed Sufiyan died after coming into contact with a live electric wire while attempting to park his motorcycle during the rain, police said.
One more fatality was reported from Chamarajapet, where Manjunath died on the spot after a cement block fell and pierced through the roof of a house during the storm.
The sudden spell of rain left a trail of destruction across the city.
“So far, 10 people have died due to rain-related incidents in Bengaluru,” police said, attributing the deaths to wall collapse, electrocution and structural damage triggered by the storm.
Civic authorities said at least 87 trees were uprooted and 131 branches snapped across the city, disrupting daily life.
Of these, 60 trees and 98 branches had been cleared, while restoration work was ongoing.
Several cars and two-wheelers parked along roadsides were crushed under fallen trees.
Key junctions and underpasses were waterlogged, with the KR Circle underpass completely submerged, forcing police to barricade the stretch due to lack of drainage.
Fallen branches and stalled vehicles further worsened traffic congestion, leaving commuters stranded for hours.
Officials said buildings suffered partial damage in several areas, while the sudden and unanticipated nature of the storm caught many residents off guard. Authorities have issued a rain alert for the next three days.
