Court dismisses plea seeking extension of time to file chargesheet in Bharat Kumdel KCOCA case
Mysuru: The Mysuru District Principal Sessions and Special KCOCA Court on Saturday dismissed a petition filed by Bantwal Police seeking an extension of time to complete the investigation under the Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act (KCOCA) in the Abdul Rahiman murder case of May 27, registered against 14 accused including Bharat Kumdel.
The accused in the case, Sumith B, Deepak, V. Raviraj Moolya, Prithviraj Jogi, Chintan, Abhin Rai, Tejaksha, Shivaprasad Tumbe, Pradeep, Shahith, Sachin, Ranjith and Ravisanjay, had earlier been arrested by Bantwal Rural Police. After interrogation, a chargesheet was filed before the Bantwal JMFC Court. Bharat Kumdel, one of the accused, had been absconding.
While the trial was underway before the Second Additional District Court in Mangaluru, Kumdel later surrendered in connection with another case. Police subsequently took him into custody and sought permission to conduct further investigation under KCOCA against all 14 accused. As Mysuru houses the designated special KCOCA court, the matter was transferred there.
The court had granted 12 days’ police custody for interrogation. Recently, the police filed a petition seeking additional time for investigation. Defence counsel opposed the plea, arguing that under KCOCA, police are required to seek an extension within 90 days, and the application had been filed beyond the permissible period.
After hearing both sides, Principal District and Sessions Judge Usha Rani dismissed the police petition seeking an extension and ordered that the case be transferred back to the Second Additional District Court, Mangaluru. The accused were directed to be produced before that court on December 2.
The accused were represented by advocates C. V. Keshavamurthy, Mahesh Kaje, Prasad Kumar Rai and P. J. Raghavendra.
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SWR announces special trains for passengers stranded by large-scale IndiGo cancellations
Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.
The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.
According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.
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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.
Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.
For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.
