DCPs, ACPs responsible if untoward incidents occur during Ganesh Festival: DCM Parameshwar
Bengaluru: DCPs and ACPs of the respective areas will be held accountable if any untoward incident takes place during the Ganesh festival, stated Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G Parameshwar.
Speaking to media persons after chairing a review meeting of the Assistant Commissioner of Police and other higher officials in the limits of city police commissionerate, he said that the police department has already prepared and taken necessary measures to maintain law and order during the Ganesh festival. ACPs must visit the police stations of their limits in the city. Besides, ACPs have been instructed to undertake patrolling compulsorily.
“Cases have been registered against 14 people under the Goondas Act. Of these, 3 cases have been booked against drugs sellers. In the same way, chain snatchers have also been brought under the Goondas Act. Rs 31.87 crore cash and gold have been seized during the previous assembly elections. The number of crime cases has comparatively come down in the city," he said.
It has been instructed to conduct parade at least two weeks in a month to listen to the issues of police constables. The recruitment process to fill the vacancies in the police department is on," the DCM added.
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Man held for attempting to encroach on 532 acres of forest, govt land near Bengaluru
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre on Tuesday said that police have arrested a man for allegedly attempting to encroach upon 532 acres of forest and government land at B M Kaval near Bengaluru by submitting forged documents and obtaining court orders fraudulently.
He said the accused, M B Manmatha alias M B Nemannagowda, had earlier also attempted to claim ownership over 512 acres and 26 guntas of forest and government land in Chikkamagaluru's Mudigere by producing fake records.
In connection with the case, an Assistant Conservator of Forests had lodged a complaint at the Mudigere Circle police station on November 28, following which the Tahsildar also lodged a separate complaint, the minister said in a statement issued by his office.
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Based on these complaints, police registered an FIR and have now taken Manmatha into custody. "The investigation will reveal who were all involved in this conspiracy to encroach upon forest and government land," he said.
The FIR was registered against the accused at Mudigere police station in Chikkamagaluru district on December 13 under Sections 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation), 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant section of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act.
Khandre further claimed that it had come to his notice that some officials and government advocates were directly or indirectly assisting those attempting to encroach upon government and forest land worth thousands of crores of rupees.
The minister said he has written to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seeking a CID or Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the matter.
Warning of strict action, the minister said no one attempting to grab forest land using forged documents would be spared and termed the development a "wake-up call".
