Ex-Karnataka Minister Nagendra convicted in cheque bounce case, fined Rs 1.25 cr
Bengaluru, Apr 9 (PTI): A court here has convicted former Karnataka Minister B Nagendra in a cheque bounce case and imposed a fine of Rs 1.25 crore.
The 42nd Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, K N Shivakumar, has ordered Nagendra and two others to pay the fine amount, failing which they will face a one-year jail term.
The case stems from a long-standing financial dispute dating back to 2013 between VSL Steels Limited and BC Infrastructure and Resources Company—a firm jointly owned by Nagendra and Anil Rajashekar Chundur Bhaskar.
The court had earlier ruled that the firm owed Rs 2.53 crore to VSL Steels. As part of the settlement, a cheque for Rs 1 crore was issued.
However, when the cheque bounced in 2022, VSL Steels Limited initiated legal proceedings.
After examining the evidence, the court imposed a penalty of Rs 1.23 crore, directing that Rs 10,000 of this amount be paid by the government to the complainant.
The court has made it clear that failure to comply with the order will lead to imprisonment.
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PM Modi is 'fooling people' with regard to Pahalgam terror strike
Mysuru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "fooling people" with regard to the Pahalgam terror strike in Jammu and Kashmir.
The chief minister also said the prime minister did not attend the all-party meeting conveyed by the Centre, post the attack, but took part in an election rally in Bihar.
"The prime minister should have been there during the all-party meeting. He had gone to electioneering in Bihar. So what is important to him? He is putting ‘Topi’ (hat) on people (meaning fooling people)," Siddaramaiah told reporters here.
He was responding to a query of India’s response to the terror attack.
The chief minister said, "There is no need for war. We are not in favour of it. We should take stringent measures. That’s it. Security should be beefed up."
There should be peace in the country. People should be protected and the Centre should initiate security measures, he added.
To a question about the union government's directives to states to send back Pakistani nationals, the CM said, "We will cooperate. We will send back the Pakistani nationals and inform the Centre about it. Right now, we do not have information about the number of Pakistanis residing in Karnataka."
According to the CM, Pakistani nationals are in the major cities of the state, but most of them are in Bengaluru.
Siddaramaiah reiterated that the Pahalgam terror strike was the outcome of security lapse.
Terrorists opened fire at a tourist location near Kashmir's Pahalgam town on the afternoon of April 22, killing 26 people, mostly tourists.
