Female police constable duped of Rs 18 lakh in marriage fraud; case filed
Bengaluru: A female constable of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has filed a complaint at the Dabaspet police station, alleging that a man defrauded her of ₹18 lakh under the pretext of marriage.
According to the complaint, the victim was searching for a life partner through social media when she came into contact with a man named Ashok Musti.
Gaining her trust, he visited her home and promised marriage, claiming that he was also helping her secure a government job. He later demanded ₹20 lakh as dowry, and believing his words, she transferred ₹18 lakh to the bank account he provided.
However, when she later refused to marry him and asked for her money back, he abruptly disconnected his mobile number and went into hiding. The victim then approached the police, urging action against the accused.
The police have registered a case and launched an investigation into the matter.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
