I won’t present bluff budget like Modi: CM Kumaraswamy
Bengaluru : “I will definitely present the state Budget on February 8. But I will not present a bluff budget like Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Our government will present the budget for all”, said Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
After discussing with his father and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda at the latter’s house at Padmanabh Nagar here on Monday, Kumaraswamy told reporters that “Every day and every hour, efforts were being made to poach MLAs of other parties through ‘Operation Lotus’. I have all the details on the leaders and MLAs they have been in touch with and luring them”, he said.
“Where do the BJP leaders get such a huge money? It’s shocking to hear the amount they have been offering to the MLAs. I have no objection to the BJP ‘operation lotus’. Let them do whatever they want”, the CM said.
PM Modi has been talking about checking corruption, bringing black money stashed in foreign countries. But the BJP leaders in Karnataka have been offering big sum to the ruling party MLAs, he alleged.
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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
