LS Polls 2019: JDS gets these 8 constituencies to contest
Bengaluru: The wrangling over seat-sharing between the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress has finally came to an end with the Congress agreeing to cede eight of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in the State to JD(S), including the Tumkuru seat that it holds.
As per the deal, which was finalised in Kochi after talks between Congress president Rahul Gandhi and JD(S) General National Secretary Danish Ali, JD(S) gets Hassan, Mandya, Bengaluru North, Udupi-Chikamagalur, Vijayapura and Uttara Kannada. The party also gets to contest from Shivamogga, which the Congress had ceded to JD(S) in the recently bypolls. Currently, Tumkuru seat is represented by Congress, while JD(S) represents Hassan and Mandya.
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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.
