Karnataka to table Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill in next legislative session
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Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday decided to present the Greater Bengaluru Governance (Second Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the upcoming legislative session.
The amendment seeks to provide greater clarity on the appointment of members of Parliament and legislators as members of the Authority, Karnataka Minister H K Patil said.
Administrative approval was also granted to procure mechanical sweeping machines on a rental basis for seven years for cleaning the main and sub-main roads of five municipal corporations of Bengaluru, at a total estimated cost of Rs 613.25 crore as limited by the respective corporations.
The cabinet approved leasing 10 acres of land at Turumuri Waste Management Area to Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) at a nominal lease rate for 25 years to establish a Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) unit that will process about 150 tonnes of wet waste collected daily within the jurisdiction of Belagavi City Corporation; informed the Minister for Law and Tourism.
It also decided to upgrade the Town Panchayats of Bhalki and Kamalpur to Town Municipalities.
Further, administrative approval was granted to provide necessary services to the ground and first floor of the Super Specialty Hospital building constructed in the premises of Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences at an estimated cost of Rs 21 crore.
It was proposed that by providing necessary services to the ground and first floors for starting the essential super specialty departments in the first phase, the Super Specialty Hospital would become operational, enabling quality super specialty treatment at affordable cost to the poor and needy patients of Hassan, nearby districts, and neighbouring states.
The Cabinet agreed to renew for 30 years the lease of five acres of government pasture land granted to Sri Rajarajeshwari Education Trust, Bengaluru, for educational purposes at Channasandra Village in Bengaluru East Taluk.
Also approval was given to grant six Guntas of land in Solehanahalli village in Molakalmuru Taluk, of Chitradurga District for Congress Bhavan.
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Two arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
