MUDA case: ED summons RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna who complained against CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna who has complained against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah relating to the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) issue.
ED has asked Krishna to appear before them at their Bengaluru zonal office located at Shantinagar in Bengaluru at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday and produce all documents and records in connection with the investigation or proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Meanwhile, the social activist has been booked by police on charges of sexual harassment, filed by a woman at the Nanjangudu Police Station on August 21, 2024. The complainant, Lavanya, has alleged that Krishna, along with three others, attempted to assault her, dragged her, used obscene language, and threatened to kill her. However, Krishna has denied the allegations, calling it a ‘conspiracy’ to silence his activism.
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Gujarat man held for impersonating govt official, duping people with forged letters
Ahmedabad (PTI): The Ahmedabad police have arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly posed as a senior revenue official and used fake letters claiming to be from various government departments to cheat people, an official said on Sunday.
Mehul Shah, an engineer who manages two schools at Vankaner in Gujarat’s Morbi district, is accused of making lakhs of rupees with bogus documents and false claims, said inspector (crime branch) JK Makwana.
Shah had forged an appointment letter from the Ahmedabad district education officer (DEO) to offer a computer operator’s job in a government office to a complainant’s son. He also introduced himself as a trustee of a school and did not pay a man Rs 7 lakh due to him over the painting of a school building, the official said.
“Despite holding no official position in the state or central government, he used fake work permits and NOCs to cheat people of lakhs of rupees,” the police official said.
One complainant alleged that Shah identified himself as a top revenue department official and produced a fake letter from the chairman of the “department of science and research development” to make him install a siren and curtain in a hired vehicle but did not pay for the job, he said.
Bogus letters claiming to be from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ahmedabad DEO were used by the accused to cheat the complainants, the police official said.
Police have recovered from his possession fake identity cards and letters with headings like “bharat gaurav ratna shri samman council”, “chairman of department of science and research development”, “health and family welfare department”, and “road and building department”.
“The FIR is based on complaints by three victims. We appeal to the people to come forward and submit their complaints if they have been cheated by Shah in any way,” Makwana said.
