Mystery of "Stolen" BMTC bus shelter on Cunningham Road Solved; Shelter found in BBMP stockyard
Bengaluru: The case surrounding the "stolen" BMTC bus shelter on Cunningham Road has been resolved. It was revealed that the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had removed the structure due to safety concerns and kept it at a stockyard, dispelling claims of theft.
Police Commissioner B Dayananda, speaking on Tuesday, expressed his confusion over the filed theft complaint when BBMP itself had removed the shelter. On September 30, N Ravi Reddy, Associate Vice-President of Signpost India Private Ltd, the company that constructed the stainless-steel bus shelter costing Rs 10 lakh on August 21 this year, had filed a complaint with the High Grounds police. He claimed the shelter was found stolen when he visited the site on August 28.
Reddy's complaint, filed more than a month after the incident, led to an FIR registered under IPC 379 (punishment for theft). However, Dayananda clarified that complaints had been received about the shelter's substandard quality. BBMP officials, dissatisfied with Signpost's response to their notices, conducted a spot inspection and removed the shelter on August 25.
Assistant Executive Engineer from BBMP (Ward 93, Vasanth Nagar) E Krishnappa revealed that multiple phone complaints from the public prompted their action. BBMP officials visited the site on August 23, issued a notice to Signpost seeking an explanation for the substandard work. As they received no proper response, the shelter was dismantled and placed in the BBMP warehouse at Tasker Town, Shivajinagar.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
