Questions paper leaked: Police recruitment test postponed
One arrested
Bengaluru: Written examination to recruit candidates for civil constables posts, which was supposed to held on November 25, 2018; has been postponed indefinitely following the leak of questions paper. However, the CCB police have arrested a person in connection with this.
The arrested has been identified as 68-year-old Shivakumaraiah alias Guruji, a resident of Nandini Layout. Another accused Basavaraju has been absconding, the CCB police informed.
Based on specific information, the CCB sleuths raided Sri Nanjundeshwara Vidya Mandir in Saomwarpet in Kodagu district and found 116 aspirants answering questions. The sleuths arrested Shivakumaraiah and recovered four mini-buses, and an Innova Car from him.
According to the police, Shivakumar and Basavarju sold each question paper with answer script for around 8 lakh and they had planned similar meetings in Bengaluru and Tumkuru.
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Karnataka Assembly passes Social Boycott Prevention Bill
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): The Karnataka Assembly on Thursday passed the Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill unanimously.
The bill was introduced in the House by the Social Welfare Minister H C Mahadevappa on December 12.
The bill defines social boycott as a gesture or an act, whether oral or written, of any social discrimination between the members of the community.
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The bill proposes three years of imprisonment and a fine extending up to Rs 1 lakh. It also prohibits people from gathering, assembling, or congregating at any time and at any place with the view or intention to deliberate on the issue of imposing social boycott on any member of the community. It prohibits gathering to impose social boycott.
The bill also says that if the accused is convicted, the court should hear the victim on the quantum of sentence and then only pass the sentence.
During the discussion, Mahadevappa termed the bill historic and said the aim of the bill is to bring equality in society and to protect backward people from further getting marginalised through social boycott.
The BJP and the JD(S) MLAs welcomed the bill.
