Three killed, two injured in serial accident
Vijayapura, Jan 31: Three persons were killed on the spot in a serial accident on national highway 13 near Jhalaki in Indi Taluk in Vijayapur district today. Two others have sustained injuries.
The accident occurred between four vehicles. Two lorries collided head-on and hit two other vehicles, including a car. It has been learnt that the rivers of both the truck were killed on the spot, while a cleaner of one of the trucks was stranded in the lorry and died on the spot.
Two people have seriously been injured in the incident, and one person is said to be in critical condition. The injured are being treated at a hospital in Sholapur, Maharashtra. More information about the dead and the injured are yet to be ascertained.
The accident caused a massive traffic jam on NH13. Jhalaki police have registered a complaint regarding the accident.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
ED searches: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah accuses Centre of targeting Cong leaders
Chamarajanagara (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the central government and its agencies of consistently targeting Congress members by using searches on their properties, and questioned why similar action is not taken against BJP leaders.
He was reacting to searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday on several individuals, among them the sons of Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris and the grandson of former Union Cabinet minister K Rahman Khan, in connection with a cryptocurrency-linked money laundering case.
"The central government always targets Congress leaders. Will they raid the houses of BJP leaders?" Siddaramaiah said in response to a question. More than a dozen premises in the city were searched as part of the operation carried out by the ED under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The premises searched comprised those of Mohammed Haris Nalapad and Omar Farook Nalapad, the sons of the MLA; Aqeeb Khan, the grandson of veteran Congress leader K Rahman Khan; and an alleged crypto hacker, Srikrishna Ramesh, alias Sriki, officials said.
The money laundering case stems from Karnataka Police FIRs and charge sheets filed in a 2017 case involving the hacking of national and international websites, theft of bitcoins, and the sale of these stolen virtual digital assets (VDAs) through crypto platforms by the alleged hacker Sriki and his associates.
Mohammed Haris Nalapad, Omar Farook Nalapad, and Aqeeb Khan are alleged to be beneficiaries of the proceeds of crime generated through this crypto-linked activity, officials added.
