Kadambu: Group clash, cattle transportation and obstruction to police duty: 10 arrested
Bantwala, Jan 27: Vittla police have arrested ten persons on charges of involving in group clash and illegal transportation of cattle and obstructing the police from discharging their duties and produced them before the court on Saturday.
The arrested have been identified as Bajrang Dal leader Jaya Kottari (33) of Radukatte, Dhananjay (30) of Balugodu, Yathish Shetty (26) of Kapu Kodi, Abdul Azeez, Abdul Majid, Ashraf, Umar Farooq, Ismail, Ansar and Iqbal of Kadambu.
Cases were filed against Jaya Kothari earlier in Vittal police station and now, he was booked on obstructing the police from discharging their duties.
About Incident
On January 25, there was a clash between two groups on transporting cattle at Kadambu near Vittla. At this time, members of both the teams obstructed the police who rushed to the spot, from discharging their duties, sources said.
Three separate cases were filed in the Vittal police station related to this case. Under the direction of SP Lakshmi Prasad, Bantwala ASP Sydul Adavat, Inspector Nagaraj, Bantwala SIs Yallappa, Harish and staff Manjunath, Rakshith, Pratap, Ashok, Hemaraj and Halesh participated in the operation.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
