Mangaluru: Missing man whose abandoned bike was found near Nethravathi Bridge, is in Shivamogga
Mangaluru: On Wednesday, an abandoned bike was found near Nethravathi Bridge in Ullal here in the city, while its owner, a youngster was missing leading to speculations and rumors that he had committed suicide. However, it has turned out that the missing youngster has been found in Shimoga.
The bike reportedly belonged to Praveen, a resident of Karnadu. Praveen works as a salesman in a private company. Reports added that Praveen was not in contact with anybody after leaving the office on Tuesday evening. His bike was later found abandoned near Nethravathi Bridge leading to speculations that he had committed suicide.
Residents thronged to the Nethravathi Bridge after the rumors of suicide went viral on social media platforms. But it has now turned out that Praveen is at his relative’s house in Shivamogga.
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Chhattisgarh coal levy scam: Rs 4 crore assets of suspended IAS officer attached
Raipur (PTI): The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has attached properties of Rs 4 crore belonging to suspended IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi, an accused in a coal levy scam, for allegedly amassing assets beyond his known sources of income, officials said.
The EOW had registered a disproportionate assets case against Vishnoi in July 2024, an official release said on Saturday.
During the investigation, the agency identified nine immovable properties, valued at around Rs 4 crore, allegedly acquired through illicit means in the names of Vishnoi’s family members and associated firms, it said.
“An application seeking attachment of these properties was filed before the Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act in Raipur. Following a hearing on April 17, the court ordered attachment of all such properties,” the statement said.
Accordingly, the Anti-Corruption Bureau/Economic Offences Wing attached the properties. The attached properties cannot be sold or transferred, it said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had earlier provisionally attached five immovable properties linked to Vishnoi in connection with the coal levy scam, it added.
Proceedings are also underway in cases involving other public servants, including action taken in September last year against properties linked to Saumya Chaurasia, who was deputy secretary in the chief minister’s office during the Congress government, the statement said.
Vishnoi, a 2009-batch Indian Administrative Service officer, was first arrested in 2022 by the ED in connection with the alleged coal levy scam. He was among several accused who were granted bail last year by the Supreme Court.
The case refers to an alleged Rs 540 crore racket between July 2020 and June 2022, when an illegal levy of Rs 25 per tonne was being extorted by a cartel involving senior bureaucrats, businessmen, politicians and middlemen for every tonne of coal transported in the state.
