Mangaluru: The Southern Indian Regional Council (SIRC) Mangaluru Branch and South India Chartered Accountants Students Association (SICASA) Mangaluru Branch will collectively host the Virtual CA Students’ National Conference on September 3-4, 2021. The event is organized by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

The information was shared during a press conference called by SIRC and SICASA Mangaluru Branch at the Press Club here in the city on Wednesday.

K Subramanya Kamath, the chairman of the Mangalore Branch of SIRC during the press conference stated that owing to the pandemic constraints the conference which will be themed as “ANARGHYA” is being conducted online. He also mentioned that as many as 1,250 students will be joining them virtually and 700 students have already registered.

The inaugural ceremony will take place on scheduled dates at ICAI Bhawan. Padil, Mangalore. The occasion will be graced by CA. Nishith Bhandary, MR. Saveen S. Hegde and many others he said.

A joint press release from the two organizations stated that hosting the event was a “golden opportunity” and will prove to be a value enhancer for all the delegates and the exposure will benefit them in their course as well as their careers ahead.

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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.