ACP to probe I-T dept's complaint against Karnataka CM, others
Bengaluru, Apr 10: A day after the I-T department sought legal action against Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and some of his cabinet colleagues for allegedly obstructing tax officers from discharging duties, an ACP has been assigned to probe the matter based on the complaint, police said Wednesday.
Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (Goa-Karnataka region) B R Balakrishnan had written to the state chief electoral officer, seeking action against the chief minister, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara and others for "intimidating" I-T officers and obstructing them from discharging duties during the raids last month.
Police said the assistant commissioner of police (ACP) of Banaswadi sub-division has been assigned to probe the matter based on the complaint by Balakrishnan.
Kumaraswamy, former chief minister Siddaramaiah and host of other state ministers along with their supporters had staged a demonstration near the I-T office on March 28.
They had accused the Centre of using central agencies, such as the Income Tax department, Enforcement Directorate and the CBI, to intimidate the opposition. The protests took place when tax raids were in progress across the state.
Balakrishnan had also demanded that cases be registered against all those who took part in the protests for unlawful assembly, intentional insult, breach of peace, criminal intimidation and threat of injury to public servant under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.
In his letter dated April 5, Balakrishnan said, "Reports in the electronic media depicts that the protest was led by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara, former chief minister Siddaramaiah, Ministers D K Shivakumar and S R Mahesh, former home minister Ramalinga Reddy, Dinesh Gundu Rao, MLA and KPCC president."
"This was followed by specific statements, including personal allegations against the director general of income tax, by Ministers H D Revanna and C S Puttaraju," the letter read.
The I-T official demanded cases should be registered against all those who took part in the protests for unlawful assembly, intentional insult, statements conducing to public mischief, criminal intimidation, obstructing public servant from discharging their duties and threat of injury to public servant under various IPC sections, including 143.
A copy of the letter was made available to the media Tuesday.
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College student shot dead over personal dispute in Varanasi
Varanasi (UP) (PTI): A 22-year-old undergraduate student was shot dead on the campus of Uday Pratap College here on Friday afternoon, following an alleged dispute with another student, police said.
The victim, identified as Surya Pratap Singh, was rushed to a hospital by police where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Varanasi Police Commissioner Mohit Agarwal said the shooting was the result of a personal dispute between two students. Singh was a graduate-level student at the institute.
"Preliminary inquiry suggests the shooting was a result of mutual enmity between the students," Commissioner Agarwal said.
The accused has been identified as Manjeet Singh Chauhan, a resident of Varanasi. Chauhan is absconding.
Commissioner Agarwal said six teams have been formed to nab the accused. The police are analysing the CCTV footage from the area. Further investigation is underway, the commissioner added.
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