Bengaluru: BBMP reports property tax arrears amounting to Rs. 474 crores
Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has reported significant property tax arrears amounting to ₹474 crore, owed by 2,64,228 property taxpayers across Bengaluru.
At the start of the financial year 2024, where 3,95,253 taxpayers were expected to pay a total of ₹738 crore. So far, only 1,31,034 taxpayers have fulfilled their obligations, contributing ₹273 crore, with ₹26.94 crore being collected from 26,862 taxpayers in the past week alone, said the civic body on Monday.
According to the BBMP, The Mahadevapura zone leads with the highest arrears, amounting to ₹116.03 crore, followed by the South zone, which owes ₹74.72 crore, and the East zone, where arrears stand at ₹69.89 crore. The Bommanahalli zone has ₹62.94 crore pending, while the West zone has ₹49.33 crore yet to be paid. RR Nagar and Yelahanka zones have arrears of ₹38.52 crore and ₹38.43 crore, respectively. The Dasarahalli zone has the least amount of pending payments, totaling ₹16.92 crore.
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Acting on the tax violations, the BBMP has taken strict action by locking 4,600 properties across the city. The East zone witnessed the highest number of properties being locked, with 1,317 properties sealed. The West zone follows with 1,034 properties, while Mahadevpura, Yelahanka, and RR Nagar zones saw 480, 416, and 400 properties locked, respectively. The South, Bommanahalli, and Dasarahalli zones also had a considerable number of properties sealed, with 470, 303, and 116 properties locked, respectively.
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SC cancels bail to wrestler Sushil Kumar in murder case, orders surrender in a week
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled bail to Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar in the murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar at the Chhatrasal Stadium in the national capital.
A bench of justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra set aside the March 4 order of the Delhi High Court granting bail to the wrestler.
The wrestler has been asked to surrender within a week.
The top court's order came on an appeal filed by Ashok Dhankar, father of Sagar Dhankar, challenging the order passed by the Delhi High Court granting bail to Kumar.
Kumar and others are accused of fatally assaulting Sagar Dhankar in May 2021 over an alleged property dispute.
Two of Sagar Dhankar's friends were also injured in the assault.
According to the postmortem report, the victim suffered cerebral damage from the impact of a blunt object.
Kumar was arrested in May 2021 and a sessions court had granted him a week's interim bail for his knee surgery on July 19, 2023.
The trial court in October 2022 framed IPC charges, including murder, criminal conspiracy, intimidation and rioting with a deadly weapon against Kumar aside from the Arms Act, among others.
The trial court noted that after being abducted and brought to the stadium, Sagar Dhankar was severely assaulted by several accused persons with baseball and hockey sticks.
