Bengaluru: CCB arrests actress Ragini in connection with Sandalwood drug racket case
Bengaluru: Sandalwood actress, Ragini Dwivedi was arrested by Bengaluru police's Central Crime Branch on Friday in connection with the Sandalwood's Drugs racket. The police has taken the actress into their custody for further investigation.
FIR is registered against one of Ragini’s close aid named Ravi Shankar on Thursday. Shankar in Police custody confessed of having contact with actress Ragini.
Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant said, “We learned that the person working in the government office was related to someone in the film industry. While the CCB was investigating Ravi Shankar, we learned that he used to attend parties and provide drugs and also consume them."
Crime Branch obtained a search warrant from the court and raided Ragini's flat in Yelahanka on Friday morning. The search operation was carried for more than four hours.
Officers confiscated a laptop, Hard disk and a computer from Ragini's flat. Subsequently, Ragini was taken to the CCB office in Chamarajapete for further investigation.
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FIR registered against Prof Muralidhar Deshpande who called Muslim student terrorist during class
Bengaluru: The Girinagar police in Bengaluru on Saturday afternoon registered a suo motu FIR against a professor of PES University after a video of an alleged classroom incident went viral on social media.
According to the FIR, the case has been registered under Sections 299 and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
Section 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, punishes intentional insults designed to provoke a breach of peace. It covers verbal, written, or gestural insults that degrade dignity and are likely to cause a person to break the law or commit violence.
Section 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, criminalizes deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or beliefs.
The complaint in the FIR has been filed by a police officer attached to Girinagar Police Station. The officer stated that while gathering information, he came across a post on the social media platform X from an account named “The Muslim”.
The post claimed that at PES University in Bengaluru, a professor identified as Dr. Muralidhar Deshpande allegedly referred to a Muslim student, Affan, as a “terrorist” at least 13 times during a class and made several other remarks in front of around 60 students.
The FIR also records the additional claims mentioned in the post, including statements allegedly made by the professor and concerns about deletion of CCTV footage.
The accused has been named as Professor Muralidhar Deshpande, while the student mentioned in the complaint is identified as Affan.
The police have noted that the alleged act could hurt religious sentiments and has the potential to disturb communal harmony, which prompted the registration of the case.
The FIR clearly mentions that the case has been registered suo motu by the police, meaning no formal complaint from the victim was required at this stage.
