Bengaluru: BJP Karnataka Yuva Morcha Vice President Bheemashankar Patil has reportedly written to Karnataka BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel threatening him about mass resignation by the leaders if he tries to ignore CM Yediyurappa.

Patil wrote to Nalin Kumar on Friday and added that Yediyurappa has played vital role in strengthening the party in the state and has brought it to the power, and ignoring him while administering the party as the state president was wrong.

“Yediyurappa has been working tirelessly for the party even in his old age without bothering about his health. He is a true leader and he should not be sidelined”, the letter noted.

The letter comes in the backdrop of reports of cold war between Nalin Kumar Kateel and CM Yediyurappa as BSY supporters claimed that Nalin Kumar was ignoring BSY in taking key decisions and appointment of leaders for key posts.

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Gorakhpur (UP) (PTI): A newly married man fled with the Rs 15 lakh given to him as dowry by the bride's family, and it came to light later that he was an alleged serial scammer, police said on Sunday.

The accused, identified as Pritam Kumar Nishad from Etawah, allegedly posed as an IAS officer to deceive the woman into marrying him. He is currently absconding with his sister, and a case has been filed against him for cheating, dowry harassment, and forgery, officials said.

According to the police, the woman's family claimed that they spent nearly Rs 30 lakh for the wedding that was solemnised on March 11.

The match was arranged through a matrimonial group, where the accused introduced himself as an IAS officer, sharing purported interview clips, office visuals, and photographs with politicians to gain the family's trust.

Despite initially claiming he would marry without dowry, the accused allegedly demanded Rs 15 lakh shortly before the engagement. The bride's family paid Rs 10 lakh in cash during the engagement and the remaining Rs 5 lakh on the wedding day, the police said.

The fraud came to light on Saturday after the woman reached Etawah, and a wedding attendee informed the family that the accused was not a civil servant. When her relatives visited the address provided by him, they found her in a small rented room, while the accused and his sister had fled, the police added.

The woman has also alleged that the accused planned to take her to Goa and sell her, and accused him of inappropriate behaviour.

The police suspect that the accused may have been involved in multiple such marriages in the past. Based on a complaint lodged at the cantonment police station, an FIR was registered on Saturday evening.

Senior Superintendent of Police Dr Kaustubh said efforts are underway to arrest the accused.