Court dismisses plea seeking extension of time to file chargesheet in Bharat Kumdel KCOCA case
Mysuru: The Mysuru District Principal Sessions and Special KCOCA Court on Saturday dismissed a petition filed by Bantwal Police seeking an extension of time to complete the investigation under the Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act (KCOCA) in the Abdul Rahiman murder case of May 27, registered against 14 accused including Bharat Kumdel.
The accused in the case, Sumith B, Deepak, V. Raviraj Moolya, Prithviraj Jogi, Chintan, Abhin Rai, Tejaksha, Shivaprasad Tumbe, Pradeep, Shahith, Sachin, Ranjith and Ravisanjay, had earlier been arrested by Bantwal Rural Police. After interrogation, a chargesheet was filed before the Bantwal JMFC Court. Bharat Kumdel, one of the accused, had been absconding.
While the trial was underway before the Second Additional District Court in Mangaluru, Kumdel later surrendered in connection with another case. Police subsequently took him into custody and sought permission to conduct further investigation under KCOCA against all 14 accused. As Mysuru houses the designated special KCOCA court, the matter was transferred there.
The court had granted 12 days’ police custody for interrogation. Recently, the police filed a petition seeking additional time for investigation. Defence counsel opposed the plea, arguing that under KCOCA, police are required to seek an extension within 90 days, and the application had been filed beyond the permissible period.
After hearing both sides, Principal District and Sessions Judge Usha Rani dismissed the police petition seeking an extension and ordered that the case be transferred back to the Second Additional District Court, Mangaluru. The accused were directed to be produced before that court on December 2.
The accused were represented by advocates C. V. Keshavamurthy, Mahesh Kaje, Prasad Kumar Rai and P. J. Raghavendra.
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Karnataka Minister urges Centre to launch Bengaluru–Vijayapura express train
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Infrastructure Development Minister M B Patil has urged the Centre to launch an express train service between Bengaluru and Vijayapura.
The demand comes following the completion of the 9.60-km double-line railway work between Alamatti and Wandal, which has been open for traffic since March 25, the Minister's office said in a statement on Wednesday.
"He has written a letter regarding this on March 30 to Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Minister V Somanna," it said.
In the letter, Patil stated that the Alamatti–Wandal section, part of the Gadag–Hotgi double-line project, has now been completed. During an earlier meeting, it was mentioned that once this work was finished, an express train between Bengaluru and Vijayapura could be introduced. He has now requested that this be given priority.
He highlighted that thousands of people from Vijayapura and Bagalkote districts travel daily to Bengaluru for education, healthcare, administrative work, and business, and this train service would greatly benefit them.
According to him, currently, the train journey between the two cities takes about 15 hours, which is inconvenient.
He stressed the need to reduce this travel time to around 10 hours.
The minister also requested that trains departing from Bengaluru be given a limited stops upto Hubballi, and that trains proceeding to Vijayapura should be routed via the Hubballi and Gadag bypass lines.
