Drain clearance by BBMP: Couple in Bengaluru tries to commit suicide, opposing destruction of house
Bengaluru: In a desperate attempt to save their house from being cleared by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), a man and his wife in the city tried to set themselves on fire in protest on Wednesday.
The incident took place in Gayathri Layout near K R Puram, when the BBMP officials visited to clear the encroachments on the stormwater drains.
The couple, however, threatened to kill themselves if the officials pulled down the wall of the house. They even poured petrol on their bodies in a suicide attempt.
The husband and wife even questioned the BBMP’s move to clear the encroachment. “The BBMP permitted us two decades ago to build the house on the stormwater drain. Why does it bother about the drain now?”
Standing firm that he would not let the BBMP clear his house, the man also demanded that the chief minister come and resolve the issue.
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Fake notes with 'movie shooting purpose only' written on them send police into tizzy in Sirsi
Sirsi (Karnataka), Apr 8 (PTI): The police in Uttar Kannada went into a tizzy on Tuesday after they found fake currency notes of Rs 500 denomination from a house in Dandeli with 'movie shooting purpose only' written on them.
Based on a tip-off, police searched a rented house at Gandhinagar in Dandeli and confiscated the fake currency notes along with a money counting machine.
Arshad Khan, who is said to be from Goa, was staying as a tenant in the house belonging to Noorjan Jhunjuwadkar, police said.
Police were informed after Jhunjuwadkar noticed that Khan was absent from the house for the past one month.
The fake currency notes had the inscription 'Reverse Bank of India' on them, but did not have the signature of the RBI governor, police said.
The notes were printed on a shining paper with only zeros written in the place of the number, and 'movie shooting purpose only' inscribed on them, police said.
A hunt is on to trace Khan to question him about the seizure, they added.
