Ex-minister BA Mohidin passes away: Both Houses pay homage
Bengaluru, July 10: Both Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council on Tuesday paid their homage to the departed soul of former education minister BA Mohidin.
As soon as the Session began on Tuesday morning, Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar moved the condolence motion in the House. He recalled that Mohiuddin who born in Kolambe village in Karwar taluk in Uttara Kannada district in 1938, was a BSc graduate and was a farmer in profession. He was elected to the Assembly in 1978 and elected to the Legislative Council between 1990 and 2002. He also worked as Chief Whip in the Legislative Council from 1995 to 1996 and in 1996, he was appointed as the Minister for Small Industries and Higher Education. He had close relationship with Mohiuddin for more than 46 years. His demise was a great loss to the state, the Speaker recalled.
Later, House leader and Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and Opposition Leader BS Yeddyurappa also recalled the selfless service of the great leader.
Speaker became emotional
Speaker Ramesh Kumar became emotional and said that “I have given him a special place in my life. He was like my elder brother and he had the right to correct my mistakes. But today, I have lost him. I would go to his place to attend his last rites. So, the Deputy Speaker would manage the Session for two days. The Deputy Speaker is a new face and everyone needs to cooperate with him”, he appealed.
Later, the members of the House observed silence as a mark of respect to the departed soul.
“When former prime minister Indira Gandhi contested in the by-election to the Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency, then chief minister Devaraj Arasu entrusted the financial responsibility to Mohiuddin. When he was the district minister in Dakshina Kannada, he had managed Rama Mandir issue every effectively.”
-Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar
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Three company directors held in Rs 100-crore investment fraud in Kochi
Kochi (Kerala) (PTI): Police on Sunday arrested three directors of a firm accused of cheating hundreds of investors of over Rs 100 crore through a fake investment scheme linked to agricultural tourism here, officials said.
The accused were identified as Muraleedharan, Ashik Murali and Akhil Murali, all natives of Thrissur.
The arrests were made by the Kalamassery police in connection with a fraud involving ATCOS (Agri Tourism Cooperative Society), a firm headquartered at Pathadipalam here.
Police said the company had promised high returns by collecting investments from the public in the agricultural tourism sector, but allegedly cheated hundreds of people and fled with the money.
ATCOS was registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act and operated 13 branches across various districts in Kerala, besides a branch in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, officials said.
When investors failed to receive their promised returns or the invested amount, complaints were filed with the police.
Officials said around 54 cases have been registered against the firm in 32 police stations across the state, including 29 cases at the Kalamassery police station alone.
Following instructions from Kochi City Police Commissioner K S Mahesh Kumar, a special investigation team was formed under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Shehensha and Thrikkakara ACP Manoj Kumar.
The team traced the accused to an apartment in Amala Nagar in Thrissur, where they had been hiding after secretly renting the flat, officials said.
The bank accounts of the accused have been frozen, and steps have been initiated to trace their assets, officials said.
Police also conducted a raid at the company’s office at Pathadipalam and seized several documents related to the case.
The accused were produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Kalamassery, which remanded them to judicial custody and sent them to Kakkanad jail.
Police said they would seek the custody of the accused for further interrogation as the investigation continues.
