Kalasa: Forest officer assaults guard; video goes viral
Kalasa, February 14: An incident of a senior forest officer abusing and assaulting his subordinate for not signing on an unknown file containing fake mahazar documents on regularization of land under Akrama-Sakrama scheme, occurred at the town forest department office here on Thursday.
It is said that forest officer M Veerabhadra of Balehole branch of Kalasa Range of the department assaulted Balehole beat forest guard Keerthan and a video of the incident has gone viral on social media.
A resident of Balehole in Kalasa hobli applied for cultivation deeds of bagair hukum land under 94C. To issue cultivation deed, the forest department was asked for mahazar report. But forest officer Veerabhadra prepared a fake mahazar report on the land and forced forest guard Keerthan to sign the document without showing the report as it required his signature. But Keerthan said that he would not sign file without seeing the report and the documents. Enraged over this, Veerabhadra abused Keerthan with foul language in the office and assaulted him physically, it is said.
Now, the video clip of this incident has gone viral in social media and netizens expressed their anger against the forest officer. It was recorded in the video that the officer was forcing Keerthan to sign the file, while Keerthan declining to sign it. Scenes like pulling the guard, abusing and assaulting him and forcing him to give in writing that he would not sign the file were recorded in the video. Sources said that the incident has reached the higher officers of the department. Though no complaint was lodged against the incident, the higher officers have asked RFO Ravikumar to give a report on the incident, sources said.
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3 Indian students among those injured in Australia’s Bondi Beach attack
Melbourne (PTI): Three Indian students were among 40 people injured in the terrorist attack on Sydney's Bondi Beach in Australia, according to a media report on Tuesday.
Two out of these three students are believed to be receiving treatment in the hospital, The Australia Today news portal reported.
The names of the Indian students injured during Sunday's attack have not been disclosed yet.
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The Indian students sustained injuries during the shooting, and their exact condition has not been formally confirmed yet, it said.
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At least 15 people were killed in the attack, including a 10-year-old child. Five of the injured remain in critical condition, while two injured police officers are in serious but stable condition, it added.
New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said the investigation is expanding as new information emerges, including international travel by the alleged attackers and the discovery of extremist material, the report said.
