Honour Shivakumar Swamiji with 'Bharat Ratna' posthumously, CM Kumaraswamy demands centre
Bengaluru, Jan 21: Deeply condoling the death of Dr Shivakumar Swamiji of Siddaganga Mutt, who was known as 'walking god', Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that the Swamiji has lighted the life of lakhs of children with three types of Dasoha.
"His work of education and food has become a model for all beyond country, language, caste and religions.
When I was the chief minister, I had given the 'Karnataka Ratna' award and it was a great experience. Then I had recommended the central government to honour the Swamiji with the Bharat Ratna award. His service to the society in education and Dasoha should be emulated. In view of this, I will appeal the central government to give Bharat Ratna to the Swamiji posthumously", he said.
"Though the Swamiji departed us physically, through his services, Education and others activities, the Swamiji is still alive. He has lived up to his beliefs till his last breath and I will bow down to a great soul. I pray the God to give his devotees, Students, Followers and people of the Mutt the courage to bear the loss", the CM said in a statement.
'The death of Dr. Shivakumar Swamiji of the Siddaganga Mutt who served the society without having any discrimination between the people, was a great loss to the society".
Priyank Kharge, Social Welfare Minister
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Traffic fraud: Fake 'no-entry' sticker racket busted in Delhi, mastermind among 3 held
New Delhi (PTI): Police here have busted a crime syndicate involved in traffic fraud and extortion, arresting three people including the alleged mastermind who sold fake stickers to help commercial vehicles bypass no-entry restrictions, an official said on Saturday.
The police said they dismantled a third organised syndicate linked to traffic-related frauds, with the arrest of Rinku Rana alias Bhushan, his associate Sonu Sharma and Mukesh Kumar alias Pakodi, who was also connected to another extortion syndicate.
According to the police, Rinku Rana was running a well-organised network that facilitated the movement of commercial goods vehicles during restricted hours by selling fake 'marka' or stickers for Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 per vehicle every month. The stickers were falsely projected as authorisation to evade traffic challans.
During raids, the police recovered Rs 31 lakh in cash, property documents worth several crores of rupees, over 500 fake stickers and six mobile phones allegedly used to operate the syndicate.
The crackdown followed a complaint filed by a traffic police officer in April this year after a commercial vehicle tried to evade checking by producing a fake sticker claiming exemption from enforcement action.
Investigation revealed that social media groups were being used to coordinate the illegal movement of vehicles and alert drivers about traffic police checkpoints, police said.
"A parallel system was being run to cheat drivers and vehicle owners while undermining traffic enforcement. On the basis of evidence, provisions related to organised crime under the BNS were invoked," a senior police officer said.
Sonu Sharma, the police said, managed social media groups through which stickers were sold and real-time alerts were circulated regarding traffic police movement. He also acted as a link between Rana and drivers operating in the field.
In a related development, Mukesh Kumar alias Pakodi, an associate of Rajkumar alias Raju Meena, who was earlier arrested under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), was also apprehended.
Mukesh allegedly helped extort money from transporters and was involved in blackmailing traffic police personnel by recording enforcement actions, the police said.
Investigators alleged the syndicate led by Rajkumar deployed drivers to deliberately violate traffic rules and secretly record police officials during challans, later using manipulated videos to extort money under threat of false allegations.
The police said that in total, eight accused belonging to three different organised crime syndicates linked to traffic frauds and extortion have been arrested so far.
Further investigation is underway to trace the remaining members, conduct financial probes, and analyse digital evidence recovered during the raids, officials added.
