Horror of loot continues in B'luru: Home Guard, two auto drivers arrested for looting senior citizen
Posing as cops, three men looted Rs. 6 lahks in cash, gold biscuit worth Rs. 3 lahks
Bengaluru: Byatarayanapura Police have arrested three absconding men including a home guard personnel, who had posed as cops and looted a senior citizen by threatening him earlier this week.
The police have held Manjunath of Bapuji Nagar, Arun Kumar of Kalidas Circle, and Nagaraja (31) of Kasturba Colony in Girinagar. While Manjunath is a home guard, his two acquaintances are auto-rickshaw drivers, a senior police officer has said.
The police have also confiscated Rs. 6 lakhs in cash, one gold nugget weighing 167 grams, an auto rickshaw, and a car from the accused.
On February 7, Sundaram, a senior citizen, who was traveling to Coimbatore, was walking towards Satellite Bus Stand on Mysore Road when he was approached by two men dressed in black jackets. They introduced themselves as cops and asked Sundaram to open the bag for checking.
The duo was joined by the third man, who arrived in a car, and all three of them looted Sundaram of Rs. 6 lahks in cash as well as gold biscuits worth Rs. 3 lahks.
The Byatarayanapura Police officers, who registered a case and investigated the matter, arrested the three accused.
Similar incidents of miscreants, home guards, and police constables posing as higher police officials and harassing and extorting money from commoners are on the rise. Earlier, a home guard attached to the BBMP was arrested for harassing a young couple for sitting near a lake “without permission”.
In another incident, two police constables harassed a married couple for walking on the streets at night. The two constables were dismissed from the service after inquiry by Bengaluru Police.
Two more constables in Bengaluru suspended for harassing married couple for walking at midnight
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K’taka HC judge whose controversial remarks triggered controversy expresses regret before open court
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court judge, Justice V Srishananda, on Saturday expressed regret in open court after facing backlash over his controversial remarks in his recent court hearings, reported Bar and Bench.
Two purported video clips from Justice V Srishananda’s court hearing that show him making inappropriate comments went viral across social media platforms.
On Saturday, Justice Srishananda invited members of the Advocates Association, Bengaluru, and senior lawyers to his courtroom at 2:30 PM, where he read out a note expressing regret for inappropriate comments.
Quoting Advocates Association President Vivek Subba Reddy, Bar and Bench wrote, “He expressed regret for the comments and clarified that it was not his intention to offend any community or members of the Bar. He also requested the association to relay this message to all members of the Bar.”
Reddy further stated, “We also advised him to encourage young lawyers in the courtroom and refrain from making any irrelevant remarks during hearings.”
Another senior lawyer present during the session confirmed to the legal news portal that Justice Srishananda also addressed comments directed at a woman lawyer, who was seen in one of the videos being reprimanded by the judge. The judge Justice Srishananda clarified that his remarks were not intended to target her (woman lawyer) specifically, but rather pertained to the appellant she was representing. “He explained that his comment was meant to imply that the appellant seemed to know a lot about the other party,” said the lawyer.
In addition, Justice Srishananda assured those present that he would avoid making such comments in the future.
The controversy came to light on September 19, when a video clip from an August 28 Court hearing surfaced on social media, showing Justice Srishananda referring to a Muslim-majority sub-locality in Bengaluru’s Goripalya as "Pakistan." Hours later, another video from the same courtroom emerged, in which the judge was seen making a gender-insensitive remark.
Following outrage over the viral videos, a Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant, and Hrishikesh Roy, on September 20 took a suo motu cognizance and sought a report from the Karnataka High Court Registrar General in connection with the viral video.
