JD(S) constitutes 21-member new core committee for strengthening and organising party
Bengaluru, Aug 18: JD(S) has constituted a new 21-member core committee under the chairmanship of former minister and senior MLA G T Devegowda aimed at facing the upcoming elections effectively and to strengthen the party.
Former MLA YSV Datta has been appointed convener of the core committee.
Interestingly, no family member of the party patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda are part of the core committee.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting of party leaders including Legislature Party Leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy here on Friday, JD(S) state President C M Ibrahim said the core committee has been formed on the directive of party patriarch H D Deve Gowda.
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He said that the selection of the new president and members of the core committee was finalised in the party leaders' meeting held on August 7 under the leadership of H D Deve Gowda, the party's national president.
The 21-member core committee consists of former ministers Sa Ra Mahesh, Bandeppa Khashempur, H K Kumaraswamy, Venkatrao Nadagouda, C S Puttaraju, Alcode Hanumanthappa, also several MLAs, MLCs and leaders of the party, he said, adding that the core committee has been given full authority.
The meeting discussed about organising and strengthening the party, preparing for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as well as Taluk, Panchayat, Zilla Panchayat and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) polls and selection of candidates, Ibrahim said.
Party leaders will tour the state from August 20 to September 30 under the leadership of GT Devegowda, he added.
He said office bearers of the party would be changed after getting a report from the committee in September.
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Ex-Army officer assaulted, robbed at gunpoint by woman he met through matrimonial website
Mathura(UP), Apr 5 (PTI): A retired Army colonel from Haryana has filed a police complaint here, alleging that he was held hostage, assaulted, looted and forced to participate in an "obscene video" at gunpoint with a woman he met through a matrimonial website, police said on Saturday.
The woman from Mathura, who was allegedly in on the plan to rob him, was working with other accomplices, the ex-armyman said in his complaint filed on Thursday.
According to Barsana Station House Officer (SHO) Raj Kamal Singh, Colonel Rajneesh Soni (retired), a resident of Gurugram, reported that he was contacted by a woman from Barsana on a matrimonial website in January. The woman allegedly agreed to marry him, and they began communicating.
The woman allegedly persuaded the colonel to visit Barsana on January 25, requesting that he visit the Radharani temple. When he arrived, she arranged for his stay at a guest house and took him on a tour of the area, including a visit to the temple, the complainant said.
After returning to the guest house, the woman and her accomplices allegedly told the colonel that her brother had been involved in an accident and they needed to leave immediately. They then led him to a waiting car.
"Once outside the town limits, the colonel alleges that he was attacked by the occupants of the car. They seized his phone, physically assaulted him, and forced him to contact relatives and friends to transfer money," the SHO said.
"He was then taken back to the guest house, where he was allegedly forced to participate in obscene videos and photographs at gunpoint. He was threatened that the videos would be made public if he reported the incident," the officer said.
The colonel has alleged that his purse, bag, gold chain, debit card and Rs. 12,000 in cash were stolen from the guest house.
After an unsuccessful attempt at locating the perpetrators himself, the colonel finally reported the incident to the Barsana police two days ago, he said.
"A case has been registered under relevant sections of the BNS and all facts are being investigated. Further action will be taken as per facts found in the investigation," the SHO said.
