JDS to have alliance with like-minded party: HDK
Bengaluru, May 7: If there is a hung assembly after the election, the JDS would support those which respond positively to the party, said JDS state president and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Releasing the party manifesto at a programme at JP Bhavan in Bengaluru on Monday, Kumaraswamy said that the JDS is in favour of total six crore people of the state. He would not knock the door of any national party for chief minister post. The party is ready to sit in the opposition place. If any political party accepted the JDS manifesto, then he would think of extending his support to that party, he said.
Some activists and writers have been putting pressure on supporting the Congress instead of BJP. But both Congress and BJP are opportunists. In order to shield the corrupt, they have weakened the Lokayukta. For power, he would not knock the door of any national political party, he clarified.
Media surveys on election outcome were just assumptions. They have given the statistics as per their interest. But the people of the state have interest towards JDS. As the party would get majority on its own, there would be no question of depending upon anybody. If the voters decided for hung assembly as per the surveys, he would not demand support from any party. But the party would extend its support to those who accept stand of the JDS, he said.
It was BJP government which fixed percentage for bill clearance, and awarding contracts and Congress has continued that practice. When the BJP has got the kick-backs through cheques, the Congress has got in cash. It would have been better if Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke after knowing all these, he ridiculed.
The Yeddyurappa government had made burden of Rs 83 lakh crore loan, while Siddaramaiah government has made Rs 1.50 lakh crore burden on people of the state. Both the governments have looted the tax money, he blasted.
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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.
