Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy meets PM Modi
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and congratulated him on being elected as the Prime Minister for the second consecutive term.
During the meeting Kumaraswamy discussed issues like drought situation in the state, releasing of remaining funds under NREGA scheme for the state and loan waiver with the prime minister.
Kumaraswamy further requested the Prime Minister that the central government should come forward to the aid of the state as this year only 45% rainfall is expected in the state.
Briefing the PM about the NREGA scheme the CM informed that the scheme has been successfully implemented in the state and that 1200 crore Rs. have been released to the state government while the release of another 1500 crore Rs. is still pending. He urged the PM to release the pending funds at the earliest.
Kumaraswamy also informed the PM that the state government has also successfully implemented the loan waiver in the state and that a total of 12,830 crore Rs. loans have been waived by the government so far of 9 lakh commercial bank’s beneficiaries and about 14 lakh government bank’s beneficiaries.
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Delhi Police arrests sharpshooter, arms supplier linked to Kapil Sangwan gang
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Police has arrested a sharpshooter and an arms supplier linked to the Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu gang, and seized two country-made pistols and five live cartridges from their possession, officials said on Saturday.
The main accused, Sumit Punia (25), a resident of Mahendergarh in Haryana, was arrested in Dwarka with a country-made semi-automatic pistol and five live rounds, a senior police officer said.
During interrogation, police found that Sumit was absconding in a 2021 encounter case registered by the Special Cell, and had links with the Nandu gang, where he allegedly worked as a sharpshooter.
At his instance, police arrested the gang's alleged weapons supplier, Badar Islam (32), from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh and recovered a country-made pistol from his possession, the officer said.
Police said the accused were part of a network supplying illegal firearms to members of the gang, which were used to threaten victims who resisted extortion.
According to investigators, Sumit, who joined the gang around 2020-21, was known to gangster Kapil Sangwan since childhood, as they belonged to neighbouring villages.
Earlier arrested in an arms case in Haryana, Sumit was involved in multiple criminal cases lodged in Delhi and Haryana.
Badar, who allegedly supplied weapons for quick money, has also been named in several criminal cases registered in Uttar Pradesh, police said.
The duo has been booked under the relevant sections of law, including the Arms Act, at the Crime Branch police station, the officer said.
