Karnataka Home Minister rebuts BJP claims regarding murders of Sangh Parivar activists
Bengaluru : "The BJP leaders are raising a clamour that 22 Sangh Parivar activists have been murdered in the state. But eight of them were killed owing to personal enmity," said State Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy.
Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Saudha on January 1, Monday the Home Minister said the BJP leaders are always silent about the killings over personal enmity.
He stated that the Congress government will be providing full co-operation to the CBI probe into the Paresh Mestha case of Uttara Kannada district.
No untoward incident : On the New Year celebrations in Bengaluru, the Minister said there has been no untoward incidents and that the police had discharged their duties efficiently. Young men had gathered in large numbers this time, he said adding action has been taken against some people for liquor consumption. Some women who too were under the influence of alcohol were dropped home, he added.
The Minister said a case has already been filed against BJP workers on charges of attempting assault on Mahadayi activist Veeresh Sobaradmutta.
On the Hindutva rants of the BJP and Sangh Parivar, the Home Minister said it was done only for the sake of politics. " We too are practising Hindu Dharma with dedication," the minister said.
On Shobha Karandalje's comment that "Let the CM arrest me if he has courage," the Minister said no one is above law. "Neither me nor the CM can go to arrest her. The Police will act as per the law," he added.
State DGP Neelamani Raju, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Sunil Kumar, DGP Praveen Sood, Senior officials A M Prasad, M N Reddy and others conveyed their New Year wishes to the Home Minister by offering bouquets.
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Two held for EV sales fraud in Karnataka
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men involved in the sale of electric vehicles in the city have been arrested for allegedly defrauding several people by offering two-wheelers at subsidised rates, claiming the benefit was under a central government scheme, police said on Saturday.
The accused have been identified as Hanumantha Bilkar and Rakesh, they said.
Police said an investigation was initiated after receiving two complaints against at the Peenya and Bagalagunte police stations last month.
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According to police, the accused convinced people to buy electric two-wheelers by claiming that they were available at subsidised rates under a central government scheme.
"However, no such scheme exists. The accused allegedly arranged loans in the names of the buyers and had the loan amounts credited to their companies, as per the complaints," a senior police officer said.
Police said the accused got loans sanctioned for nearly double the price of the vehicles and told buyers they only needed to pay the last three to four EMIs, while the 'companies' would pay the remaining instalments.
Initially, the 'companies' paid the EMIs but later stopped doing so, after which banks and finance firms began demanding payments from the buyers, they said.
The officer said the accused sourced parts of electric two-wheelers from Delhi, assembled them in Bengaluru and sold the vehicles through their showrooms.
He added that loans were taken in the names of several people and the investigation is ongoing.
"While vehicles were delivered to many buyers, the companies allegedly stopped paying the EMIs as promised. An investigation is underway to ascertain how many more people were cheated through this fake scheme," he added.
