Karnataka State Contractors' Association president D Kempanna detained
Bengaluru, Dec 24: The Karnataka State Contractors' Association president and his four associates were detained on Saturday in connection with a criminal defamation case, police said.
Vaiyalikawal police detained D Kempanna after a court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for not appearing before the court in connection with a criminal defamation case filed against him and his associates by state Horticulture Minister Munirathna.
Attempts to reach Kempanna went in vain as his phone was switched off.
Kempanna had caused a storm a few months ago when he accused some ministers of demanding 40 per cent commission on public works in the state.
This gave the opposition parties an ammunition against the ruling BJP in poll-bound Karnataka.
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Doctor cheated of Rs 70 lakh in flat purchase deal in Navi Mumbai; 3 booked
Thane (PTI): A 48-year-old doctor has allegedly been duped of Rs 70 lakh by three persons, including a woman, who offered to sell him a flat in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai township, police said on Thursday.
The accused showed a flat located in Roadpali area of Kalamboli to the doctor and expressed their intention to sell it to him despite the fact that it had been already sold to someone else.
They took Rs 70 lakh from the doctor but did not give him possession of the flat, an official from Kalamboli police station said.
When the doctor demanded his money back, the accused evaded him.
The doctor on Tuesday approached the police with a complaint, based on which a case was registered against the three accused under legal provisions for cheating and criminal breach of trust, the official said.
