Mandatory to provide clarification on news reported by media: Education Department Officer notified
Bengaluru: The Commissioner of Education Department has ordered officials in the education department to observe and mandatorily provide clarifications, and further explanations about published media reports concerning the activities of the education department.
The officers with the department have been notified to issue clarifications on news reports citing that various news/broadcasts published/aired by the media could negatively impact the image of the education department. Some reports can even contain fabricated content. If there is no clarification of the news published in the newspapers, then the inaction of the department will be evident. Therefore, the department officials have been notified to provide clarifications.
Reportedly, the heads of various offices of the department are required to take due cognizance of the reports related to the department being published by the media and send appropriate clarifications to the Assistant Director and Public Relations Officer of the respective media house. The department officials have been directed to submit the report along with the clarification copy on monthly basis in this regard.
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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
