No one should speak against party: DK Shivakumar
Bengaluru, June 27: Water Resources and Medical Education Minister DK Shivakumar said that no one should speak against the party and it would apply to everybody including himself.
Speaking to reporters at his residence in the city on Wednesday, Shivakumar said that leaders should worship the party instead of worshiping an individual. The statement of former chief minister Siddaramaiah would not have any impact on the future of the JDS-Congress coalition government, he said.
Here party is important and not the person. Moreover, the statement of Siddaramaiah is not official. There is no need to read much about it. This coalition government would complete five years because, the agreement was signed between AICC president Rahul Gandhi and state incharge KC Venugopal. The government was given complete support. No one should give anti-party statements, he said.
The agreement made between Congress and JDS leaders at Ashoka Hotel was official and final. No one should give statement on alliance or the party, he said appealing the party leaders not to create any confusion.
Reacting to the statement of former MLA Cheluvarayaswamy that alliance is restricted to Bengaluru and not to Mandya, Shivakumar said that such statements were wrong. Poll alliance would change based on the requirement and time, he said.
On July 5, a programme would be held at Nonavinakere Ashrama of Tiptur and it was fixed before the Assembly election. Governor Vajubhai Vala would participate in it. So, he could not participate on the Budget Session to be held on the same day. He would try to attend the Budget presentation session. But there is no need to misinterpret it, he appealed.
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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.
