North Karnataka development is my responsibility: CM
Bengaluru, July 31: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that he would visit the districts in North Karnataka after a week as it was his responsibility to develop the region.
Speaking at the meeting of the activists of North Karnataka region at Vidhana Soudha here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said that the BJP leaders would speak about North Karnataka till Lok Sabha election. It was a BJP strategy to win the Lok Sabha election. They were not in a position to digest his works done in just two months as the CM. He held a meeting with the farmers leaders of all the 30 districts. But BJP state president and Opposition Leader Yeddyurappa did not attend that meeting. Now, he was supporting the swamijis who have been fighting for separate North Karnataka state, he alleged.
Everyone would speak about separate North Karnataka. Where would you bring money for development if North Karnataka was made a separate state? Separate North Karnataka state was not possible, the CM said.
However, the agitators said that they were ready to work. But there was no sufficient power. The region was lagging in medical facilities. Many people from this region had become ministers. But it was lagging behind in development. The voice favouring separate state was not against this government. They have been fighting for this demand for a long time. The Suvarna Vidhana Soudha of Belagavi was inactive. At least for the administrative purpose, it should be revived, they demanded.
Later, Kumaraswamy told media persons that he had spent more time for North Karnataka in his village stay programme. He had stayed in total 35 villages. He had constructed Suvarna Vidhana Soudha at a cost of Rs 450 crore and conducted Sessions. He had decided to declare Belagavi as the second capital of the state. But the next governments did not take it into consideration. During 20-month tenure of his administration, he had given more importance to north Karnataka. The people of north Karnataka had shown love and affection on him. Of course, the JDS does not have its base in north Karnataka. He had asked majority to waive off the farm loans completely. But now, with 37 seats, he had formed the government with the Congress, he reiterated.
He had given funds to all divisions in the Budget. He had waived of Rs 6500 crore farm loans this time and reserved Rs 1000 crore for Bengaluru roads. But right from the first day, he was being counter attacked and tarnishing his image accusing him as he was against north Karnataka, which is not true, he said.
“I have to waive of Rs 4000 crore farm loan announced by the previous government. Recently, I have released Rs 1500 crore. This year, total Rs 18,000 crore farm loan would be waived off. In nationalized banks, there was Rs 37,000 crore loan along with the interest. I have just asked as to why you people are forgetting me during election time. I have not scolded the farmers. Now, the farmers leaders have been protesting against me. If I say anything, media people would write something. For this, I have introspected myself”.
- HD Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister
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Two arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
