Plot to kill Prof Bhagavan: Charge sheet against nine accused
Bengaluru, July 21: Upparpet police have filed a charge sheet in the 1st ACMM court against nine accused including Sangh Parivar worker KT Naveen Kumar on charges of hatching out a conspiracy to kill rationalist Prof KS Bhagavan.
After interrogating the accused, the investigating officers have filed 671-page charge sheet against nie accused including KT Naveen Kumar, Sujit Kumar, Praveen, Amol Kale, Amith Degwekar and Manohar Yadav. The investigating officers have recorded the statements of more than 100 witnesses and attached FSL experts reports. Sources said that the police have considered the statement of Anil Kumar of Srirangapatna, friend of Naveen Kumar, as a major witness.
The police also found that Naveen Kumar had a conversation with another accused Sujith over phone, They had discussed about planning to kill Bhagavan, purchasing illegal weapons and conspiracy and it was mentioned in the charge sheet.
The SIT officers have taken these accused into custody in related to Gauri Lankesh murder. Naveen Kumar was arrested at Kempegowda bus stand in Bengaluru on February 8. During the interrogation, he disclosed that a conspiracy was hatched out to kill Prof KS Bhagwan. A case was registered at Upparpet police station.
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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.
