Rain damage; Govt mulling special package for coastal districts: Deshpande
Bengaluru, July 09: To take up relief works for the damages caused by the rains, the government has released Rs 6.79 crore and Rs 6.05 crore to Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts respectively. The government would think of providing a special package to find permanent solution to rain related damages after discussing with the respective deputy commissioners, said Revenue Minister RV Deshpande.
When Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar and Udupi MLA K Raghupathi Bhat raised the issues of rain related damages in coastal region and special package for permanent solutions during zero hour in the Session, the Minister said that total three members lost their lives in the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts and 14 and 11 houses were damaged in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts respectively. Precautionary measures were taken. If the house was completely damaged due to rain,Rs 95000 compensation would be given and Rs 75000 would be given for the partial damage. For those who lost their lives, the government would give Rs 5 lakh for the family members of the deceased under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, he clarified.
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that earlier, Rs 4 lakh was being given to the family members of the deceased and now, the relief amount was increased to Rs 5 lakh.
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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.
