Senior IPS Officer Roopa says she is facing threat of acid attack by BJP leader
Bengaluru: Amidst the standoff between Chairman Beloor Raghavendra Shetty and Managing Director and IPS Officer D Roopa Moudgil, of Karnataka State Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited (KSHDCL) the latter has reportedly said she is under threat of an acid attack by Shetty.
The standoff between the Chairman and MD became public when the two were attending the Annual General Body meeting of the board and labeled serious allegations against each other during the meeting on May 27. The video of the incident had gone viral across social media platforms.
On Thursday, a screenshot of the purported WhatsApp message from Roopa started doing rounds on social media platforms wherein Roopa alleged that Shetty had threatened her with an acid attack while also threatening to commit suicide.
On May 27, Shetty said that Roopa would be responsible for his death if he commits suicide. Following this, Roopa said she had requested the Chief Secretary to file a case against Shetty as threatening to commit suicide was a punishable offence under the Indian Penal Code.
In her complaint to the Chief Secretary Roopa charged Shetty with destroying CCTV footage ill-treating women staff, to trying to bring back a sacked general manager (finance) who had misappropriated Rs 25 crore.
Roopa also alleged that though there is a rule that the chairman should not interfere in the day-to-day work of KSHDCL, Shetty asks the staff to bring files related to projects. She accused him of taking away sandalwood and other products from showrooms without paying money. She alleged that though KSHDCL is paying salaries to four staffers of the chairman, none of them have come to the office.
Later on Thursday evening, Roopa confirmed that the message, of which the screenshot was doing rounds on social media was indeed sent by her. In the message, she had also added that to avoid inconvenience to the government she had not mentioned the acid attack threat by Shetty earlier.
While Chairman Beloor Raghavendra Shetty is a political appointment by the BJP government, MD D Roopa Moudgil is a senior IPS officer of the rank of IGP.
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After fake ID crackdown, IRCTC daily new accounts down to 5000 from one lakh: Railways
New Delhi (PTI): With a new, stringent system to establish user identity, the number of new user IDs being added daily on the IRCTC website has declined to about 5,000 from nearly one lakh, officials said on Saturday.
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw noted that the crackdown by Indian Railways on train ticket booking through fake identities is yielding positive results, according to a press note.
Before the latest reforms, this number had touched nearly one lakh new user IDs per day, it said.
"Following the introduction of a stringent system to establish user identity and detect fake IDs, about 5,000 new user IDs are now being added daily on the IRCTC website," the note said.
The officials stated that these steps have already helped Indian Railways deactivate 3.03 crore fake accounts.
"Another 2.7 crore user IDs have either been temporarily suspended or identified for suspension based on the suspicious activities they are indulging in," they said.
The Union minister directed officials to ensure that the ticketing system is reformed to a level where all travellers are able to book tickets easily through a real and genuine user ID, the press note added.
Additionally, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has directed officials to provide local cuisine of the region in Vande Bharat trains.
Introducing local cuisine that reflects the culture and tastes of the regions being traversed will significantly enhance the passenger experience, officials said.
This facility will be expanded to all the trains progressively in future, they added.
