Seven discarded EVM control units found in engineer’s house in Doddaballapur
Bengaluru: Seven electronic voting machine (EVM) control units were found in an engineer’s house that was demolished in Dudapanahalli of Doddaballapur taluk, Bengaluru Rural district.
The house is owned by Shivakumar, engineer at the Nirmiti Kendra in Doddaballapur, and was being demolished for widening of the national highway in the village.
The EVM control units found in the house of the engineer were those discarded after use in the 2018 elections. Tahsildar Mohana Kumari visited the engineer’s house for inspection as the EVM control units were found there and also confiscated the units.
The tahsildar handed over the units to Deputy Commissioner Shivashankar and submitted a report on the matter, for legal action.
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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
