Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP General Secretary and Udupi/Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje on Thursday credited BJP for appointing a transgender Jogati Manjamma, as the new chairperson of Karnataka Janapada Academy.
In a tweet from her official handle, Karandlaje added that the move was only possible in a BJP governed state and not elsewhere.
Writing about Jogati Manjamma, Shobha added that the transwoman had to go through a lot of hardship as she was also humiliated and beaten up because she was a transgender.
“Just cos she was a transgender, Jogati Manjamma was humiliated, beaten up, abandoned & she had to beg for food.” (SIC) Shobha wrote.
“But now she has been appointed as the chaiperson of Karnataka Janapada(Folk) Academy. All this is possible only in a @BJP4India state!” (SIC) Shobha added in the tweet.
Just cos she was a transgender, Jogati Manjamma was humiliated, beaten up, abandoned & she had to beg for food.
— Shobha Karandlaje (@ShobhaBJP) October 17, 2019
But now she has been appointed as the chaiperson of Karnataka Janapada(Folk) Academy.
All this is possible only in a @BJP4India state! https://t.co/54ecDJZrBI
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Gorakhpur (UP) (PTI): A newly married man fled with the Rs 15 lakh given to him as dowry by the bride's family, and it came to light later that he was an alleged serial scammer, police said on Sunday.
The accused, identified as Pritam Kumar Nishad from Etawah, allegedly posed as an IAS officer to deceive the woman into marrying him. He is currently absconding with his sister, and a case has been filed against him for cheating, dowry harassment, and forgery, officials said.
According to the police, the woman's family claimed that they spent nearly Rs 30 lakh for the wedding that was solemnised on March 11.
The match was arranged through a matrimonial group, where the accused introduced himself as an IAS officer, sharing purported interview clips, office visuals, and photographs with politicians to gain the family's trust.
Despite initially claiming he would marry without dowry, the accused allegedly demanded Rs 15 lakh shortly before the engagement. The bride's family paid Rs 10 lakh in cash during the engagement and the remaining Rs 5 lakh on the wedding day, the police said.
The fraud came to light on Saturday after the woman reached Etawah, and a wedding attendee informed the family that the accused was not a civil servant. When her relatives visited the address provided by him, they found her in a small rented room, while the accused and his sister had fled, the police added.
The woman has also alleged that the accused planned to take her to Goa and sell her, and accused him of inappropriate behaviour.
The police suspect that the accused may have been involved in multiple such marriages in the past. Based on a complaint lodged at the cantonment police station, an FIR was registered on Saturday evening.
Senior Superintendent of Police Dr Kaustubh said efforts are underway to arrest the accused.
