Siddaramaiah hears out people's woes; solves problems rightaway for many attending 'Janata Darshana'
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah won the hearts of several citizens who approached him at 'Janata Darshana', the grievance redressal program held at his residential office 'Krishna' in the city on Monday, by providing 'instant solutions' to their problems.
People from various parts of Karnataka who visited the event informed the CM of their woes. In cases where senior citizens complained of government officials denying them payment of pension, the CM immediately told the head of the Directorate of Social Security and Pension to check for and solve possible technical hitches. The CM also instructed the Director to take action against staff of the Directorate who were preventing the payment of pension to senior citizens.
Vendor Ningamma complained of harassment by police and BBMP officers to the street vendors and pushcart owners in the city.
Siddaramaiah called the concerned officers of the BBMP as well as the Police Department, instructing them to ensure such harassment by officers of their respective departments to Ningamma was prevented.
Next, a senior citizen told the CM that BBMP officers had been extorting fine from her although she had paid property tax, harassing her to approach the government by retaining the receipt of tax payment. Greatly upset on hearing this, Siddaramaiah called the concerned BBMP officer, ordering that the officer look into the matter personally and ensure that the issue was resolved by Monday evening. The CM also told the BBMP officer to personally report the matter to him by evening.
A statement issued earlier by the Additional Chief Secretary to the CM had said that, 20 counters had been put up for receipt of the people's complaints, with two of the counters reserved for senior citizens and people with special needs. The complaints submitted by the people would be sorted and recorded online, department-wise. The applicants would be given acknowledgement letters before the CM heard their complaints, said the government statement had added.
The official had also sent circulars to all government officers at various levels, instructing them to attend the 'Janata Darshana'.
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Jharkhand: 3 arrested for 'raping' 2 women in Gumla
Gumla (PTI): Three persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two women at a village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said.
All the three accused have been remanded to judicial custody, Gumla Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge, Mahendra Karmali, told PTI.
According to police, one of the women had been called to Gumla Sadar by her boyfriend on Sunday for an outing.
“She arrived at the spot accompanied by a female. The woman’s boyfriend then called a friend, and they took the two women to a secluded place in Sisai police station area in the evening, forcibly made them consume alcohol before raping them,” the officer said.
The accused later called another man to the spot, who also allegedly raped the women, he said.
“The women later reached the Sadar Police Station and lodged a complaint on Sunday night. Police conducted raids and nabbed the three accused on Monday,” he added.
Further investigation is underway.
