Two held in Kodagu for killing gaurs in Kushalnagar Range Forest; main suspect absconding
Madikeri: Forest Department officers of Kushalnagar on Saturday arrested two men, Askar and Vinod Kumar, accused of shooting dead two gaurs after gaining entry into reserve forest area illegally.
Askar (26) is a resident of Kudugadde in Guhya village and Vinod Kumar (34) is a resident of High School Paisari of Siddapur.
The main accused in the case, Suri Subrahmanya of Kudugadde in Guhya, who is suspected to have shot the gaurs, is absconding, the forest officers have said.
The officers said that probe into the case revealed that the miscreants had entered Avaregunda Reserve Forest, which is situated under Kushalnagar Range Forest, and shot dead two gaurs in the last week of April. Although the residents woke up in the middle of the night on hearing the gunshots, the accused succeeded in escaping in a vehicle, leaving the carcasses of the animals behind.
A case was registered by Range Forest Officer (Kushalnagar) Ratan Kumar and an investigation team was formed to function under guidance of Madikeri Deputy Conservator of Forests Bhaskar, ACF Gopal AA, and Ratan Kumar.
The officers have said that the duo was arrested on Saturday. The vehicle that they had used and is registered in the name of one Pazhil is yet to be found. Search is also on for the absconding accused, Suri Subrahmanya, the officers added.
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Kasaragod: ED books Kunhahmed Musliyar Memorial Trust for FCRA violation
New Delhi (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate has registered a forex violation case against a Kerala-based charitable organisation for receiving Rs 220 crore from abroad in alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).
The investigation pertains to Kunhahmed Musliyar Memorial Trust located in Kasargod and its chairman Ibrahim Ahmad Ali, an NRI.
Searches were conducted under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) at two locations in Kasargod on Thursday in connection with the case, the ED said in a statement.
The Trust, according to the ED, received more than Rs 220 crore since 2021 from Ibrahim Ahmad Ali, which was reflected in the books of accounts as "unsecured" loans.
However, no loan agreement, interest rate terms, or repayment schedule were available, and no repayment had been made till date, the probe agency said.
The probe found that these funds were received by Ali from a UAE company named Universal Lubricants LLC.
In the absence of supporting documents and in view of the clarification given under a section of the FCRA, the said loan prima facie qualified as "foreign contribution" under FCRA, the statement said.
According to the ED, the Trust is "not registered" under the FCRA and does not possess the "mandatory permission" or a designated FCRA bank account to receive foreign contributions.
It was found that a part of these foreign contributions was "utilised" for the purchase of agricultural land in India, in violation of the existing regulations.
The search action found that the Trust received Rs 2.49 crore in "cash" from Ali in violation of FEMA provisions.
"During the search, incriminating documents, ledger accounts showing unsecured loans of Rs 220 crore, the cash book of the Trust, and a hard disk containing financial data were seized," the ED said.
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