3-year-old boy run over by autorickshaw in Karnataka’s Vijayapura, dies

Death

The autorickshaw driver is yet to be arrested.

Dr Nimeshika Jayachandran

A 3-year-old boy from Vijayapura was killed by an autorickshaw when he was crossing the road. The incident took place in the Basavana Bagewadi taluk in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district. CCTV footage shows four persons including the boy walking across the road. But the toddler suddenly dashes across unaccompanied, when an autorickshaw fails to break, colliding into the boy. It drags him a few metres, before it comes to a halt. The three-year-old identified as Bheemangauda M died on the spot. Visuals show onlookers rushing to the spot to help the boy, who was killed.   A complaint has been filed with the Basavana Bagewadi police who are yet to nab the driver responsible for the accident. However, an FIR has yet to be registered, according to the police. Police say the boy was playing on the side of the road when he ran across. Several people took to protesting on the road, demanding for speed breakers to be fixed on the road to prevent such accidents from occurring. Officials from the Public Works Department (PWD) went to the protest site to assess the situation. Earlier in September, a video of a toddler who fell out of a moving jeep and crawled himself to safety was caught by CCTV cameras. The incident took place in Kerala’s Idukki district when the girl’s family was travelling from Palani in Tamil Nadu. After falling out of the jeep, she can be seen crawling across the road to a safe spot on the side. As per reports, an employee at a nearby checkpost noticed the baby on the road and picked her up. The child was later reunited with her family by officials of the forest department. The family had been travelling from Palani to their residence in Kerala when the incident occurred. They were nearing their home in Kambilikandam when they noticed that the child was not in the jeep. 

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Residents use mosque loudspeaker to raise alarm about gas leak in Dakshina Kannada

Gas leak

The residents were also urged to shift to safer areas until the leak was plugged and the issue was resolved.

Prajwal Bhat

Tension prevailed in Karvelu village in Dakshina Kannada on Monday morning when liquified petroleum gas (LPG) started leaking from a tanker travelling on National Highway 75. The tanker came to a halt at Karvelu near Uppinangady in Dakshina Kannada around 8:45 am on Monday. Residents of the village noticed that gas was leaking from the tanker and immediately made a public address through the loud speakers of the mosque, which was around 200 metres away from where the tanker was stationed. "There was a lot of smoke coming out from the tanker. We immediately told people of the village to not light gas stoves or burn firewood. It is our luck that nothing untoward happened," says Razak, a resident of the village. The residents were also urged to shift to safer areas until the leak was plugged and the issue was resolved. The leakage was plugged by a Quick Response Team (QRT) which arrived on the spot. "The QRT is kept on stand-by and employed by oil companies for emergencies like this. Members of the team reached the spot and managed to plug the leak. The tanker continued to travel towards Bengaluru after that", a police official from Uppinangady told TNM.  The residents however rued a delay in the fire department's fire engine reaching the spot. The fire department was notified at 8:46 am but due to a roadblock, it arrived at the spot in Karvelu only after 9 am. The delay was confirmed by a police official from Uppinangady. Residents were up in arms about the lack of responsiveness from fire officials. "What if there was an emergency situation? The fire department should be quicker to respond to situations and if there is a road-block, it should be communicated so that a nearby fire department can be alerted", Razak added. National Highway 75 connects Bengaluru with the port city of Mangaluru in Dakshina Kannada. All vehicles on the route were diverted to Puttur on Monday morning. 

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After four-day search, 66-yr-old Bengaluru woman with cognitive disability found

Human Interest

66-year-old Uma went missing on Friday on her way to visit a hospital near her house in Sanjaynagar along with her brother.

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After a four-day search, Uma, the 66-year-old Bengaluru woman who went missing on Friday evening, was found on Tuesday. According to her family, Uma has a cognitive disability since childhood. Her family members, who accompanied police officials in the search, said that Uma was found walking towards Abbigere near Chikkabanavara (towards Tumakuru) around 3 pm. "It seems she has gone walking all the way there but she is in good health. She recognised our family members. It is a huge relief to know that she is safe and fine,” Janaki, a family member, told TNM. Abbigere is 8.5 km away from Sanjaynagar in Bengaluru. Before she went missing, Uma was going to visit a hospital, which is a five-minute walk from her house in Sanjaynagar, along with her brother Neelakantan. He had asked Uma to walk ahead to the hospital and that he would follow her. However, by the time Neelakantan reached the hospital, Uma was missing.  Neelakantan's son Mani and daughter-in-law Janaki, who are both software engineers, organised a search party looking for Uma. A missing persons complaint was filed in Sanjaynagar police station.  According to CCTV footages obtained by RT Nagar police, the day she went missing, Uma was seen loitering around in Gangenahalli (Bengaluru South) and then walking towards Mekhri Circle. Around 8.50 pm, she was seen talking to a person on a two-wheeler and then got on to the vehicle. On Monday, Uma was spotted at a rice shop near Abbigere.  The police officials, who kept the family updated, spotted Uma crossing the road towards Geddalahalli on CCTV footage obtained from a shop nearby. Mani and Janaki also sought help from street vendors in Geddalahalli to track Uma, who, by then, had travelled further away from Bengaluru city. Uma was given first-aid and food to eat as soon as she was found, Mani told TNM. 

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BSY audio leak creates rift within party, BJP launches internal probe

Politics

The leak has intensified the rift between Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar.

Theja Ram

The BJP's Karnataka unit has launched an internal probe into the leaked tape that allegedly has the voice of Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa stating that the party's national leaders helped orchestrate Operation Kamala. Yediyurappa had however told the media that he was only asking his party workers to speak well of the rebel leaders as their resignations had helped bring the BJP to power. BJP sources say that the internal probe was ordered by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who has instructed state leaders to find out who leaked the video of the party's core committee meeting. Party insiders say that the controversy surrounding the leaked tape has given rise to infighting in the BJP. It has intensified the rift between Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar. The core committee meeting held in Hubballi last week was organised by Jagadish Shettar, who is a legislator from the region. "Yediyurappa has blamed Shettar for not deploying efficient security personnel. He has accused Shettar of trying to sabotage his political career," the source said. Shettar had allegedly handed over the responsibility of handling the security for the event to one of his close associates Mahesh Tenginakai. "Those conducting the internal investigation are of the opinion that the person who shot the video may have been sitting in the last row or standing behind the seating area. So far, they have identified five people as the ones who were sitting in the last row. But there were a lot of party workers who were standing too. There is also suspicion that a Congress plant may have entered the venue to shoot the video," the source said. BJP insiders say that there is suspicion that the tape could have been leaked by Yediyurappa's detractors within the party. "Some of the BJP leaders do not want the rebel leaders to get tickets to contest the bye-elections. There is suspicion that the leak was an attempt at discrediting Yediyurappa's stand that he had nothing to do with the resignations' of the Congress and JD(S) leaders. The high command has issued instructions that internal probe report must remain confidential and that the findings must not be made public until after the bye-elections," a BJP source close to Yediyurappa said. Read: Cong calls for K'taka govt's dismissal, Yediyurappa rubbishes Operation Kamala claims Read: Viral video allegedly shows Karnataka CM Yediyurappa admitting to Operation Kamala                  

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Judgement is ready, wait for it: SC on Cong's plea to consider BSY audio tape

Disqualified MLAs case

However, no notice has been issued officially yet by the Supreme Court whether it will take the audio tape on record in the Karnataka MLAs disqualification case.

TNM Staff

The Supreme Court on Tuesday told the Congress that the judgement is ready in the Karnataka disqualification case and asked the party to wait for the verdict. The court was hearing the application moved by Congress counsel Kapil Sibal asking the court to take on record the audio tape, allegedly of Karnataka Chief Minister Yediyurappa, as evidence in connection with the 17 disqualified MLAs' case.  The Supreme Court had initially questioned the relevance of the audio tape submitted by Congress's counsel Kapil Sibal. "We have extensively covered everything. What is its relevance?" the court questioned.  Sibal argued that the video, audio tape and newspaper clippings that were submitted to the court on Monday proved that the BJP was involved in coercing the rebels MLAs into resigning. A video surfaced on Friday evening allegedly showing Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa admitting to carrying out Operation Kamala in the state on the instructions of BJP's national leaders. While the audio was captured, one could not confirm if it was, in fact, Yediyurappa who was addressing the meeting. The Congress had submitted copies of the tape to the Supreme Court.  "We will see. This may have consequences and would delay the judgment. Issue of influence was raised in the arguments too," the court said. Congress counsel Sibal further told the court that the audio tape proved that Union Home Minister Amit Shah was involved in engineering the defections. The court said it will take note of the submission made.  The court has reserved judgement in the case and the verdict is expected to be out in the next few days.  The rebel leaders had moved the Supreme Court seeking that the disqualification orders passed by former Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar. The rebels had contended that they had resigned of their own volition and were not coerced into withdrawing their support for the Congress-JD(S) coalition.  "There is hard evidence to show that BS Yediyurappa and Amit Shah were clearly involved in engineering the resignations. These MLAs were clearly coerced with the promise of money and power. The Supreme Court has decided to consider the evidence that was submitted. The truth will prevail," said Prakash Rathod, a member of the All India Congress Committee legal cell.  The Congress has accused Yediyurappa of confessing to poaching 17 rebel legislators from Congress and JD(S), which led to the collapse of the coalition. The Congress has requested the Supreme Court to uphold former Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar’s order, which had disqualified the rebel MLAs and made them ineligible to contest bye-elections for the rest of the present Karnataka Assembly’s term. Kapil Sibal told the court that if the Speaker’s order is not upheld, then the 10th Schedule of the Constitution (anti-defection law) would be compromised. Chief Minister Yediyurappa has, however, issued a clarification on Saturday regarding the viral video. “Yes, I had spoken to the party workers in Hubballi and I told them to say good things about the disqualified MLAs,” Yediyurappa had said.    

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FIR against OYO CEO for allegedly cheating Bengaluru hotel owner

Crime

In a statement, OYO has said it will file a counter complaint against the hotel owner.

TNM Staff

A cheating case was registered against Ritesh Agarwal, the founder of OYO Hotels and Homes, and six others in connection with a police complaint by a hotel owner in Bengaluru. In the complaint, Betz Fernandez, who owns Roxel Inn in Domlur, alleged that the firm did not pay rent for rooms for the past five months, police said on Monday. Betz stated that OYO had booked rooms at his hotel and agreed to pay a sum of Rs 7 lakh per month. He, however, adds that since May, the firm has not paid him any rent and therefore the firm owes him a sum of Rs 35 lakh for the last five months. Police have booked Rohit Srivastava, head of OYO South, heads of business development Madhvendra Kumar and Gourab De, finance officers Prateek Agarwal, Manjeet Singh and Mrimony Chakraborty.  According to Betz, OYO repeatedly charged Roxel Inn for 'bogus bookings' in these five months and that repeated emails exchanged between them did not resolve the issue, Inc42 reported.  All the six people are set to appear before the investigating officer on Thursday for questioning. The FIR was registered under of criminal breach of trust, cheating, criminal conspiracy, abetment, computer related offences under sections 34,120B, 406, 420 of the Indian Penal Code.  V Natarajan, a retired army official, had earlier filed a similar case against OYO and the firm has been accused of indulging in unfair practices by several budget hotels across the country. OYO in a statement refuted the allegations and said that the company's officials will file a counter-complaint against the Bengaluru hotel owner.    "This matter is currently sub-judice, and we are not at the liberty of commenting on specifics. Having said that, we strongly refute the claims made in the complaint that has been wrongfully filed against our founder and six other office bearers, based on false allegations and exaggeration on a regular commercial dispute. Our lawyers are looking into the matter and will be taking strong legal action as these claims are incorrect and defamatory in nature. OYO Hotels & Homes will initiate appropriate criminal proceedings against the Bengaluru owner who is sensationalising a civil dispute to attract attention," an OYO spokesperson said in a statement. 

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Look-out circular issued against 2 bookies allegedly involved in KPL betting racket

Crime

The duo are suspected to have fled the country, soon after the Central Crime Branch arrested Ali Asfak Thara, the owner of KPL team Belagavi Panthers.

TNM Staff

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) has issued look-out circulars against two bookies who were allegedly involved in betting and fixing Karnataka Premier League (KPL) cricket matches and are currently on the run. The accused bookies are Sayyam and Jattin. The duo are suspected to have fled the country, soon after the CCB arrested Ali Asfak Thara, the owner of KPL team Belagavi Panthers in September, reported The Hindu.  Ali was arrested during the CCB's crackdown on the illegal betting racket operating in KPL. CCB officials said that they are trying to bring them back to the country and arrest them since they believe the duo are involved in match-fixing and have contacts with international players, reported Deccan Herald.  Police believe that the arrest of the duo could lead them to the international links to the betting racket and also reveal the scope of the racket. The CCB has registered two cases in the racket which includes a bowling coach and a batsman playing in the KPL. The inquest into the racket saw the police question several players and staff members who were in touch with Ali. This included personnel from other teams playing in the league.  Since taking up the case, CCB officials have arrested four accused persons including Ali. The other three are Bhuvanesh, associated with Ballari Tuskers, Vinu Prasad, coach of Bengaluru Blasters, and a batsman Vishwanath. The KPL was established by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) in 2009. It pits franchises based in the state in an IPL-style Twenty20 cricket tournament. The crackdown on suspected betting and match-fixing in the KPL comes after the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) had come under the scanner of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).  

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