Video: Bengaluru man flung into air by hanging wire, crashes into woman

Accident

The incident occurred on July 16 at 11:34 am when a hotelier Sunita K was walking on the road.

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A woman in Bengaluru had to get 52 stitches after an accident in which an auto driver came flying through the air and crashed into her. The incident occurred on July 16 at 11:34 am when a hotelier Sunita K was walking along the road towards her hotel Annapoorneshwari at TC Palya Junction.  The CCTV visuals of the incident showed that a wire connecting a red line violation detection camera was loose and got stuck in the auto's wheel. While the driver tried to remove the entangled wire, a speeding vehicle came by and pulled the wire with force. The auto driver, caught in the wire, was flung in the air and towards an oblivious Sunita.  Speaking to Bangalore Mirror, Sunita, 42, said the incident happened in a flash and that when she turned around, she saw a man flying towards her like Lord Anjaneya.  Sunita's husband Krishnamurthy was working nearby and rushed to admit Sunita in a hospital. At the time of the incident, there was a lockdown in effect in Bengaluru and Sunita got to know what happened only when she saw the CCTV footage after the lockdown ended last week.  The auto driver was not injured in the incident although he did have to recover from the shock of being hurled in the air. It was the dangling wire which caused the incident.  Watch the video of the incident

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Slain RTI activist's sister receives threats for pursuing murder case 4 years after death

Crime

Anuradha, who is pursuing justice for her brother's murder, received threat calls a day before she had an appointment with the Mangaluru Police Commissioner.

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Anuradha Baliga, sister of slain RTI activist Vinayak Baliga, received calls threatening her this week against pursuing the case over her brother's death. Vinayak Baliga, an RTI activist and a booth level BJP activist, was murdered in front of his residence in March 2016. The main accused in the case is Naresh Shenoy, a former convenor of the Namo Brigade, a youth organisation floated in Karnataka ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections to drum up support for the BJP and Narendra Modi.  Anuradha, who is pursuing a four-year-old case seeking justice for her brother's murder, took an appointment with the Mangaluru Police Commissioner on July 28. But on the night of July 27, she received calls from a private number threatening her against seeking justice for her brother's death. "It has been four years and four months since my brother died. I have not received a threat call before. When I picked up the call, the caller spoke in Tulu and warned me against taking up the case. We have submitted the numbers to the police. The threat call means somebody does not want the case to be pursued," Anuradha told TNM. One of the calls she received was from a number from Malaysia, Anuradha said. She was asked to stay away from the main accused in the case – Naresh Shenoy. Police arrested Nishith Devadiga, 23, and Vinith Poojary, 26, a week after the murder. They were allegedly contracted to murder Vinayak by people associated with Naresh Shenoy.  The accused in the case are currently out on bail and the trial is yet to commence even though it has been over four years since the murder took place. The investigation in the case is yet to be completed.  Anuradha filed a complaint with the Mangaluru Police Commissioner on July 28 over the threat calls. “This attempt to intimidate the complainant and witness in a murder case is a serious offence yet action remains pending," said rationalist Narendra Nayak, who is helping Anuradha legally pursue the case. Background Vinayak Baliga, an RTI activist who had filed numerous RTI applications to expose corruption, was hacked to death in front of his residence in Mangaluru on March 21 2016. Vinayak was involved in a tussle with officials at the Venkataramana Temple in Mangaluru's Car Street over misappropriation of funds up to Rs 9 crore. He had filed RTI applications seeking information about the temple's accounts. He was a BJP activist and prayed at the temple nearly every day. Vinayak lived with his parents and two sisters – Anuradha and Harsha – in Kodialbail in Mangaluru when he was murdered. 

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Bhaskar Rao transferred, ADGP Kamal Pant is the new Bengaluru Police Commissioner

Administration

Pant is also a 1990 batch IPS officer like his predecessor, Bhaskar Rao.

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Senior IPS officer Bhaskar Rao has been transferred out from his position as Commissioner of Police for Bengaluru City.  The Karnataka government on Friday transferred Bhaskar Rao and made Kamal Pant, who until now was ADGP Intelligence, as the new city police chief. Bhaskar Rao was appointed as the Police Commissioner of Bengaluru on August 2, 2019.  Rao will now take charge as ADGP Internal Security Division, Bengaluru.  Pant is also a 1990 batch IPS officer like his predecessor. A top police source said, “This is a routine transfer as more or less all City Commissioners get roughly a tenure of one year. Incidentally Pant is ranked higher than Rao in the civil list. He enjoys a reputation of high integrity in the state IPS circle.” Pant was appointed as ADGP intelligence at the same time as part of his previous posting when Rao was made the CIty Commissioner of Police. Bhaskar Rao had been appreciated by many for imposing the lockdown quite efficiently in Bengaluru when it was first imposed. He is also an officer who was connected to people through social media and used his Twitter handle to effectively communicate with people. It may however be recalled that Bhaskar Rao's appointment as Bengaluru Police Commissioner was surrounded by controversy. Audio clips purported to be of Bhaskar Rao, lobbying for the post of Police Commissioner were leaked to the media a week after his appointment.  In late March this year, Bhaskar Rao was mired in another controversy after a falling out with Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan. Sources had told TNM back then that during a meeting with cabinet ministers regarding measures taken to allow Dunzo, Swiggy and Zomato to continue operations during the lockdown, Bhaskar Rao had a feud with DCM Ashwath Narayan.  Ashwath Narayan allegedly accused Bhaskar Rao of accepting bribes and an angry Bhaskar Rao is said to have walked out of the meeting and allegedly said he would rather quit than be accused of corruption.  However, that feud seems to have had no effect on Rao’s tenure as the City Commissioner and he had continued for a few months more in the post.

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Guided by doctor on video call, women help pregnant neighbour deliver boy in Karnataka

Coronavirus

As a complete lockdown was being observed across the state, the nearest government hospital was not accessible as an ambulance was not readily available.

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A group of seven women with no medical knowledge have helped a woman deliver a baby boy in an emergency situation in Karnataka's Haveri district, guided by a doctor on video call. "Seven of us helped our neighbour Vasavi Pathepur deliver a baby boy successfully, guided by gynaecologist Priyanka Mantagi," Jyoti Madi of Hangal village, 370 km northwest of Bengaluru, told IANS. On Sunday, Pathepur was going to the washroom when she unexpectedly went into labour and her foetus had already come out a little by then. As a complete lockdown was being observed across the state, the nearest government hospital was not accessible as an ambulance was not readily available, creating an emergency situation. "At this juncture, we gathered together and were deciding what to do when one of our sisters remembered her childhood friend Mantagi, currently pursuing MD in gynaecology in KIMS Hubli, and we contacted her," said Jyoti. Fortunately, Mantagi was available when she was contacted though she has been extremely busy discharging COVID-19 duties. "Mantagi suggested that she would make a video call and guideus through the process for a safe delivery, resulting in the birth of the baby boy," said an elated Jyoti. Following the gynaecologist's directions, the women managed the delivery. After the procedure, the ambulance arrived to take the mother and baby to a hospital. In her first delivery, Pathepur had given birth to a baby girl through C-Section. "We have not done anything great. It is all God's grace," said Jyoti. While many people are connecting the video call delivery to a similar incidence shown in the Aamir Khan starrer hit flick Three Idiots, which released more than a decade ago, Jyoti said it was a movie whereas they did it in real life. Jyoti has completed her engineering and lives in Bengaluru. Currently, she is at her mother's home in the village because of the COVID-induced lockdown. The other six women who were involved in the delivery are Ankita Vedambhattanavar, an MCA graduate from Bengaluru, Madhulika Desai, advocate, Madhuri Kamanahalli, Vijayalaxmi Joshi and Mukta Kamanahalli, homemakers, and Shivaleela Pattara, a government teacher, all from the same village. 

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Bengaluru reports 2,233 new cases, 12,668 active containment zones

Coronavirus

The west zone reported the highest number of COVID-19 patients on Thursday.

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Bengaluru recorded 12,668 active containment zones on Thursday, according to the data given by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The number of active containment zones has reduced by 1,475. The city reported 2,233 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, and 36,523 patients are still under treatment for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Among those who tested positive on Thursday, the highest number of patients were between the ages of 20-29, with 280 men and 180 women testing positive. This was followed by those between the ages of 30-39, with 220 men and 186 women testing positive. According to the BBMP, Bengaluru has a total of 19,649 containment zones, of which 12,688 are active. Bengaluru South continued to report the most number of active containment zones, followed by Bengaluru East and then West. The west zone has reported the highest number of COVID-19 patients (23%) in the last 24 hours with 456 cases. South (21%) and east (21%) zones both reported 428 cases in Bengaluru in the past day. The west zone also saw the most recoveries on Thursday, followed by South and East. 179 out of 198 wards in the city have over 100 COVID-19 cases. Karnataka, on Thursday, reported the biggest single-day spike of 6,128 new cases of COVID-19 and 83 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 1,18,632 and the death toll to 2,230. The day also saw a record 3,793 patients getting discharged after recovery. According to the bulletin, 22 out of 83 deaths reported on Thursday are from Bengaluru urban, followed by Mysuru (9), Dharwad (8), Kalaburagi and Dakshina Kannada (7), Hassan (6), Udupi and Belagavi (4), Bagalote, Uttara Kannada, Bidar, Kolar (2), and Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, Tumakuru, Gadag, Davangere, Koppal, Yadgir and Haveri (1). Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, with 53,324 infections, followed by Ballari 6,063 and Dakshina Kannada 5,504. Among discharges too Bengaluru urban tops the list with 15,791 discharges, followed by Ballari 2,566 and Dakshina Kannada 2,561.  The Karnataka government also announced, on Thursday, that there will be no lockdown on Sundays from August 1, and that the night curfew has been removed, as part of the Unlock 3.0 guidelines. In view of the rising coronavirus cases, the government had imposed total lockdown on Sundays from July 5.

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Bengaluru college students find personal photos used on porn sites, two arrested

Crime

The two were arrested under Sections 66 and 67 of the Information Technology Act for uploading the photographs.

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Two people have been arrested after college students in Bengaluru found that their private photos had been uploaded onto a pornographic website. The photos were taken from the students’ personal social media handles, and have since been removed, according to reports.  The incident sparked outrage on social media, with many condemning the persons who had misused the students’ personal pictures. As many as 30 pictures were uploaded, reports say. Two accused, Ajay Thanikachalam, 37, and Vikas Raghotham, 27, were taken into custody over the incident. The investigation is ongoing.  The two were arrested under Sections 66 (Computer related offences) and 67 (Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the Information Technology Act for uploading the photographs, said Kuldeep Jain, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Crime Branch. As a result of complaints filed in the Cyber Crime, Economic Offences, and Narcotics (CEN) police stations, the two accused were nabbed. Eight FIRs have been registered in this case, IANS reported.  The Congress party responded to the incident by urging the government to take action. College students mainly girls are in distress in Bangalore due to pictures stolen from their Social media account & bring uploaded on porn sites This is very disturbing development@IndiaToday report unleashes the concerning issue in Bangalore colleges.Govt must act immediately — Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) July 30, 2020 The students reportedly informed the staff and principal of the college, and a complaint was filed with the police.  Sandeep Patil IPS, who is Joint Commissioner of Police, tweeted, “CCB Cyber Crime Wing (Bengaluru Central Crime Branch)arrest 2 accused who uploaded photos of Victims on porn sites..photos taken from victims Social Media accounts..strict legal action is being taken..”   CCB Cyber Crime Wing arrest 2 accused who uploaded photos of Victims on porn sites..photos taken from victims Social Media accounts..strict legal action is being taken.. @CPBlr — Sandeep Patil IPS (@ips_patil) July 30, 2020  

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One student, Vivek, told the Deccan Herald that they were alerted to the photos posted to the website after messages were sent on the students’ class WhatsApp groups. 

It’s likely that the pictures were online for three months before students learnt of their existence on the pornographic website. 

Vivek says he was the first to email the website asking them to remove the photos. While the website initially told Vivek that he had no legal authority to demand the photos’ removal, they eventually took notice after hundreds of students sent emails, Deccan Herald reported. 

According to IANS, one of the accused pretended to be a girl using a fake social media profile, and chatted with the second accused. They reportedly never met. 

Later, the second accused started sharing images of college girls and the first accused (who was pretending to be a girl) would upload them on the porn website, according to the DCP. "One motive for uploading the pictures was to harass those girls. There was no involvement of money," said Kuldeep Jain.

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Over 30 burglary cases in Bengaluru linked to Colombian nationals arrested in March

Crime

Their kingpin, who was arrested earlier, is absconding after he was let out on bail.

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Police in Bengaluru on Thursday said that they have solved more than 30 house burglary cases across the city, over four months after they had arrested three Colombian nationals allegedly linked to the crime spree. The trio of William Padilla Martinez (48), Stephanie Munoz Monsalve (23) and Christian Inez Olarto (34) were arrested in March amidst the lockdown and are currently lodged in the Parappana Agrahara prison. Police said that the trio were arrested when they were caught moving in a suspicious manner on their bikes near Thanisandra. Three other members of the group, including kingpins Gustavo alias Mustafa and Kibarli, are currently absconding, police said. Incidentally Mustafa was arrested earlier in 2018 and was out on bail for his alleged involvement in the burglary of former Chief Secretary Koushik Mukherjee’s residence. Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao said after the arrest, police have recovered six kilograms of gold, a browning pistol with live rounds, two bikes, fake passports and driving licenses, mobile jammer, drill bit machine, laser cutting machine, a flame gun, among other equipment. Police said the accused had entered the city via Nepal on a tourist visa. They were first under police scrutiny in October 2019 when they were caught in CCTV footage while burgling a building inside the Manyata Tech Park. At that time, the police were alerted and the gang had left the spot leaving behind the car they came in. When police analysed all the CCTV footage of the attempted burglaries, they found that the accused could scale up walls as high as 15 feet as they were trained in parkour. From the car, police had recovered equipment like walkie-talkies. Police said that they would survey their target areas on bicycles and once they set a target, they would arrive on their bikes and in cars. To confirm that the house is empty, police said usually Stephanie, armed with pepper spray and knives, would ring the bell of the house and would break open once nobody responded.

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