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Editor: Nagaraja.M.R.. .. Vol.19....Issue. 84…..22 / 10 / 2023

Three Bengaluru cops suspended for involvement in kidnapping and ransom case

In a case of suspected kidnapping, three police officers and two civilians are accused of holding an alleged smuggler captive and demanding a ransom from his family. The victim, Ramanjaneya, was caught smuggling tiger pelt and claws in Bengaluru’s Marathahalli. According to Times of India, the police officers, including a sub-inspector, allegedly detained Ramanjaneya and took him to a secluded location where they demanded a ransom of Rs 45 lakh from his family to release him. The ransom call was made by the civilians to hide the involvement of the police officials. The victim's family was threatened with jail if the ransom wasn't paid.

The accused have been identified as Marathahalli police sub-inspector Rangesh, head constable Harish KL and constable Mahesh Nayak, along with two civilians, identified as Zakir Hussain and Shabbir Khan.

Ramanjaneya's relative approached the Bagalur police station to report his disappearance. During the investigation, police traced the location of the ransom call and arrested the civilians involved.

Further inquiries led to the discovery of the police officers' involvement in the crime. The three police officers have been suspended and will soon face arrest. The Bagalur police have booked the department staffers suspected to be involved in the case.

Karnataka police arrest six persons including police inspector for attempt to kidnap contractor

Holenarasipur police have cracked down on an interesting attempt to kidnap for ransom case by arresting six persons including the police inspector on Sunday.

Addressing the press here Mohamed Sujita MS, superintendent of police, said that the police have arrested Ashok, son of Jogaiah, police inspector of the internal security department in  Kolar, Satish working in a drinking water supply agency in Bengaluru, Tejasvi and Aravind, real estate agents from Channarayapatna, Murugan a masonry and  Madhusudan an LIC agent from Bengaluru in connection with attempted to kidnap one Ashwathnarayana Gowda the class one contractor and the close confident of former minister and JDS leader HD Revanna on October 10 near Holenarasipur.

She said Lohit Kumar and Praveen Nepali from Bengaluru have been absconding in this connection. Inspector Ashok is the mastermind of the gang and allegedly hatched a conspiracy to Kidnap Ashwathnarayana a month ago.

Tejasvi and Aravind have watched the movements and whereabouts of Gowda travelling in three vehicles. SP also said that on October 10th they watched Ashwathnarayana Gowda since morning when he left his residence in Channarayapatna and followed him in two vehicles.

It may be recalled that Gowda miraculously escaped in a Fortuner vehicle when the gang waylaid his vehicle and smashed the windshield near Suranahalli of Holenarasipur taluk.  The police also seized three vehicles i10, Innova and Eco sports cars, 8 Cell phones,1 sickle and two iron rods from them.

The SP has formed six special police teams to nab the culprits in this connection. The SP said that two persons of the same gang allegedly had been involved in the kidnap case of former MLA of Kolar Vartur Prakash. The modus of operandi is to extorsion and kidnap for ransom by choosing financially sound persons. ASP Thammiah was present.

Constable lands in police net for burglary

According to the police, the accused Yallappa Sanna Sharanappa was addicted to online cricket betting and incurred huge losses to the tune of ₹20 lakh.

The Jnanabharati police on Tuesday arrested a 30-year-old constable who allegedly used to attend patrolling duty during the day only to identify his targets and commit burglaries after work hours.

Addicted to betting

According to the police, the accused Yallappa Sanna Sharanappa was addicted to online cricket betting and incurred huge losses to the tune of ₹20 lakh.

To repay the debts, he ganged up with an offender while he was working in Banashankari. The duo attempted to break into a finance company building, but abandoned the plan as the burglary alarm was triggered.

However, the police managed to track down the accused, who confessed that Yallappa was involved, following which he was arrested and suspended from service.

While the police filed a chargesheet pending inquiry, Yallappa got his suspension revoked and was posted to the Devanahalli station, but he continued his criminal activities.

He committed theft at a post office in Chikkajala this August, broke into a house in Chandra Layout in September, and broke into another house in Jnanabharati police station limits in October, according to the police.

How he was tracked

Based on a complaint, a police team, led by inspector Ravi M.S. and PSI Bhagavantray Patil, tracked down the accused in Banashankari.

The accused used to tamper with bike registration number plates to hoodwink the police.

Mr. Patil analysed over 50 CCTV camera footage which led him to Yallappa’s location.

After he was arrested, he was taken to his native place Ballari to recover the stolen booty, including 4.13 kg of silver articles and 26 grams of gold valuables, which he had pawned and the money used to repay the debts.

Karnataka: 4 Cops Dismissed, 236 Suspended And 468 Facing Inquiry This Year

Two police sub-inspectors and four constables from the city were recently kept under suspension on two different charges - extorting and stealing money from suspects booked in criminal cases.

Two sub-inspectors and three constables from Sadashivnagar station have allegedly extorted around Rs 1 lakh from a person who was accused of indulging in cricket betting. A head constable attached to Chandra Layout police station is accused of stealing Rs 10 lakh from a realtor who was carrying Rs 50 lakh unaccounted cash. The head constable, while registering the FIR, mentioned the amount as Rs 40 lakh.

Probe revealed that the constable had handed over Rs 10 lakh to his wife, when she came near the station.

Data with the state police shows that there is an increase in the number of officials facing departmental inquiry or getting suspended every year since 2019.

In 2019, 371 cops faced departmental inquiry, 122 were suspended and 19 were dismissed from service. The next year saw 408 officials facing departmental probe, 159 getting suspended and 21 dismissals. In 2021, 441 cops faced departmental probe, 319 were suspended and 24 were dismissed. This year, till September 30, 468 cops faced departmental inquiry, 236 suspended and four dismissed. Compared to 2019, suspensions have nearly doubled already this year.

A total of 1,689 cops faced departmental probe from 2019 till date. In the same period, 836 personnel were suspended and 68 dismissed.

Additional director general of police (admin) MA Saleem said greed and eagerness to make quick money result in corruption cases among police personnel. "However, cops facing inquiry and suspensions happen more in dereliction of duty cases followed by other reasons like corruption. Police is a disciplined force and we will not tolerate any indiscipline, corruption and misconduct," he said. Former DGP Raghavendra Auradkar said the lure of lavish lifestyle and materialistic world mixed with the feeling of 'money is everything' land some in trouble. "It is nothing but greed. Forgetting that they have the opportunity to serve the public in a meaningful way, some officials indulge in illegal activities and invite trouble," he said.

The solution lies in holding frequent sessions on moral standards to be followed while discharging duties, Auradkar said.

"Normally, such sessions on ethics are conducted during training period. However, repeating such sessions through the career of all police officials can bring in some changes," he said, adding: "Positive point is that quick action is being initiated against such persons."

Former DG-IGP ST Ramesh told TOI: "Greed is a trait among human beings and some police officials are no exception. And when greed meets opportunity, they make a fast buck. They are emboldened in their greed as they think that by the law of average, chances of getting caught are remote as they might have escaped in the past. But they should remember that sooner or later, such people invariably get exposed."

Dacoity by Police ?

Four gold merchants from Kerala, who were allegedly swindled of Rs 2.27 crore by a squad led by the Mysore South Police, suspect that the police joined hands with a businessman to loot them.

Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala had asked his Karnataka counterpart K J George to look into the allegation.

The issue was also brought to the notice of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, sources said.

DGP & IGP L R Pachuau ordered Southern Range IGP K Ramachandra Rao to look into the case.

Mysore SP Abhinav Khare, who is investigating the case, on Saturday booked a robbery case against the policemen involved in the incident. Since then all the four officers are absconding.

Talking about the incident, one of the merchants told Express that the money was collected by local agents Razack, Basheer and Venkatesh to sell gold in Bangalore, and the money was transported in a bus.

The money was supposed to be split between the four merchants — Sainuddin (`1.17 crore), Sainullabuddin (`60 lakh), Salikoya Tangal (`30 lakh) and Abdul Raheen (`20 lakh).

The cash was handed over to Akthar, driver of the bus owned by Kalpaka Travels, at Kalasipalyam in Bangalore.

Akthar put the money in a box in the middle of the bus, the location of which was known only to the driver and owner of the bus. The bus left Bangalore at 9.30 pm on January 3.

The police team, led by Mysore South Police sub-inspector C D Jagadeesh, head constable Satish and constables Ashok, Latheef and Ravi, took the bus,  which reached Yelwal at 1.30 am the following day,  in to police custody.

Sources said they first asked the driver to stop in front of Yelwal police station and took Akthar and the cleaner, Muneer, inside.

Later, they asked Akthar to park the bus on a cross road on the Mysore-Bantwal Highway so that it was hidden from view, and asked him to go back to the police station.

Meanwhile, the squad allegedly took six bags of cash and dumped one bag containing `20 lakh in the tool box.

When questioned, Akthar told the police that he was not aware of the money in the tool box.

Meanwhile, the police took Akthar and Muneer into custody and allegedly gave them third-degree treatment before registering an FIR against Akthar. They accused him of carrying money illegally.

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