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Tuesday, November 5, 2013
VOL 13 ISSUE 15
Ambulance driver flees along with nurse after running over 70-year-old
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76-year-old woman robbed and throttled to death at her home
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Mars Orbiter Spacecraft successfully launched by ISRO
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Doctors deny keeping minor girl as domestic laborer Bhaskar Dutta A minor girl being used as a bonded laborer was rescued from the house of two doctors in Jayanagar one and a half months ago. e rescue was carried out by the Labor Department and an NGO called BachpanBachaoAndolan (BBA) on September 20. e house from where the girl was rescued is owned by Dr Prashanth and his wife Dr Sowmya. ey are employed at the Apollo hospital in Bannerghatta road. Dr Prashanth is a surgeon and Dr. Sowmya is an eminent pediatrician. ey also run their own clinic in Bommanahalli. According to the school transfer certificate of Kaveri (name changed) she is thirteen years old. e Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act states that any person below the age of fourteen may not be used as a domestic worker or a servant. e Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act of 1976 also applies to children who are used as bonded laborers. Kaveri was rescued under the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act 2000. e rescue was carried out aer the BachpanBachaoAndolan received an anonymous complaint from a neighbor of the couple in Jayanagar. According to the complainant’s statement, it was noticed that the girl was being made to wash cars and clean the area outside the house. In her statement to the BBA Kaveri said, “Aer I was brought here I had to clean the doors of the house, chop vegetables and take care of one of the doctor’s two children. I also had to give massages to
Kaveri (name changed) at the time when she was rescued from the doctors’ house at Jayanagar the children’s grandfather.” Vani Kantli of the BBA said, “When we carried out the rescue, the doctors claimed that the girl was a relative and that she was at their house because she was in need of medical treatment since she was suffering from a chronic leg ache. ey have submitted bills for the medicines which were administered to the girl. ese bills are from their own clinic in Bommanahalli. e medicines that were used include sleeping pills such as Alprax.” She added that she remembers being present at two Ganesh Chaturti festivals since she started working at the doctor’s house in Jayanagar. However, according to the statement issued by the pediatrician at
the time of the rescue, the girl had only been at their house for the last two months. Aer the BBA filed a complaint at the Tilak Nagar Police station, the couple agreed to pay the girl Rs 30,000 as back wages as she had not been given any payment since she started working for them. ey also produced a school certificate which states that the girl was fourteen years old and hence permitted to work as a domestic worker. is certificate was obtained from H D Kote from where the girl’s father hails. At the same time the BBA obtained a school certificate which shows that Kaveri was born on September 15, 2000. According to her own statement
(made to the BBA), Kaveri is thirteen years old. “I have been working since I was six years old so that I could support the household. My mother sent me to work here aer she and my father started fighting”, said Kaveri at the time of her rescue. Kaveri’s mother Chikamma, who comes from Nanjangud, is the second wife of her husband Venkatesh and is separated from him. Subsequently, the Tilak Nagar Police Station dismissed the case. According to Kantli, when she inquired into the reasons behind the dismissal of the case, she was informed by the Station House Officer that his seniors had taken the decision. Srikanth, a Senior Labor Inspec-
tor from the Labor Department said, “At present a client petition has been filed to the payment of wages authority in accordance to the Payment of Wages Act 1936.” He confirmed that the couple had agreed to pay a certain amount of money to Kaveri as she had not received any payment since she started working for them. He added that the case was complex because of the different ages shown in the school records that were provided by the girl’s mother and the doctors. “I have written a letter to the Labor Officer and Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner (Region 2) stating that Kaveri’s school certificate shows that she is thirteen years old. e case can be prosecuted only aer I receive a reply”, he said. According to Mohammed Sajed Khan, Police Inspector, Tilak Nagar Police Station, the case was dismissed on the grounds that the parents did not have any complaints as she had been sent to the doctor’s house for educational purposes and medical treatment. “Since the girl herself is a minor, if the parents do not file a complaint the case has no ground” he added. At present Kaveri has returned to her mother’s house at Nanjangud. When Dr. Sowmya was contacted she said that Kaveri was sent to her by her mother as she was suffering from anaemia. She denied having used her as a domestic help and maintained that she had been sent back home aer her treatment was completed. “When Kaveri came to our house she was fourteen years old.My husband and I have submitted all the relevant authorities to the police.”
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70 -year-old woman hit by ambulance, driver and nurse fled scene ing cattle when she was hit by an
Narendra, ambulance driver. Neha Singh An old woman was killed after
cident.
ambulance and dragged 40 ft away
He added that the driver was pro-
where she died on the spot. The ac-
duced before the Metropolitian
cident happened on October 28.
Magistrate Traffic Court - 3 on the
He said that Narendra SSC, the
same day of the arrested, and was
ambulance driver who has been ac-
granted bail on paying Rs. 5000. He
cused for the accident, shifted the
added that the nurse was not
body to the side of the road with
charged with any case, instead she
the help of the assistant nurse, Shiv-
is being used as a witness.
akumara, who was also there in the
H. Nagaraj, Inspector of Police at
ambulance and then fled from the
JTPS said, “The driver told them
scene.
that he was taking a patient from
Shivakumar, constable at JTPS
Hesaraghatta farm to the Baptist
said that the driver left the ambu-
Hospital.” He added that the pres-
lance near Soladevanahalli police
ence or absence of the patient in the
station and ran away to his relative’s
ambulance is not needed for the in-
house at Dasarahalli.
vestigation.
Body of the victim aer being hit by an ambulance near Heasaraghatta village.
being hit by an ambulance in
He added that the driver was ar-
Nagesh added, “The driver was a
Heasaraghatta village, police said.
rested on October 29 by Sub In-
casual labor appointed as a driver.”
According to Nagesh, station-
spector,Vishwanath and constable
He added that he was not given any
gency medical aid but not the
that they are waiting for the post
writer at Jalahalli Traffic Police Sta-
Nagesh, after Nagaraju HV, son of
emergency medical training. H.
driver.
mortem report and the motor vehi-
tion (JTPS) , Muttamma, 70, was
the deceased, filed an FIR in the
Nagaraj added that the assistant
Nagesh told The Observer that
walking down the road while graz-
police station on the day of the ac-
nurse was trained in giving emer-
the investigation is going on and
Trader arrested over illegal prize chit ring Karishma Ravindran
cle
report
after
which
the
chargesheet would be filed.
Burglars caught in the act by police Aurosmita Acharya
e police report added, "ey have been
ant, we conducted a raid at the tea shop at
Burglars were caught red handed when they
caught red handed in Hennur while attempt-
Police arrested a trader in connection with
around 8:30pm on October 31 with my offi-
broke into a locked house at Hennur Cross.
ing a burglary. Lethal weapons like knife and
circulation of money and prize chit ille-
cers and arrested the accused”
Further investigation by the Hennur police revealed that they have been involved in a
dagger have been recovered from them"
gally aer conducting a raid at a tea shop.
e inspector added, “e accused con-
Kalalasipalya police have arrested a 30-
fessed to his crime and said that every Mon-
year-old man identified as Mohammad Mu-
day he used to collect Rs1000 on a weekly
Syed Sharaj alias Sheru, 22, and Samiullah, 23
“Sheru and Shamiullah have been detained in
dashir alias Abdul Salam under the Prize
basis. 20 people used to gather at the tea
were caught red handed by IPS Dr. Harsha and
jail. A case has been registered against them
Chits and Money Circulation schemes (ban-
shop and circulate chits illegally.”
her team on October 28, 2013 near Hennur.
but no further proceedings have yet been un-
dozen robbery and the cases.
H. Lakshmi Narayan Prasad, the Police Inspector at the Hennur Police Station said,
ning) act of 1978 on October 31 aer they
e senior inspector in his letter has writ-
Prasheela B.S, Sub- Inspector at the Hennur
conducted a raid at a tea shop in Aslam
ten, “e police officer and I had taken the
Police Station said, “ey have been on run
He added, “e operation was undertaken by
Sharif shop at Bamboo Bazar.
dertaken. No one is allowed to meet them.”
jeep towards Bamboo Bazaar and parked it
since the last six months. We had received
five member team consisting of Dr. Harsha,
e senior police inspector of Kalasipalya
close to the tea shop. I witnessed Moham-
complaints against them at K.G.Halli, D.J.Halli,
me, Sri Krishna H., Sri Kumar and Raja Nayak.
police station, Purushotham M L said,
mad collecting money from the members of
Mahadevapura and Banaswadi Police Sta-
ey were caught while attempting a robbery
“Aer receiving a tip off from our inform-
the prize chit and writing them in the regis-
tions.”
in Hennur.”
ter. e people involved in the prize chit, did not have any license to carry that out.” He also mentioned in the letter, that the nearby shopkeepers also informed the police about the illegal prize chit they witnessed.
vehicles with them when they were caught. We
e police said, “We seized Rs 1, 20,000
they are allegedly involved in a robbery at Hennur and the of eight two-wheelers from
bers, a mobile phone, 4 registers which had
K.G.Halli and D.J Halli. ey were involved in
ing to chit business and a scooter from the place.”
‘
Lethal weapons A case has been registered against Sheru and like knife and dagger Samiullah under section 392 of the Indian have been recovered Penal Code. According to the police report, from them are yet to find the rest."
cash which was collected by the chit memthe names of the members, money pertain-
Tea shop at Bamboo Bazar where the police conducted a raid
She added, "We discovered one of the stolen
H.LakshmiNarayan Prasad, a cash robbery of Rs 1, 34,000, a gold chain and Police Inspector four two wheelers in Mahadevpura.”
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Old lady robbed and throttled to death by plumber Gaurav Kumar
was 76 years old and was living with
profession and was known to the
vived the attack
her two elderly sisters. Two men
victim and her family for many
and
An old lady was found dead and
were held for attempt to murder
years.
them, Dr Mu-
two of her sisters attacked at their
and robbery by the police, 25 days
Jayanagar residence on April 22,
aer the incident occurred.
Shrimati Chandra, the deceased,
Ramachandra had been carrying
n i l a k s h mamma, called
Ra-
week before the incident. Soon aer
up Dr. Chitra
machandra, 38, is a plumber by
Chandra’s daughter, Dr. Chitra,
and informed
who works for the Pediatric De-
her about the
partment of Jayadeva Hospital, le
incident, who
for work, Ramachandra and his
in turn informedJewellery recovered from the accused by the police
brother,
the police.
principal
accused,
Vasanth
Kumar,19,al-
legedly committed the crime. e accused allegedly attempted to murder all the three ladies pres-
Ramachandra the plumber and his brother Vasanth Kumar
Potency insult leads to murder Pranay Lakshminarasimhan
of
out repair work in the house for a
e
2013.
one
According to the FIR, the accused fled with gold ornaments which weighed up to 300 grams.
dened by debt and was under pressure to pay his creditors. According to MP Lokesh, Station House Officer , Jayanagar Police
ent in the house by throttling their
According to the police investiga-
Station, the charge-sheet has al-
throats and then fleeing with their
tion, the motive behind the murder
ready been filed and the trial is un-
money and jewellery.
was monetary as it was later re-
derway. e accused are in judicial
vealed that Ramachandra was bur-
custody.
However, Shrimati’s sisters sur-
Abducted baby rescued from West Bengal, father still at large
Irudayaraj’s wife, Pricilla, whose
A man was allegedly stabbed to
sister Shanti is married to Balasub-
Nibedita Mohanta
West Bengal, where Dhrub was
of changing clothes, she escaped
death by his brother-in-law aer
ramani, lodged a complaint with
A fieen-month-old baby ab-
hiding with his mother and the
from the back door with someone
he told him he had sex with the
the police on the same day. e po-
ducted by her father was rescued
baby at a relative’s house.
on a motorbike. “
latter’s wife.
lice immediately arrested Balasub-
by Karnataka police from a village
ramani and he has been in judicial
in West Bengal while the father is
had marks all over her body which
custody ever since.
still absconding.
included bites and burn marks sup-
Irudayaraj, 33, a resident of Whitefield, was allegedly stabbed
It was aer Anjali was informed
Lilawati added,” e rescued baby
and had his throat slit by his
According to Vasanth, who is a
Dhwani (name changed), who
brother-in-law, Balasubramani, 26,
part of the team investigating the
was living with her mother Anjali,
Anjali said, “My baby is still in
on October 19, in a bar where they
case, Balasubramani confessed all
was abducted by her father on May
trauma and cries even if I am away
were having a drink together.
his actions to the police but charge-
5. Aer the incident, Anjali lodged
from her for a second. Syed, an of-
sheet is yet to be filed.
a complaint against Dhrub Kumar
fice colleague of Dhruv, is keeping
Kochhar, the father of the baby.
an eye on my activities and also fol-
According to Vasanth, the Head
posedly caused by cigarette-butts.”
Constable of Whitefield Police Sta-
Dr. T.D Pawar, the Deputy Com-
tion, both men were drunk at the
missioner of Police, South-East Di-
According to Anjali, Dhruv and
lows me wherever I go. But I cannot
time of the incident and therefore,
vision, said: “Murders of this sort,
she got married on January 11,
complain about this to the police
couldn’t control their actions. He
with hardly any motive or provoca-
2011 against her parents’ wishes.
because I do not have proof.”
said,
his
tion, have unfortunately been on
She said that her in-laws wanted a
Siddhiramaiah added, “ough
brother-in-law’s throat with a knife
the rise. ere are other similar in-
baby boy but she gave birth to
they rescued the baby, they could
and smashed his head with a rock
cidents that have taken place in the
Dhwani on May 22, 2012 and since
to finish the job.”
recent past within my jurisdiction.
then they started harassing her
Dhwani with her mother Anjali
whom the charge of abduction was
e incident took place at half
is case initially surprised me as I
mentally and physically.
by a person living close to where
levelled.
past three in the aernoon, in a
was taken aback by the triviality of
Dhrub was hiding that police res-
switched off, so we are unable to
Whitefield bar named Guruashri
the reason for murder.”
cued the baby.
trace his location.”
“Balasubramani
slit
Anjali added, “My husband sexually abused me when Dhwani was two-months-old in order to get a
Wines on Himmdihalli Main Road.
baby boy.”
According to Vasanth, Irudayaraj
not get Dhrub and his mother on
Mr. Siddhiramaiah, Assistant
Dhrub allegedly beat her and
said, “We send an assistant sub in-
him that he had kept his wife and
kicked her and the baby out of the
spector, a head constable and two
used her for sexual pleasure.
house on November 19, 2012. Ac-
constables to Jhalda for rescuing the baby on October 18.”
Vasanth said that things went fur-
cording to Anjali’s complaint with
ther downhill when Irudayaraj
the police at the Halasur Police Sta-
Lilawati, the sub inspector who
added to the insult by saying that
tion, Dhrub had abducted her
went to rescue the baby said,” At the
daughter on May 5.
time of the police raid, Dhrub was
having children and all his children were actually Irudayaraj’s.
Dr. T.D Pawar, DCP SouthEast division
number
Commissioner of Halasur police
provoked Balasubramani by telling
Balasubramani was incapable of
Dhrub’s
e police rescued the baby from
not at home but Rekha, Anjali’s
Jhalda village of Purulia district in
mother-in-law, was. On the pretext
Burn mark on le leg of Dhwani
is
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Countdown leads to meltdown Nibedita Mohanta were
costantly
sharing
their
event. We are police people and we
thoughts on the launch via social
have lot of other responsibilities.
media.
But I would like to congratulate
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stopped working before 1 pm and was unavailable until 3 pm. e rocket was launched at 2.38pm Reactions on Twitter: Kiran Bedi, For-
Devegere street gathering
mer IPS“Can't hold back
Devegere Villagers in conversa-
my tears of joy.
tion:
anku our ISRO.
“India has money to spend on
Pray for full success of #Man-
Mars Mission but no money for the
galyaan.Proud of being an Indian!”
poor.” “Raising the price of petrol and
Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat-
diesel and then sending satellites to
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Mars.” “We are happy for India’s such
“Something about space travel
big step, we wish it become successful.”
that makes one feel like in school again...watching
Sahil
the countdown of #Mangalyaan !”
Doctor-
Chabbra,
“I sincerely hope Rajiv Malhotra, Indian- Amer-
Photo Credit: www.isro.org India’s historic first mission to Mars sent the nation’s space agency website into meltdown. Servers at the Indian Space Research Organisation crashed as ‘Mangalyaan’ soared into the sky above Andhra Pradesh. e Rs 450 crore mission will take 300 days just to reach the red planet’s orbit.
mission to Mars.
ica Researcher“Congratulations to ISRO scien-
ISRO's
439Crore
#Man-
galyaan mission is
tists for Mars mis-
not based on any '1000 tonne gold
Technical glitches on the ground
sion. Has potential
on Mars' surface' dream of some
le Indians unable to access the
breakthroughs & in-
saint..!”
ISRO website at the crucial launch
spiration for Indian
time.
science.”
Amitdan Gadhvi,
One technician even compared
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the site to the notoriously slow In-
Suhasini Haider,
dian Railway Catering & Tourism
Foreign
Corporation website.
Analyst-
An official from ISRO’s IT de-
“Successful
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launch of #Man-
If the mission, to be completed by
partment said, “Hits were too high,
space travel that
so the server became too slow, like
makes one feel like in school
cess, ISRO would be only the fourth
IRCTC.”
again...watching the countdown of
People from various walks of life
tivist-
Affairs
next September, is deemed a sucglobal space agency to complete a
that
Paint-it-Pink
enough !”
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