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New Indian Express
2 days ago
- New Indian Express
Dubai-based bizman abducted in Bengaluru, four arrested
BENGALURU: A Dubai-based businessman was kidnapped in the city on July 16 by his ex-girlfriend and her associates for a ransom of Rs 2.5 crore. The businessman, who was held captive for seven days, managed to alert the residents of the neighbouring flat about his kidnapping. Based on a complaint, Ashok Nagar police, who swung into action, rescued him and arrested four of the accused. The businessman's ex-girlfriend and three others involved in the crime are absconding. The arrested have been identified as Salman Pasha, 22, of DJ Halli, Mohammed Nawaz, 27, from KG Halli, and Mohammed Asif, 42, and Mohammed Suhel, 25, of RT Nagar. According to police, Lawrence Melvani, 37, who recently returned to Bengaluru from Dubai, lived in a lodge in Indiranagar. On July 16, his ex-girlfriend Mahima contacted him and requested to meet her. She booked a cab for him. After picking him from Indiranagar, the driver stopped the car near Koramangala, where three men barged in, blindfolded him and took him to a serviced apartment. The accused forced him to part with Rs 1 lakh in cash and two iPhones. They then assaulted him demanding Rs 2.5 crore. On July 23, Melvani managed to alert the family living in the neighbouring flat from the washroom of the serviced apartment about his kidnapping. Meanwhile, Melvani's family members alerted the police after they could not contact him for several days. Before the police could reach the serviced apartment, the accused bundled Melvani into a car and headed towards Tumakuru Road. After seeing a police team chasing them, the accused pushed Melvani out of the car and fled. The team intercepted the car after a few hours of chase and arrested the four accused. A senior police officer said Melvani's ex-girlfriend was behind the abduction plot. A search is on to nab her and other accused.
India Today
4 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Court sentences three to seven-year jail terms in 2020 Bengaluru riots case
The NIA Special Court has sentenced three individuals to seven years in prison in connection with the 2020 DJ Halli and KG Halli riots in Bengaluru. The convicted—Syed Ikramuddin (44), Syed Asif (46), and Mohammad Atif—were also fined Rs 20,000 court found the trio guilty of criminal conspiracy and their role in setting fire to the KG Halli police station during the violence that erupted on August 11, 2020. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigated the case and filed the charge sheet. Special Public Prosecutor Prasanna Kumar argued the case on behalf of the riots, triggered by an alleged inflammatory social media post by the nephew of Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy, saw over 3,000 people rampaging through parts of the city. The mob torched the residences of MLA Murthy, his sister Jayanthi, and the DJ Halli and KG Halli police stations. During the attack, the three convicts, all supporters of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political arm of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), set vehicles outside the police station on fire as part of a conspiracy hatched with district leaders of the organisation to spread terror and panic in the investigations by the NIA, which took over the case from the local police in September 2020, revealed that the trio had also instigated others to join the NIA found evidence establishing the commission of a terrorist act by the accused using an inflammable substance (petrol) and damage to public and private property to the tune of nearly Rs 14 lakh, the statement accused were chargesheeted in February 2021 and in June 2025, they pleaded guilty to all the charges against them, it violence led to the deaths of three individuals in police firing, while another person succumbed to abdominal injuries sustained during the unrest. Nearly 90 vehicles were torched, and scores were injured—including around 70 police personnel and 35 civilians. - EndsMust Watch IN THIS STORY#Bengaluru#Karnataka
New Indian Express
20-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
BJP seeks CBI probe into Chinnaswamy stadium stampede
BENGALURU: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R Ashoka demanded that Chief Minister Siddarmaiah order a CBI probe into the stampede during RCB's IPL victory celebrations. In a letter to the CM, Ashoka said that the State Government and the police are making allegations against each other, and people do not know who is responsible for the death of 11 people. The BJP leader said the stampede was a black mark on Karnataka's sports history. The government has washed its hands of by suspending police officers, he said, and added that the Central Administrative Tribunal, during a hearing of a petition filed by a suspended police officer, opined that it is not correct to only blame the police officers. Without politicising the case, it should be handed over to the CBI for a probe to do justice to innocent people who died, he said. The BJP leader said they will continue to fight till the families of the 11 victims get justice. After the stampede during the RCB's victory celebrations, the State Government suspended senior police officers, including the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner, and a judicial probe was ordered. Ex-cop blames smuggling mafia for stampede Former DySP Anupama Shenoy has alleged a conspiracy by anti-social elements behind the stampede. Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, Shenoy said smuggling mafia in Bengaluru was responsible for the chaos. She alleged that they did not want former Police Commissioner B Dayananda to become the next DGP-IGP and created confusion by using mobsters from KG Halli and DJ Halli. In a letter to Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesha, who is conducting the magisterial inquiry into the incident, Shenoy demanded the retrieval of Call Detail Records (CDR) and verification of CCTV footage to investigate the involvement of the accused in the KG Halli and DJ Halli violence case in the stampede. Shenoy criticised the government for submitting a status report on the incident to the High Court and called for the withdrawal of the same.
