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Editorial : JUDGES & POLICE Brokers of Justice

Read the actual case details at following web pages involving
judges & police in crimes. The criminal network , corruption net
work , MAFIA of Judges & Police is strong , whenever one of their
members is accussed , others white wash , bury the case in the
name of investigation. Transparent , impartial investigation as in
the case of common man is not at all done.
We respect the honest few in judiciary , police & public service.
Those honest few are also becoming parties to crime by becoming
silent , by not doing their duties , by not arresting their corrupt
colleagues. Their by they are covering up crime & aiding criminals
to commit more crimes.
Due to these type of corrupt judges & police innocents,
commoners land in jails and some are even hanged for crimes not
commited by them , while the rich crooks roams free.
Jai Hind. Vande Mataram.

Yours
Nagaraja Mysore Raghupathi

Judges Akrama Sakrama

https://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/judge-s-akramasakrma ,

Half of former Chief Justices of India CORRUPT

https://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/half-of-former-cjiscorrupt ,

SEX Crimes by Judges

https://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/sex-crimes-byjudges ,

Atrocities on Women by JUDGES

https://sites.google.com/site/eclarionofdalit/atrocities-by-judges

A Z of Manipulation of Indian Legal System

http://www.scribd.com/doc/187575206/A-Z-of-Manipulation-of-India-LegalSystem ,

http://www.scribd.com/doc/173854541/Chief-Justice-of-India-A-Criminal ,

JUDGEs or Brokers of Justice

https://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/judges-or-brokersof-justice ,

Covert op on Dawood compromised by some Mumbai cops: RK Singh

Noting that Dawood and Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed were

protected by Pakistani forces, Singh said a secret operation must be
carried out in the manner the United States did to kill terrorists
Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar.

India had planned a covert operation to take down underworld don Dawood
Ibrahim, but the operation was compromised by some Mumbai Police
officials. These are the explosive revelations made by former Home
Secretary and now BJP leader RK Singh in an interview to Seedhi Baat on Aaj
Tak.
RK Singh revealed details of how corrupt elements of the Mumbai Police
foiled a secret operation to take down Dawood. The operation was launched
when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister and current NSA Ajit Doval
was at the IB. Indian government had roped in some elements from the
Chota Rajan gang and they were being trained at a secret location outside
Maharashtra. But Mumbai Police officials who were in touch with D-company
landed up at the training camp with arrest warrants for the covert operatives
who had been engaged by India. The entire operation to take down Dawood
failed due to these rogue elements in Mumbai police. This is the first time
that there is confirmation of a botched covert operation to take down
Dawood by someone who has held a position of authority.
Noting that Dawood and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed were
protected by Pakistani forces, Singh said a secret operation must be carried
out in the manner the United States did to kill terrorists Osama bin Laden
and Mullah Omar. He added that Pakistan will never admit that Dawood is in
Pakistan. Similarly, it will shamelessly deny the presence of other terrorists
despite funding and training these terror groups on its soil. "India must
repeat the Myanmar operation in Pakistan," he maintained. He added if one
operation fails, the government shouldn't be disheartened but launch
another operation right away.

Singh said Modi's advisors are not giving him the right advice on this issue.
"Nothing will be achieved by handing over dossiers to Pakistan. It is globally
recognised as a snake pit. We can't depend on the US to fight India's battles.
India has to fight its own enemies," Singh added.
Singh also said the neighbouring country needs to be wise and avert a
possible war by not shielding a terrorist. "Pakistan has to calculate the cost of
a war. I don't think Pakistan is such a big fool that it would engage in a war
with India," he said. "If America sees any threat from Pakistan, it will act.
Similarly, Israel can kill its enemies. We need to develop this mentality," he
added. The retired bureaucrat revealed that specially-trained private security
men comprising mostly ex-army men protect Dawood in Pakistan under the
supervision of the ISI. Singh exuded confidence that Modi's visit to the UAE
would yield desirable results. He did acknowledge though that Dawood still
has significant influence in Dubai.
Coming down heavily on Pakistan, Singh said India must stop dialogue with
its neighbor and instead deal with the situation in a strategic manner. "India
must hit back in a way that hurts Pakistan the most," he said while
suggesting that the dialogue process only helps Pakistan restore credibility
which it has lost all over the world. "Pakistan believes in a constant war with
India. We have the capability to hit back hard. Any dialogue with Pakistan is
futile. For a discredited country like Pakistan, dialogue process is an
opportunity to regain its credibility and strike parity with India," Singh said.
He said the elected government in the neighbouring country had no control
over its military force and the ISI.
Singh lauded the central government's firm stand on separatists in Kashmir.
He said the Pakistani government was using separatists to claim in
international platform that it has the support of a section of people in Jammu
and Kashmir. The Indian government has done the right thing by not talking
to separatists, he said.

Lottery Scam: Retired IPS officer who introduced Alok Kumar to Pari Rajan
was major beneficiary
An IPS officer who retired in 2010 is said to be the major beneficiary of the
single-digit lottery racket that was unearthed recently. If sources are to be
believed then it is this retired officer who had held several positions in the

Bengaluru City Police Commissionerate, who introduced the kingpin of the

lottery racket, Pari Rajan, to fellow IPS officer Alok Kumar.
The investigation carried out by the CID has indicated that the retired IPS
officer was one of the biggest beneficiaries in the scam and his name figured
in the list of 12 serving/ retired IPS officers whom the CID intended to
summon for interrogation, the sources said.
Alok Kumar, too, is said have disclosed the name of the officer, when he was
grilled by the CID on Sunday.
There are also reports that Rajan, a native of KGF was into hawala
transactions and this was a major reason why many officers had links with
him.
The suspicion is that Rajan used his contacts with the police top brass to
ensure a safe hawala transaction. Hawala operators considered Bengaluru as
a safe transit point and it had a well-oiled network.
With the CBI probe being ordered, there are possibilities of various aspects
relating to lottery scam and hawala business to come out.
The Excise and Lottery Enforcement Cell was set up immediately after the
ban on the lottery business in 2007.
For the first two years, the cell had no station or power to arrest. One of the
senior officers, who was in the Enforcement Cell between 2007 and 2010,
said that until 2011 there wasnt much illegal lottery business reported from
across the State.
Matka and single-number lottery were very much in existence, but they
used to be handled by the respective district police. As far as lottery was
concerned, there was no case registered at least till 2009-10, an official
said.

Two More SeniorCops Involved In Racket, Says Kumaraswamy

with Pari Rajan. The police have recently arrested Rajan in connection with
the scam. Arun Chakravarthy, who was IGP, Lottery Squad, prior to Agrawal,
had also taken bribe, he charged. According to Kumaraswamy, 30 to 40
senior police officers, including many IPS officers, are involved in the scam.
Despite a TV channel conducting a sting operation in March this year, the
government took no action for two months. During this period, the ruling
party MLC took Pari Rajan and Matrin to the son of the influential person to

strike a deal. When Martin and Rajan refused to pay Rs 100 crore, the scam
gradually came out in the open, he said. Paying hafta The JD(S) leader said
suspended police officer Dharanesh (who was then Superintendent of Police,
Lottery Squad, southern range) and Pari Rajan had been paying hafta (bribe)
to a minister in the Siddaramaiah ministry. Dharanesh was recently
suspended in connection with the lottery scam. The officer wanted to
continue in the post. The then Superintendent of Police, Lottery Squad,
northern range, Chandrakanth was trying to get the post held by Dharanesh,
he said. "The chief minister and Home Minister K J George should now
disclose the name of the minister who was collecting the hafta. He should tell
why Pari Rajan was not arrested all these days." Simmering differences He
said the scam emerged due to the simmering differences among the police
officers in sharing the bribe money paid by the mafia. Two cases filed initially
in KGF in connection with the illegal lottery sale were fake and they were
only meant to cover up the scam, he added. Later speaking to the media
after the chief minister's decision to refer the scam to the CBI, Kumaraswamy
said the government should get ready to face more embarrassment.
However, he welcomed the decision to refer the racket to the CBI. Scam
chronicle, according to HDK A constable in Kolar, Manjunath, was regularly
taking bribe from Pari Rajan during June or July 2014. Rajan stopped giving
him money after he developed contacts among higher-ups. Manjunath
informs about illegal activities of Rajan to Singh, a head constable with antilottery squad. Singh, brings the matter to the notice of Ramappa Guttedar,
the inspector of the squad. When questioned, Rajan he offers big money as
bribe. Then he takes these policemen to Chennai where they meet one
Martin, one of the key operators. Martin gives Rs 40 lakh as bribe and the
three policemen sincerely inform about it to lottery squad SP Dharanesh and
IGP Arun Chakravarthy. All the policemen share the money: Manjunath and
Singh get Rs two lakh each, Ramappa gets Rs five lakh and the rest was
shared by Dharanesh and Chakravarthy. Upset with the small share they got,
Manjunath and Singh inform about the illegality to northern range SP
Chandrakanth. Chandrakanth tries to get the post held by Dharanesh but
fails. He then helps a TV news channel to conduct a sting operation. Six
cases referred to CBI by Siddaramaiah government Misappropriation of over
Rs nine crore by the officials of Ramanagaram-Channapatna Urban
Development Authority with the support of bank officials in 2013. Misuse of
over Rs five crore by the officials of Mandya Urban Development n Authority
with the help of banks in 2013. Officers of many nationalised banks were said
to be involved in the irregularity. Rape and murder of Sowjanya, a 17-year-old
pre-university course student of SDMCollege, Ujire in Dakshina Kannada, on

October 9, 2012. The theft of 12 historic idols from Siddhanta Darshan Block
of a Jain Basadi at Moodbidri in September 2013. Death of IAS officer D K
Ravi in April, 2015. Single-digit lottery scam. H D Kumaraswamy, JD(S)
leader: The chief minister and Home Minister K J George should now disclose
the name of the minister who was collecting the hafta. He should tell why
Pari Rajan was not arrested all these days.

DGP son has links with Lokayukta scam accused kin

State police chief Omprakashs son, Karthikesh Omprakash, has
business relations with the kin of N Narasimha Murthy, a clerk at the
State police headquarters, who has been arrested by the SIT
probing the Lokayukta corruption scam.
Documents available with the Deccan Herald show that Murthy's brother-inlaw Ashwath and Karthikesh are partners in a quarrying and crusher unit in
Ramanagara. Incidentally, a complaint by the villagers of Hanchikuppe in
Ramanagara district against this quarrying firm for violation of rules is still
pending before the Upalokayukta.
The application for quarrying and stone crushing unit was filed in the name
of Karthikesh in 2009. The Mining Licence (Number 1354 and 1353) was
issued in favour of the firm Magadi Quarry and Crusher, owned by Karthikesh
and Ashwath. Around five acres of gomala land at Hanchikuppe was allotted
to the firm.
When villagers objected to the quarrying unit within the prescribed safe
zone, a proceeding by the Ramanagara Deputy Commissioner held on March
1, 2013 relaxed certain conditions. The area was declared as safe zone. The
same day, based on the recommendation of the DC, Karnataka State
Pollution Control Board accorded certification for the safe zone. The decision
was so fast that both the offices passed orders in favour of a quarry owner in
just one day, the documents reveal. Despite this, the Tahshildar had
submitted a report that the unit fell within 500 metres of residential area,
which is not permissable under Karnataka Regulation of Stone Crushers Act,
2011.
The Hanchikuppe villagers had also filed a PIL in the High Court. The court

dismissed the petition on the grounds that since the villagers are the
concerned parties a PIL cannot be entertained. The villagers also filed a
complaint before the Upalokayukta (Compt/Uplok/BD/459/2011) and the next
date of hearing is September 23, 2015.
On the day Omprakash took charge as DG&IGP, Loksatta Party had
complained to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that he had prima facie misused
his position to get clearances for the unit owned by his son.
When contacted, Omprakash said that it was a personal business issue of his
son. Asked if he is aware of his son's business partnership with the brotherin-law of a clerk in his office, the DG&IGP answered in the negative.
You have to ask this question to my son. He may have a business
relationship with a private person. Moreover, if it is illegal, let the law take its
own course,'' he said.
Karnataka Lokayukta Bhaskar Raos son held in extortion racket
The arrest of Ashwin Rao was made in Hyderabad, as the SIT,
formed to probe the alleged racket that has also led to clamour for
the resignation of Bhaskar Rao, intensified the investigation

A special investigation team (SIT) of Karnataka police, which is probing an

extortion racket in the state Lokayukta, Monday arrested Ashwin Rao, son of
Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao and the prime accused in the case.
Ashwin was arrested from Kukatpally near Hyderabad.
On Monday morning, we picked up Ashwin from his residence,a senior SIT
official said. An advocate for Ashwin, who moved an anticipatory bail plea in
a special Lokayukta court after his client was detained, was informed in court
by the SIT investigating officer Labhu Ram about the arrest.

Ashwin is prime accused in an extortion case filed by a government

executive engineer, M N Krishnamurthy, who has alleged that Ashwin
demanded a Rs 1 crore bribe from him to prevent initiation of corruption
proceedings against him.
The SIT, however, informed the special court Monday that Ashwin had not
been arrested in connection with Krishnamurthys complaint, but in a fresh
extortion complaint against him by P B Channabasappa, a government
executive engineer involved with the Upper Tunga irrigation project in Haveri
district.
It is not clear how the arrest could have happened in the second FIR
because the SIT was in Hyderabad early on Monday and the second FIR was
filed around 10.30 am. The anticipatory bail plea in the Krishnamurthy case
is still valid if the arrest is in the second case. The SIT has been asked to file
objections to the anticipatory bail plea, Ashwins advocate Sandeep Patil
said.
SIT sources indicated that Ashwin would be placed under arrest in the
Krishnamurthy case as well after he is brought to Bengaluru Tuesday.
The SIT has so far arrested five people in connection with the case.
The alleged racket had multiple layers, with one group filing RTIs to identify
allegedly corrupt persons as targets, a second group calling up officials and
summoning them to the Lokayukta offices, and a third group allegedly
demanding money to prevent initiation of cases against them.
On Sunday, the SIT had arrested the public relations officer in the Lokayukta,
Syed Riyazatullah, a police officer of the rank of joint commissioner, on
charges of extortion and cheating.
Riyazatullah was produced in court Monday and remanded in SIT custody till
August 5. The court overruled his bail plea, saying there was need for
effective investigation in the case.

Karnataka extortion case: Lokayuktas son part of larger conspiracy,

says SIT
Ashwin Rao alias Yerabati Ashwin has been arrested by a SIT in connection
with an attempt to extort money from a government official in the
Lokayukta.
The SIT in its objections has stated that Ashwin Rao misused the premises
and office of the Lokayukta and meeting hall adjacent to the chambers of
PRO of Lokayukta as part of the alleged extortion conspiracy.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) which arrested Karnataka Lokayukta

Justice Y Bhaskar Raos son Ashwin Rao in an extortion case stated on
Monday that he is a prominent member of a larger conspiracy.
Ashwin Rao alias Yerabati Ashwin has been arrested by a SIT in connection
with an attempt to extort money from a government official in the Lokayukta.
The SIT objected to an anticipatory bail plea filed by Ashwin Rao to pre-empt
his arrest in a second extortion case.

The SIT in its objections has stated that Ashwin Rao misused the premises
and office of the Lokayukta and meeting hall adjacent to the chambers of
PRO of Lokayukta as part of the alleged extortion conspiracy. The call detail
records obtained during investigations clearly establishes that Rao was in
constant touch with three other key accused in the extortion racket
middlemen V Bhaskar and Ashok Kumar and Lokayukta PRO Syed
Riyazathullah, the SIT has stated.
According to the SIT, though Ashwin Rao has been arrested only in
connection with an extortion attempt on one government official, his arrest in
a second case is likely at any time. Considering the fact that petitioner is

the son of the Honble Lokayukta and he is in a position to wield influence on

the prosecution witnesses he in not entitled to anticipatory bail, the SIT has
argued. The SIT has also claimed to have unearthed incriminating material
against Ashwin Rao in the course of a search of his house in Hyderabad.
While a case was initially registered against Ashwin Rao and others for
summoning Bengaluru Urban district executive engineer M N Krishnamurthy
to the Lokayukta office on May 4, 2015 to place a demand for a bribe of Rs
one crore to prevent initiation of Lokayukta corruption proceedings the son of
the Lokayukta was eventually arrested by the SIT in connection with another
case registered on the basis of a complaint by an irrigation department
engineer PB Channabasappa who alleged that Ashwin Rao and others
demanded Rs 20 lakh to make a Lokayukta corruption case go away.
The SIT has in other statements of objection to bail applications said that cell
tower analysis had revealed that three of the middlemen, including realtor
Ashok Kumar who allegedly made the telephone call summoning executive
engineer Krishnamurthy to the Lokayukta office were together on May 4
when the government official was called to the Lokayuktas office. The trio of
middlemen were also frequently in touch with the Lokayukta PRO and Justice
Bhaskar Raos son Ashwin Rao, the SIT has stated.
The SIT also informed the special Lokayukta court that middlemen Ashok
Kumar and Shankare Gowda, and Lokakyukta PRO Riyazathullah had
destroyed crucial evidence including some SIM cards and mobile handsets
used in the conspiracy.

Gali Reddy cash-for-bail scam nets two more Andhra judges

More skeletons are tumbling out of the closet in the cash-forbail scam
involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy.

On Thursday, the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) arrested two more judges who
allegedly made parallel attempts to secure bail for the mining baron in the
Obulapuram Mining Company's illegal mining case.
The two judges - D. Prabhakar Rao, a family court judge in Srikakulam and K.
Lakshminarasimha Rao, the chief judge of the city small causes court, were
taken into custody by the agency from their respective residences in
Hyderabad.
While Prabhakar Rao was suspended by the Andhra Pradesh High Court on
July 6, Lakshminarasimha Rao was suspended late on Wednesday, after the
ACB probe unearthed his role in the scam.
The ACB authorities are questioning him. The ACB had already arrested
suspended CBI special court judge Talluri Pattabhirama Rao, who had
allegedly received a bribe for granting bail to the former Karnataka minister
on May 11.
Retired judge T.V. Chalapathi Rao, who mediated in the cash-for-bail deal, has
also been arrested. Pattabhi's son Ravichandra, rowdy sheeter-turned-realtor
P. Yadagiri Rao and realtor Ravi Suryaprakash Babu were arrested and
remanded in judicial custody.
According to the ACB sources, the former Karnataka minister and mining
baron had approached Pattabhi through two different routes: one involving
Chalapathi Rao and Yadagiri; and the other through Lakshminarasimha Rao
and Prabhakar Rao.
While Yadagiri offered Rs5 crore to Pattabhi, Prabhakar offered to strike the
deal for Rs10 crore. However, Pattabhi preferred Yadagiri's offer because it
was a safer deal as Chalapathi happened to be his friend.
Janardhan Reddy was arrested on September 5, 2011, by the CBI. He is
accused of being involved in the illegal mining and export of iron ore in
Bellary and Anantapur.

Rs 100cr offered for Gali Janardhan Reddys bail: Arrested judge

More skeletons are tumbling out in the murky cash-for-bail scam involving
mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy as a lower
court judge, arrested in the case, disclosed to the ACB that Gali's men were
ready to offer as much as a staggering Rs 100 crore to secure bail for him.
Earlier, the deal amount was put at Rs 15 crore.
T Lakshminarasimha Rao, the arrested judge, disclosed that Dasaradharami
Reddy, a relative of Gali, had made the Rs 100 crore offer, according to the
confession statement recorded by the ACB. Krishna Prasad, an auditor, who

is known to him and another relative M Venkateswara Rao approached

Lakshminarasimha Rao in the second week of April with a request to look for
a `channel' to influence the CBI judge for Gali's release on bail. "They were in
touch with Dasaradharami Reddy who was willing to pay even Rs 100 crore
for securing the bail," the confession statement of Rao said. Though the deal
initially came as a shock to the arrested judge, who at the time was registrar
(enquiries), high court, he was later attracted towards the deal, it said.
Lakshminarasimha Rao called the CBI court judge B Nagamaruti Sarma to his
residence on April 18 and tried to convince him on granting of bail to Gali.
Sarma did not agree for the deal and went away rejecting the offer. He had,
in fact, dismissed the bail plea. Then another person Raavi Surya Prakash
Babu, a real estate dealer, who was taken to Bellary MLA Sriramulu by his
associate Kolli Lakshmaiah Chowdary for striking the deal, approached Rao
again. Surya Prakash had already met Sriramulu's nephew and Kampli MLA T
H Suresh Babu who, too, was trying to secure bail for Gali and advised him to
wait as Nagamaruti Sarma was not of 'their type'. But he requested
Lakshminarasimha Rao to keep the `channel' open as the deal was "too
lucrative to be ignored".
Later, in a strange sequence of events, Nagamaruti Sarma was shifted out of
CBI court and a fresh bail plea was filed which came before another special
judge T Pattabhirama Rao. Lakshminarasimha Rao roped in Pattabhi's
batchmate D Prabhakar Rao, another district judge, who was with the state
election commission as its secretary (legal). He also tried to push the deal
but failed as Pattabhi told him that he would decide the matter on only
`merit'. It turned out later that Pattabhi chose a 'route' planned by his friend
Chalapati though the deal was only for Rs 5 crore. This was mainly because
his friend did not put any precondition that he should meet Gali
Somasekhara Reddy, brother of Gali Janardhana Reddy, before giving bail as
was done by Prabhakar Rao, who was also arrested in the case. Prabhakar in
his confession spoke of only Rs 15 core implying that he too was unaware of
the whopping Rs 100-crore deal. While the ACB arrested Lakshminarasimha
Rao on July 12, Pattabhi was arrested last month.
Interestingly, the ACB sleuths seized some cheques bearing the names of
Lakshminarasimha Rao's family members with some complaint letters
written by advocates against some AP high court judges. The letters were
addressed to the President of India.

Cash-for-bail scam: CBI Judge Pattabhi Rama Rao arrested

In a case of corruption seeping into the lawmakers psyche, the Andhra

Pradesh anti-Corruption bureau arrested Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
judge Justice Pattabhi Rama Rao in the cash-for-bail scam. He was suspended
after the allegations surfaced that he accepted a bribe of Rs 6 crore to grant
bail to mining baron Janardhana Reddy in the illegal mining case. Raids were
earlier carried out in Rao's residence and the arrest is the third in the case.
Rao was hearing the case related to the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC)
scam. Retired district judge T V Chalapathi Rao and Pattabhirama Rao's son
Ravichandra was also questioned by ACB sleuths. Pattabhirama and
Chalapathi were classmates at A C College of Law in Guntur and the latter
allegedly brokered the multi-crore bribe. On a tip off that a deal has been
struck between Reddy and the judge, the CBI had earlier recovered a cash of
nearly Rs 1.80 crore from a bank locker here, the keys of which were
allegedly in Ravichandra's possession.

300 Delhi lower-court judges under probe in laptop scam

Nearly 300 Delhi lower-court judges are under the scanner of the high court
for alleged financial irregularities in purchase of computers and laptops from
funds provided by the Delhi government and Delhi high court in 2013.
A high-level panel comprising three HC judges has been set up by chief
justice of Delhi high court Justice G Rohini to look into how the money was
spent by each of these judges. The panel will scrutinize documents
submitted by the judges on purchase of these items.
Under the scheme, each judge was sanctioned Rs 1.1 lakh for upgrading
their computer infrastructure. The idea was to give the judges the freedom to
opt for computers, laptops or iPads so that their efficiency in disposal of
cases improves.

Sources told TOI that the probe panel has issued memos to judicial officers
under the scanner, asking for detailed explanation on the manner in which
they spent the money.
"All judges were initially under probe but the panel has now zeroed in on
roughly 300 officers against whom preliminary discrepancies have been
found. The focus is on correctness of the utilization certificate given by them
to HC relating to the purchases," said an authoritative source.

"It has emerged some may have bought TVs or home theatre systems out of
the sanctioned sum instead of computers," the source added.
The irregularities came to light during a routine vigilance inquiry conducted
by court officials. When the evidence was shown to the chief justice and
other senior judges including the computer committee, it set alarm bells
ringing.
Taking a serious view of alleged financial misdemeanours by city court
judges, Justice G Rohini set up a panel comprising justices Vipin Sanghi, Rajiv
Shakdher and VK Rao to conduct a swift but wide ranging inquiry.
In response to the memos issued by the panel, sources said, many judges
have sent detailed replies with annexures explaining what was purchased
and even showing debit/credit details from their official bank accounts that
tally with the date of purchase. Details of vendors have also been provided
which is being checked individually.

"Since there was no specification of how much money is to be used for

maintenance of the new equipment, the panel is likely to give a leeway of Rs
10,000-15,000 that may have been kept reserved for annual maintenance
charges by a judge. But beyond that, the charges if proved, may lead to the
guilty judge's dismissal from service because financial fraud or providing
forged certificates is a very serious crime," the source pointed out.
The Delhi government had extended a similar scheme for its bureaucracy.
City bureaucrats were empowered to buy computers and related equipment
out of the sum allocated.

`Copy cat' judges suspended by HC

Five judges belonging to the state's subordinate judiciary were suspended by

the AP High Court on Wednesday for allegedly copying while writing their
LLM examinations at the Arts College of Kakatiya University in Warangal on
Tuesday.
The judges were doing this course under distance mode from Kakatiya
University as the degree would help them gain some increments in their
careers.
Those placed under suspension include K Ajitsimha Rao, senior civil judge,
Ranga Reddy district, M Kistappa, principal senior civil judge, Anantapur, P
Vijayendar Reddy, second additional district judge, Ranga Reddy district, M
Srinivasachary, senior civil judge in Bapatla of Guntur district and
Hanumantha Rao, the additional junior civil judge in Warangal.
They were allegedly caught red-handed in the act of copying on Tuesday by
the authorities and upon receipt of this information, the HC suspended them
from service pending an inquiry. The HC would soon launch disciplinary
proceedings against all these judicial officers, sources said.

DSP among six held on charge of hunting deer

Forest Department authorities on Friday arrested Deputy Superintendent of

Police (CID), Mysore, T.K. Dharmesh and five others for allegedly hunting
down a spotted deer in the Omkara forest range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve
(BTR).
The carcass of the male deer with a bullet injury was found in Naganapura
third block in the forest range, according to Forest Department sources.
They said the Forest staff saw the accused in the forest range during routine
patrolling early on Friday and took them into their custody. They later
combed the area and found the deer carcass. Senior Forest officers rushed to
the spot on getting the information and conducted investigation.

The deer carcass had entry and exit bullet wound. The post-mortem was
performed and the viscera samples have been preserved, the sources said.
A case under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, has been booked against the
accused.
The names of other accused were given as Manjaiah, Raghu, Hanif, Atiq and
Farid.
A .303 service rifle and a multi-utility vehicle used for committing the
alleged offence have been seized from the accused, the sources said.
Repeated attempts to contact the Forest officers investigating the case went
in a vain.
When contacted, D. Rajkumar, Honorary Wildlife Warden, Mysore district
confirmed that six persons, including Mr. Dharmesh, were arrested on
charges of alleged killing of deer. The deer was found hunted with a service
rifle, he said.

Raid on bus: Six police officers charged with dacoity

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has chargesheeted six police

officials and some other private persons in the infamous inter-State dacoity
case of Rs 2.27 crore from a Kerala-bound bus in Yelwala police station limits
in Mysore in January this year. The chargesheet was submitted in the
jurisdictional court in Mysore after the Department obtained government
permission to prosecute the accused police officials the then sub inspector
C.D. Jagadish, four constables Satish, Manohar, Ravi and Latif of Mysore
South police station and Prakash and the gunman of the then Southern range
Inspector General of Police Ramchandra Rao under Sections 395 (dacoity)
and 120A (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.
Rao, who was transferred after he came under scanner for his alleged
involvement in the crime, does not figure in the chargesheet. There is no
legal admissible evidence against the then IGP or the then deputy
superintendent of Police (Mysore rural) Srihari Baragur. The investigation is
however on and it will be early to come to any conclusion, said an official
source. He added that it is a complex case because there are no independent
witnesses.
A Kerala-bound bus carrying about Rs 2.27 crore of four jewelers was raided
by the police in Yelawala police station limits in Mysore on January 4, who
seized six bags of cash from inside the bus and arrested the driver and the
cleaner of the bus for illegal transportation of cash.

The police showed a recovery of Rs. 20 lakh, but the Kerala jewelers told
their Home Minister that the amount was around Rs. 2.27 crore. There is no
clinching evidence on the exact amount, which was reportedly being
transported in the bus. We can only surmise from the statements of the
victims and the accused, added the officer.

Rs 2.26-crore theft by cop: IGP, DySP under scanner

CID focuses on duo after gunman, informant confesses

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Karnataka Police is
thoroughly probing the alleged roles of K Ramachandra Rao, Inspector
General of Police (southern range) and Srihari Baragur, Deputy
Superintendent of Police (Mysore rural), in the sensational Rs 2.26-crore
robbery that took place on a Kerala-bound bus at Yelawala, Mysore, on
January 4 this year. The needle of suspicion pointed strongly towards the duo
following a confession by Rao's gunman, Prakash, who was arrested by the
CID on Tuesday along with three informants.
Statements made by the arrested gunman and the informants in their
confessions indicate that the plundered loot was shared between the IGP and
DySP. According to highly placed sources, Prakash and one of the three
informants, gave minute-by-minute accounts to the CID sleuths about the
robbery that occurred two months ago.

"We have recorded their confession statements. Before laying our hands on
the IGP and DySP, we need to collect further corroborative evidence. At this
juncture, we can neither rule out their involvement nor give them a clean
chit," a top-ranking CID official, who is part of the investigating team, told
Bangalore Mirror.

However, when BM spoke to IGP K Ramachandra Rao, he denied all the

allegations. "I am not aware of what Prakash has said in his statements to

the police. He is in the CID's custody, and they are conducting a detailed
probe. Let them come out with the truth," he said.
METICULOUSLY EXECUTED

The meticulously executed robbery unfolded on the night of January 4, as a

group of policemen led by Mysore South SI, C D Jagadish, stopped a bus that
was en route to Kerala from Bangalore, near Yelawala on the Mysore-Hunsur
state highway. They later diverted the bus to a road near Yelawala police
station and took out six bags containing hard cash from its luggage
compartment. The driver and cleaners of the bus were taken into custody
and a case slapped against them for ferrying large amounts of cash illegally.
But the cops showed a recovery amount of a mere Rs 20 lakh, whereas the
actual amount was Rs 2.26 crore.

The cash belonged to four Kerala-based jewellers who had reportedly

selected the bus to transport it from Bangalore to Kerala. It is alleged that
they had taken the owner and the driver of the bus into confidence in order
to ferry the cash.

The jewellers, to whom the cash belonged, got the shock of their lives when
they found out that the Yelawala police had stopped the bus and booked a
case against the driver and cleaners, showing a paltry sum of Rs 20 lakh as
recovery.

Upon making enquiries, they learnt that the remaining Rs 2.06 crore had
been pocketed by the policemen themselves. The agitated jewellers
proceeded to get in touch with Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala,
who personally knows Karnataka Home Minister K J George. Chennithala
brought the matter to the notice of George, who was reportedly infuriated
with what had happened. He immediately informed Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah who hails from Mysore of the incident.

ENRAGED CM SUMMONS DGP

An enraged Siddaramaiah and George are then said to have summoned
State Police Chief Lalrokhuma Pachau and asked him to get the matter
examined. Pachau got in touch with IGP Rao, and subsequently, a case was
taken up. But the top brass smelled a rat during the investigation, and a CID
investigation was ordered.

The CID sleuths conducted a methodical investigation for a month before

laying their hands on the IGP's gunman, Prakash, and his gang of informants.
Investigation by the CID also revealed that Prakash resorted to these kinds of
crimes involving Kerala jewellers regularly over the past two years. He had
allegedly taken the help of DySP Srihari Baragur, and other policemen, to
conduct false raids and clean out cash. In the past, the gang had looted
small amounts running into a few lakh. But since the amount involved now
was a staggering Rs 2.26 crore, the jewellers mustered the courage to lodge
a complaint.

"The crime does not stop with the gunman. It appears that they got support
from higher-ups. It is here we are examining the involvement (if any) of
Prakash's boss Rao, DySP Baragur, and other seniors," the officer added.
After the matter reached the CM's table, the culprits tried to reach a
compromise with the jewellers by offering to return the money. This,
however, failed to go through because some of the policemen had taken
large amounts of cash with them, and had subsequently gone absconding,
said the CID police. The absconding policemen, four in number, are not be
confused with the three informants.

Additional Director General of Police (CID) P K Garg said, "The IGP's gunman,
Prakash, was arrested two days ago. So far, we have arrested four persons
whom we are questioning and whose statements we are recording. The

money is yet to be recovered. We believe that the cash is with the

absconding policemen, and we have laid a manhunt for the four policemen,
whose names and ranks I cannot reveal."

According to sources, Prakash and his gang shared the booty among
themselves, the informants, and senior police officers. The informants said
they got around Rs 20 lakh as their cut, but claimed the rest is with
policemen of different ranks.

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