1. Landlord Abducts Tenant’s 5-yr-old son, Demands Rs 35 lakh Ransom
A five-year-old boy, abducted for a ransom of Rs 35 lakh, was rescued after 36 hours in captivity, after police shot at and injured one of his abductors in west Bengaluru.
Chandan, the only son of Manjunathnagar residents Rajesh M and Malashree, and a kindergarten student of a private school near his residence, was allegedly abducted by his father's employer, landlord and neighbour, around 12.15pm on 28 January.
The KP Agrahara police returned the boy to his parents in the early hours of Tuesday. Abhishek C, Rajesh's employer, allegedly hatched the abduction plan as he was aware that Chandan's father Rajesh had recently sold his ancestral property in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. After his father Chandra Rao's death, Abhishek had taken over his father's travel business and also invested in a Kannada film, titled Battasu, which never saw the light of day.
(Source: The Times of India)
2. Duo Escapes with Rs 90 Lakh, Leaves Guard With Bananas
The security guard of a cash management company was left holding bananas when two other employees, including a driver, escaped with Rs 90 lakh cash from Jnanabharathi on Monday evening. The two accused asked the guard to buy bananas and made their escape when he was away.
The stolen cash was what was routinely collected from various malls and high-end coffee outlets and which the three staffers of CMS Cash Management Company were supposed to deposit in bank accounts of these establishments.
(Source: The New Indian Express)
3. KIA Served 25.04 Million Passengers in 2017
Kempegowda International Airport served 25.04 million passengers in 2017 and recorded a growth of 12.9 percent. The international airport in the city continues to be the busiest in south India and the third busiest airport in the country, after New Delhi and Mumbai.
Domestic passenger traffic has grown by 14.5 percent (to 21.31 million) and international passenger traffic has increased by 4.7 percent (to 3.73 million).
Air Traffic Movements during the year increased by 4.3 percent with 43 scheduled airlines connecting the city to 62 destinations nationally and globally.
In 2017, the highest passenger movement was witnessed on 23 December with 87,815 passengers travelling through KIA. The same day, 603 air traffic movements (ATM) were recorded and the airport handled 3,39,461 metric tonnes of cargo.
(Source: The Hindu)
4. Maldivian Drug Peddler Caught Secretly Filming NCB Office
A 35-year-old suspected drug peddler from the Maldives was caught secretly filming the proceedings inside the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office. Anil Ahmed, of Marathalli, had been arrested by the NCB for smuggling hash oil, LSD, meth and marijuana in two cases registered in 2016 and 2017.
The NCB said he supplied drugs to tourists back home with the help of a Nigerian accomplice. Ahmed was booked under the NDPS Act and remanded in judicial custody. Officials also seized a car he used in drug peddling.
He, however, came out on bail recently and even obtained court orders for the release of his car. On Monday, he walked into the NCB office and met the officials for the vehicle's release. But he failed to produce the court orders. He then started pleading and arguing with them. A senior official found his behaviour suspicious and asked the staff to frisk him. Sleuths found a mobile phone whose video camera was on.
(Source: Deccan Herald)
5. BJP Cell to Perform 24-hour Gau Yagna
The Cow Protection Cell of the state BJP is organising a 24 hour 'Gau Raksha (cow protection) Ashtayama Yagna' to create awareness among people about the "multi-dimensional" importance of cows and the need to protect them to strengthen the rural economy.
The Yagna, which will start on 2 February with the chanting of Akhanda Ramayana, will end on 3 February, a statement by Siddhartha Goenka, state convenor of the cell, said.
A special theatre troupe from Janakpuri, the birthplace of goddess Seetha, is also scheduled to perform a dance event titled 'Sri Rama's Wedding'.
State BJP president BS Yeddyurappa, Union Minister Ananth Kumar, MLAs BN Vijaykumar and Sathish Reddy will participate on the second day of the event.
(Source: Deccan Herald)
6. B’luru Woman Hurts Spine After Falling at Adventure Camp: Organisers Deny Negligence
Three-year-old Nature Adventure Camp at Kanakapura, near Bengaluru, came under scrutiny on Monday after a Facebook post that went viral claimed that a woman was severely injured after suffering a fall while doing an activity there.
The post was written by Divyansh Gupta (30), who said that his wife is now in serious condition due to the camp’s negligent staff and sub-standard safety equipment.
The incident happened, Divyash wrote in the post, when they were doing ‘high rope activities’ on Sunday. They were doing an obstacle course of sorts, and the second activity was to cross a Burma loop bridge. This is essentially a ‘bridge’ where instead of planks there are dangling rope loops. You can hold on to the parallel ropes on the side, from which these loops are suspended.
(Source: The News Minute)
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