1. Vigilance stepped up in Mandya and Mysuru following police investigation into feminine foeticide racket
The district administrations in Mandya and Mysuru have stepped up their vigilance following police investigations that unravelled a prenatal intercourse dedication and feminine foeticide racket rampant throughout Bengaluru, Mandya and Mysuru districts. Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Okay.V. Rajendra stated a group comprising officers from the police, well being, city native physique and AYUSH shall be constituted to conduct spot inspection of the locations which surfaced within the police investigation.
Investigations right into a intercourse dedication racket busted by the Baiyappanahalli police on September 15 have revealed that two docs and their seven hospital workers concerned within the racket had carried out 242 intercourse dedication and abortion of feminine infants within the final three months. The docs would cost between ₹20,000 to ₹25,000 for abortion and ₹5,000 for intercourse dedication.
On November 26, Central Crime Department officers additionally busted a baby sale racket and arrested a gang of 4, together with three girls. The accused would method poor girls in Tamil Nadu, convincing them to change into surrogates or hand over their new born. They might then purchase the kid from them for a worth of ₹2 lakh and promote them to childless {couples} for ₹8 to ₹10 lakh.
2. Villagers heave a sigh of reduction as Bandipur tiger captured
The tiger which had killed a girl at Balluruhundi near Hediyala vary of Bandipur Nationwide Park, was darted and captured within the early hours of November 28. An enormous combing operation, involving greater than 200 forest division personnel and tribals from the native villages, was launched after the assault final week.
A thermal drone was additionally deployed to watch the tiger’s motion whereas 55 digital camera traps have been set to seize its picture; the train yielded success inside 4 days. The tiger was recognized as U-2371, a male which is about 10 years previous based mostly on the stripe sample.
3. Mangaluru Police arrest two youths in ‘moral policing’ case
Including to the rising variety of “moral policing” incidents in Karnataka’s coastal belt, Mangaluru South Police have arrested two youths, Akshay Rao and Shibin Padikal, on fees of waylaying, harassing and questioning a person and a girl belonging to completely different religions for travelling collectively on a bike within the metropolis on November 27.
Police booked a case towards the accused underneath Part 341 (wrongful restraint) and Part 354 (B) r/w 34 (assaulting or utilizing prison drive to any girl or abets such act with the intention of disrobing). That is the twelfth incident of “moral policing” reported from Dakshina Kannada (11 circumstances) and Udupi (one case) throughout 2023.
4. Beginning December 1, KSRTC to roll out Volvo bus companies from Bengaluru to Sabarimala
Karnataka State Highway Transport Company (KSRTC) will begin a brand new Volvo bus service from Bengaluru for Ayyappa devotees visiting the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. The bus service is about to start from Shanthinagar Bus Station at 1:50 pm on December 1, with an anticipated arrival at Nilakkal (Pampa-Sabarimala) at 6:45 am the next day. The fare shall be ₹1,600.