Former Karkala MLA Gopal Bhandary dies in Bengaluru-Mangaluru bus

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July 5, 2019

Mangaluru, Jul 5: Former Karkala MLA Hutturke Gopal Bhandary, who was about to celebrate his 67th birthday this weekend, died of heart attack on board a bus last night.

The end came when he was travelling alone in a KSRTC multi-axle bus from Bengaluru to Mangaluru.

The bus driver found the two-time Congress MLA slumped on the bus seat when it reached the main KSRTC bus station at Bejai around 10.15 pm. He had alighted from the bus when it stopped for a coffee break near KB Cross around 4.30 pm.

Mngaluru city police chief, Sandeep Patil said the former MLA came from Bengaluru to Mangaluru by (KSRTC) Volvo Bus. KSRTC Mangaluru divisional controller, Ashraf, who first responded to an alert from bus driver said that when he visited the bus, the former MLA was motionless and had developed froth near the mouth. We immediately shifted him to hospital, he said.

Born on July 7, 1952, Bhandary represented Karkala constituency twice– first from 1999 to 2004 and then again from 2008 to 2013. While he won the seat in 2008 defeating V Sunil Kumar of BJP by a margin of 1,537 votes, Bhandary made his maiden foray to the state assembly defeating K P Shenoy of the BJP in 1999. He lost to Sunil Kumar in 2004 only to emerge victorious in 2008. Sunil Kumar again won the seat in 2018.

Former MLA JR Lobo, who rushed to the hospital on hearing the news, expressed shock at the demise of his former party colleague. The doctors did their best to revive Bhandary, MLA said, adding that perhaps he was brought dead.

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No relief for Siddaramaiah in MUDA case as HC junks plea against Governor's sanction

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September 24,2024

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against Governor Thawarchand Gehlot's decision to sanction the complaint and investigation against him in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam case.

Justice M Nagaprasanna said the facts narrated in the petition would undoubtedly require an investigation.

The court has also said that the Governor's order approving sanction to investigate against Siddaramaiah under section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act does not suffer from application of mind, instead has abundance of application of mind.

Meanwhile, the court rejected the request made by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi to stay the order of the court. The court has vacated the interim order passed on August 19. In the interim order the trial court was directed not to take any precipitative action against Siddaramaiah. On August 17, Governor had approved sanction under section 17 A of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 218 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS), citing three applications.

The court said the private complainants were justified in registering the complaint and seeking approval from the governor.

Insofar as private complainants seeking sanction under section 17A, the court said the provision nowhere requires only a police officer to seek sanction from a competent authority. The court further said it is in fact the duty of the private complainants to seek such approval.

Earlier, The High Court had completed its hearing in the case on September 12, and reserved its orders. It had also directed a special court in Bengaluru to defer further proceedings and not to take any precipitative action against the Chief Minister.

The case pertains to allegations that compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah's wife B M Parvathi in an upmarket area in Mysuru that had higher property value as compared to the location of her land that had been "acquired" by MUDA.

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