Constable battles for life after poisoning wife & kids to death

May 24, 2017

Bengaluru, May 24: A policeman working in the chief minister’s home office reportedly killed his wife and two children before attempting suicide in the police quarters at Hegde Nagar, northeast Bengaluru, in the early hours of Tuesday.

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S Subhash Chandra, 32, a City Armed Reserve (CAR) head constable, force-fed his three-year-old daughter Manya, one-year-old son Pruthvi and wife Veena (28) with ammonium sulphate tablets (rat poison). Once he was certain that they were dead, he consumed the same poison, police said. Chandra was a receptionist/telephone operator in the chief minister’s home office ‘Krishna’ located on Kumara Krupa Road.

Around 7.30 am, Chandra’s brother, Kotresh, arrived from Hubballi to see him. He knocked on the door and called several times on Chandra’s mobile phone but there was no response. Though the door was bolted from inside, Kotresh managed to peep through a window and was stunned to see the four-member family lying motionless inside. He called neighbours for help. Police were also called.

Policemen rushed to the house and found that the bodies of Veena and the children had turned cold. They took all of them to Baptist Hospital. Doctors declared Veena and the children dead. Chandra, however, had signs of life and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Doctors washed his stomach and have kept him under round-the-clock observation. His condition remains critical. The bodies of his wife and children have been taken to BR Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem. Ammonium sulphate tablets are easily available at pharmacies and fertiliser stores.

What drove Chandra to the extreme step remains a mystery. The jurisdictional Sampigehalli police have booked him for three counts of murder and are waiting for his recovery to proceed with the case. “It’s unclear why he took this extreme step. It looks like a personal issue,” P S Harsha, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast), said.

Chandra is a native of Sakkerehalli, Ballari. He got married in 2011 and was living with his family on the ground floor of Vedavathi Block of the police quarters. He joined the police force as a constable in 2008 and was promoted to head constable in January 2017.

Inquiries with Kotresh and a few neighbours have led the police to surmise that Chandra had financial problems. He is a jovial person but he didn’t share his problems with any of his friends. Neighbours said they last saw the couple around 7 pm on Monday. Relatives are in a state of shock as they knew nothing about Chandra’s problems.

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March 27,2024

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Hassan: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has announced that his son, former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will contest from state's Mandya parliamentary seat as NDA candidate.

Deve Gowda told reporters on Tuesday that the decision to field Kumaraswamy, who is also JD(S) state president, in Lok Sabha polls from the Mandya seat was taken amid mounting public demand. "People are demanding that Kumaraswamy should contest from Mandya. In the core committee meeting as well, all members suggested that he should contest from Mandya," Deve Gowda said.

The former Chief Minister's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy had lost to independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh from Mandya in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The JD(S) supremo further said that the name of senior leader Mallesh Babu has been finalised from the Kolar seat.

Deve Gowda's grandson and former Karnataka Minister H. D. Revanna's son sitting JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna will be contesting as the NDA candidate from the Hassan seat.

Earlier in the day, Kumaraswamy in a media briefing indicated that he would contest from Mandya amid mounting public pressure on him.

Congress has fielded Venkatarame Gowda popularly known as ‘Star Chandru’ from the Mandya seat dominated by Vokkaligas. Star Chandru is a close associate of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.

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March 16,2024

Mangaluru: In the wake of complaints regarding middlemen menace, sleuths of Lokayukta on Friday, March 15, conducted a raid at the Mangaluru Urban Development Authority. 

The Lokayukta team found unaccounted money and several files, which were not disposed of for a long period.

Lokayukta SP CA Simon said that the Lokayukta has received complaints that middlemen have been interfering in the MUDA office, and files pertaining to the public are not being cleared on time.

A raid that commenced in the evening on March 13, lasted for 18 hours. During the raid, Lokayukta officials found cash in a bag in MUDA office, and also with officials and others. MUDA officials could not inform the source of money found in their office, the SP said.

Further, he said that many people gathered at the MUDA office during the Lokayukta raid, and have raised complaints about the harassment at the urban development authority. “We have gathered evidence for MUDA officials carrying out file disposal processes through brokers on phone calls. The investigation on the MUDA network will be continued,” he said.

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Mangaluru: Officials from Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime Police Station in Mangaluru have arrested a man for allegedly engaging in an online fraud by deceiving a person on the pretext of offering a part-time job. The arrested is Saddam Gauri alias Bavuri, 30, from Rajasthan.

City police commissioner Anupam Agrawal said the CEN police received a complaint regarding an online scam related to a part-time job offer.

Police registered a case under sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act, along with IPC Section 420. The complainant had received a link via WhatsApp from an unknown number, purportedly offering a part-time job opportunity.

Upon clicking the link, the complainant was instructed to complete certain tasks to earn money. However, during the process, the complainant incurred a loss of Rs 1.1 lakh.

Following an investigation into the matter, the CEN police successfully arrested the suspect and presented him before the court. In the course of arrest, police seized two mobile phones, eight debit cards, four bank cheque books, Aadhaar card, PAN card, and other relevant documents from the accused.

The arrest was made possible through the efforts of CEN station inspector Shyam Sundar and his team, under the guidance of City Crime Records Bureau (CCRB) ACP Ravish Nayak and DCP Siddharth Goyal.

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