Bangalore terror-gate: NIA chargesheets 12 youth

February 21, 2013

Bangalore, Feb 21: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its Bangalore special court has filed a chargesheet against 12 youth, who were among 15 Muslim men arrested in September 2012 in a controversial operation.

The 15 men were picked up from Bangalore, Hubli, Hyderabad and Nanded in Maharashtra. Though the police had initially claimed that the arrested youth had allegedly planned to kill select a few pro-Hindutva journalists, later other charges were leveled against them.

Those charged are Shoaib Ahmed Mirza, Abdul Hakeem Jamadar, Riyaz Ahmed Byahatti, Mohammad Akram, Ubedullah Bahadur, Wahid Hussain Kanakyanavar, Zafar Iqbal Sholapur, Mohammad Sadiq Lashkar, Mehboob Bagalkote, Zakir alias Ustad, Obaid-UrRehman and Nayeem Siddique. Of the 15, Zakir is absconding according to police.

Ajaz Ahmed Mirza, 25, a junior research scientist in DRDO, and Muthi-ur-Rahman Siddiqui, 26, working with an English daily in Bangalore, are two of the 15 arrested who have not been charged.

Bangalore police said a supplementary chargesheet will be filed by the NIA in another fortnight against the rest of the accused.

A Delhi report quoted an official privy to the probe as saying, "The investigating agency is hoping to get more information from Zakir when he gets arrested. As of now, it does not have much evidence against the DRDO scientist and the journalist."

The agency had earlier taken over the investigation of the case from Bangalore City police in December 2012 and continued investigations. A total of 15 persons have been arrested so far while 10 other accused are absconding. City police was also associated during the course of the investigation by the NIA.

The 12 men have been charged under Sections 120 B read with 153 A (criminal conspiracy), 399 (preparing to commit dacoity), 18 read with 10, 13, 17 and 38 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967, and Section 3 read with 25 of the Arms Act 1959.

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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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