Five check posts in Dakshina Kannada under CCTV surveillance

April 26, 2013

Mangalore, Apr 26: Five check posts in Dakshina Kannada have been brought under CCTV surveillance as per the directive of the Election Commission, Abhishek Goyal, Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada rural district, has said.

Addressing media persons at a news conference in Mangalore on Friday, Mr. Goyal said that check posts in Charmadi, Gundya, Suradka, Jalsoor and Farangipet have been equipped with camera surveillance which can be monitored from the district headquarters via internet.

Although there are 12 check posts in the district, the police department chose to install cameras in these five check posts keeping in mind their need in post-election days as well, Mr. Goyal said. Each check post has been equipped with four cameras which have a recording capacity that can last a whole month.

Effective policing is being carried out at check posts all over the district and an amount of Rs. 21 lakh in five different cases, suspected to be used for election campaigning, has been recovered, the SP said.

A total of 933 polling stations in four Assembly constituencies come under the jurisdiction of the DK police (the other constituencies come under Mangalore Commissionerate). GPS inputs have been gathered for all these polling stations and the same have been uploaded to Google maps for effective monitoring of situation in each of the polling stations, Mr. Goyal said.

District police have been given enough Central Para Military Forces (CPMF) along with excise squad, coastal security forces and forest guards. CPMF personnel from non-Karnataka regions are being trained in Kannada so that they can effectively communicate with the people, Mr. Goyal added.

The SP said that there are 700-800 police personnel in the district who are eligible to cast their vote in the state Assembly elections and arrangements for postal ballots for them are being made. The department has already received 550 postal ballots, Mr. Goyal said.

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SIT raids rape accused BJP MLA Munirathna’s residence, 15 other locations

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September 28,2024

Bengaluru, Sep 28: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing charges against arrested Karnataka BJP MLA N. Munirathna Naidu, including allegations of rape, honey-trapping, and other offences, on Saturday conducted raids at his residence and 15 other locations across the city.

Sources confirmed that the raids were taking place at his Vyalikaval residence and other properties owned by the BJP MLA. The operation is being conducted by the SIT under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) led by ACP Kavitha.

The team is examining documents, electronic devices, and other materials related to the rape and honey-trapping case. The SIT is being supported by experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), with Superintendent of Police (SP) Sowmya Latha also participating in the search and inspection at Munirathna’s Vyalikaval residence.

According to sources, the raids were triggered by information provided by the victim, who alleged that Munirathna recorded footage of sexual assaults and used it to blackmail politicians and public servants, including IAS and IPS officers.

The victim reportedly revealed that she was used to entrap the woman who had lodged a rape case against a senior IFS officer. She was allegedly instructed to frame the rape victim in a drug peddling case.

The complainant told police that she was tasked with capturing compromising videos of the rape victim who had filed the case against the IFS officer. She claimed that, after several failed attempts to obtain the videos, the victim was drugged with sleeping pills, and obscene footage was recorded without her consent. Later, the IFS officer was bailed out from the charges.

Furthermore, the complainant has accused MLA Munirathna of raping her at his office within the state legislature, in his official vehicle, and at his godown. She has alleged that he recorded videos of these assaults.

Police sources also revealed that the victim in the MLA's case provided details of a plot involving sending HIV-infected women to Munirathna's targets in an attempt to ruin them politically and personally. She also disclosed the names of several politicians whom she had entrapped through honey-trapping.

The woman further claimed that Munirathna had threatened to have her son kidnapped and killed if she refused to comply with his demands. According to her, the MLA had a well-organised team dedicated to carrying out these honey-trapping operations, and she provided details about his close associates and relatives involved in the scheme.

Munirathna, who was in judicial custody following his arrest in the rape and honey-trap case, has now been taken into the custody of the SIT.

The MLA was transferred from Bengaluru Central Jail to the CID office on the night of September 24. The BJP legislator, however, has denied all the allegations, claiming they are false.

Karnataka Congress leader D.K. Suresh had alleged that Munirathna was trying to infect his adversaries with HIV and that the government should investigate the matter.

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