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Bengaluru : A 31-year-old man was attacked with a bathroom cleaner containing acid content, causing injuries to his face, said officials here on Monday. The case came to light in Kamakshipalya police station limits in Bengaluru. DCP (West) S. Girish said that the victim, identified as Nangesh Konda, is a resident of Kamakshipalya. The accused is an unknown person and the case in this regard has been lodged under the provisions of 124 (1) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS). The victim was admitted to the Victoria Hospital. His left eye was injured and was not able to open it. He has suffered burn injuries on the face and left hand, said the DCP adding that the incident had taken place on Sunday. Also Read Bengaluru student caught recording video in ladies washroom, arrested The police seized the plastic bottle in which the chemical with acid substance was carried. “If it were to be purely acid, the plastic bottle melted instantly,” the DCP stated. The victim Nagesh had stated

In a shocking revelation, a 40-year-old woman has accused Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA Munirathna of raping her, claiming that the MLA used a honey-trapping scheme involving women infected with HIV to target his rivals. Police on September 18 registered a case against Munirathna for repeated rape, sexual harassment, and voyeurism following a complaint filed by the woman. In her complaint, she alleged that Munirathna sexually assaulted her in March 2020 and continued to rape her for the next two years. She further asserted that he used to threaten and force her into unlawful acts, including honey-trapping political rivals. According to her account, the victim said that the MLA during a conversation with her revealed that he used honeytraping tactics for one of his political rivals, who was infected with HIV. The MLA had asked her to help him lure another target using an HIV-infected person. However, the complainant refused. The police, who are investigating the rape charges, wil

Bengaluru: Justice V Srishananda of the Karnataka High Court has expressed regret over the alleged objectionable remarks he made recently during judicial proceedings, which have gone viral prompting the Supreme Court to take cognisance of it. On September 20, a five-judge bench of the Apex court headed by the Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud took serious note of two videos in which the HC judge is seen making the comments in open court and sought a report from the Registrar General of the High Court. In one of the clips, Justice Srishananda referred to an area in Bengaluru as “Pakistan”. Also Read SC seeks report on ‘objectionable’ comments of Karnataka HC judge On Saturday afternoon, as the court proceedings commenced, Justice Srishananda read out his statement in this connection. “A few observations made during judicial proceedings were reported out of context on social media platforms. The observations were unintentional and not meant to hurt any individual or any s

Bengaluru: In a gruesome incident, a young woman, living alone, was murdered at her home, her body brutally chopped into 30 pieces, and the body pieces stuffed into her fridge, where her horrified family discovered her fate, Bengaluru police said on Saturday. The incident was reported from Veeranna Bhavana near Pipeline Road, located within the limits of Vyalikaval police station of the city. As per preliminary investigation, the deceased woman has been identified as Mahalaxmi, 26, who hailed from West Bengal or Chhattisgarh. Also Read Yediyurappa appears before Lokayukta in illegal land denotification case The incident came to light when neighbours noticed a foul smell emanating from the victim’s house for two days and informed her relatives. Mahalaxmi’s mother and sister came to her house on Saturday, entered it to come across the shocking scene, and raised an alarm. A police team, which arrived at the scene, was shocked to see the body parts of the victims stuffed into the

Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Saturday appeared before the Karnataka Lokayukta in connection with the alleged illegal land denotification case. “The police wing of the Lokayukta had served a notice to Yediyurappa and accordingly, he appeared before the investigation officer. The summons were related to the land denotification,” a source in the Lokayukta told PTI. This comes two days after the ruling Congress in Karnataka asked the Lokayukta to expedite its probe against Yediyurappa and Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy in connection with the alleged denotification of land here. Also Read Pocso case: Bengaluru court summons former CM Yediyurappa on July 15 In a press conference on Thursday, ministers Krishna Byre Gowda, Dinesh Gundu Rao and Santhosh released documents regarding the denotification of 1.11 acres of land at Gangenahalli in Kasaba Hobli of Bengaluru North. This land was acquired by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to form a layout in 1976,

A 21-year-old engineering student was arrested after he allegedly placed a mobile in the women’s washroom in Bengaluru’s Kumbalgudu area. The accused identified as Kushal is a seventh-semester student in computer science at a private college. He entered the ladies’ washroom at around 10:30 am on Friday, September 21, locked himself in, and activated the mobile camera, placing it in the adjacent toilet to record. However, his phone rang up 15 minutes later alerting the woman who was inside the adjacent toilet. She confronted Kushal who refused to open the door. The other women alerted the college authorities and dragged him to the principal’s office. Also Read Telangana: 60-yr-old man held for attempted rape, murder in Kothur Following the agitation, the college management alerted the police. However, Kushal was roughed up by the students before being handed over to authorities. The Kumbalgudu police arrested Kushal and seized his mobile phone discovering two additional videos

New Delhi: Following the Tirupati laddu row incident, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi has urged the Karnataka government to test the ‘Prasadam’ (offering) of all sacred temples in the state. Meanwhile, the Congress government in Karnataka has ordered all temples to use only Nandini ghee prepared by the state-owned, Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF). Also Read Tirupati laddu row: Authorities must protect sanctity of religious spaces, says Rahul Speaking to the media in New Delhi on Friday, Joshi called for a thorough investigation into the Tirupati ‘Prasadam’ controversy and demanded that those responsible be punished. He suggested that, following the controversy over the use of animal fat and fish oil in ‘Prasadam’ at the Tirumala Tirupati temple, it is important for the Karnataka government to test the ‘Prasadam’ at all sacred sites to ensure its purity. Joshi expressed deep concern that the use of animal fat and fish oil in the