Karnataka Govt transfers holy books burning case to CID
The State Government has transferred the case of alleged burning of holy books, including the Quran and Hadit books stolen from a mosque in Santi Bastawad village in Belagavi district, to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Believers visiting the mosque for prayers found a book shelf ransacked on May 11. The books were found, half-burnt in a field on the outskirts of the village. A few days later, village residents and members of Muslim organisations held a protest in Belagavi demanding action on the accused .
Police commissioner Borase Bhushan Gulabrao told reporters in Belagavi on Sunday (June 1, 2025) that the local investigators would fully cooperate with the CID team. We are confident of tracing and arresting the accused soon, he said.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Economic Times
4 hours ago
- Economic Times
Nearly 2,000 Facebook accounts target Assam polls, half traced to Pakistan & Bangladesh: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that nearly 2000 Facebook accounts are commenting on Assam elections and at least half of the accounts are being handled from Pakistan and Bangladesh. Assam police (Special branch) are tasked to investigate these is going to assembly polls next year. Sarma said the ISI of Pakistan wants a particular candidate to to media persons in Guwahati on Wednesday said, 'The numbers of fictitious accounts will increase as elections draw near, ISI wants a particular candidate to win and details I will give on September 10. Around 2000 Facebook accounts have penetrated.'He said, 'If one goes through the comments, these are not from our people. A call centre is set up in Kolkata, 2000 accounts belonging to a particular community have sprung up in a day. As these things are under my observation and by September Assam politics will be interesting and I will be able to spell out more things.'The chief minister said that recently several Bangladeshi nationals were pushed back. 'We were able to do this as we know the heart of Assamese people.'Sarma recently raised concerns over the inclusion of a Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi from Assam in the proposed all-party delegations to key partner had alleged that Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi's wife Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi has "good relations" with the Pakistan claimed that Colburn had travelled 19 times between India and Pakistan, and Pakistan Army officials had accompanied her in the neighbouring after taking over as the Pradesh Congress Committee president travelled to Upper said, ' In Rupohi not even 5000 people came out and in Jagiroad just 1000 people came, there is 5 lakh Muslim minority in Laharighat. Even Muslim minorities are not with Congress.
Time of India
5 hours ago
- Time of India
CID introduces AI-based biometric data collection unit
Pune: The state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) introduced an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based data measurement system on Wednesday at the Pashan headquarters of Pune rural police selected for the pilot project. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Additional director general of police (CID) Sunil Ramanand said, "The centre has been equipped with all the hardware and software required to take biometric data of criminals, both accused and convicted persons." The centre will take photographs of arrested persons from 12 different angles, fingerprints, iris scans, and other features. "It will collect samples for DNA fingerprints depending on the nature of crime," Ramanand said. The data will be stored on NIC's cloud server and available across India on the Crime and Criminal Tracking System. If a person is arrested, his or her entire data will be recorded. This will help police to track down the suspects in the crime with ease by just feeding the modus operandi of the suspects of a particular type of crime. "The AI will automatically match the features of the suspects even if they change their looks or alter their hairstyle or weight. He or she will be identified," he said. In the next few days, the system will be introduced in Pune city and Pimpri Chinchwad. The data of an arrested or convicted person will remain uploaded on the cloud server for the next 75 years.
Time of India
5 hours ago
- Time of India
Nearly 2,000 Facebook accounts target Assam polls, half traced to Pakistan & Bangladesh: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that nearly 2000 Facebook accounts are commenting on Assam elections and at least half of the accounts are being handled from Pakistan and Bangladesh. Assam police (Special branch) are tasked to investigate these accounts. Assam is going to assembly polls next year. Sarma said the ISI of Pakistan wants a particular candidate to win. Talking to media persons in Guwahati on Wednesday said, 'The numbers of fictitious accounts will increase as elections draw near, ISI wants a particular candidate to win and details I will give on September 10. Around 2000 Facebook accounts have penetrated.' He said, 'If one goes through the comments, these are not from our people. A call centre is set up in Kolkata, 2000 accounts belonging to a particular community have sprung up in a day. As these things are under my observation and by September Assam politics will be interesting and I will be able to spell out more things.' The chief minister said that recently several Bangladeshi nationals were pushed back. 'We were able to do this as we know the heart of Assamese people.' Sarma recently raised concerns over the inclusion of a Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi from Assam in the proposed all-party delegations to key partner countries. Sarma had alleged that Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi's wife Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi has "good relations" with the Pakistan Army. Sarma claimed that Colburn had travelled 19 times between India and Pakistan, and Pakistan Army officials had accompanied her in the neighbouring country. Gaurav after taking over as the Pradesh Congress Committee president travelled to Upper Assam. Sarma said, ' In Rupohi not even 5000 people came out and in Jagiroad just 1000 people came, there is 5 lakh Muslim minority in Laharighat. Even Muslim minorities are not with Congress.
