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The Hindu
7 days ago
- The Hindu
Wanaparthy police arrest constable-turned-builder on loan fraud charge
A police constable-turned-builder accused of duping his own department's Bharatha scheme and multiple banks to the tune of Rs. 2.61 crore was arrested by the Wanaparthy police on Tuesday. The 37-year-old accused Bandaru Rakesh, who joined back to duty after a long leave of nearly nine years, fabricated documents to secure multiple loans from three houses, Wanaparthy Superintendent of Police Ravula Giridhar said at a press conference. He got selected as Armed Reserve constable in 2007 and got converted his service into Civil a couple of years later. Using the connection while serving as a civil constable, he entered real estate business and created his own venture of houses. He first sold one of the houses in his venture to his aide Sunkari Shekhar. He created fake documents stating that he had purchased the house from Shekhar and availed home loan from police department's Bhadratha scheme. 'Using the same details, he fabricated documents and secured home loans from Indian Overseas Bank, HDFC and LIC,' the SP said. With this modus operandi, he collected Rs. 89 lakh in the form of multiple bank loans. In the same fashion, he availed multiple home loans from different banks. The accused spent most of the money he had earned for his lavish lifestyle and ended up behind the bars, Mr. Giridhar said.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Peace post trolled, Karnataka Congress left red-faced
'Part of Gandhi event' BENGALURU: The Karnataka unit of Congress faced significant backlash Wednesday after a tweet advocating peace coincided with ' Operation Sindoor ', which targeted nine terrorist camps across the border with Wednesday, the state Congress unit's social media account posted a Mahatma Gandhi quote which read: 'Peace is the most powerful weapon of mankind.'The post generated substantial criticism and ridicule, as it appeared to contradict India's firm stance against Pakistan-sponsored leader R Ashoka of BJP condemned Congress, highlighting what he said was a disconnect between the party's national and state units. 'Nationally, Congress says one thing while its Karnataka unit says another. Which side is the Congress party on, chanting mantras of peace during times of war? This is an insult to the nation,' said widespread criticism, KPCC president DK Shivakumar, also deputy chief minister, reportedly instructed the party's social media team to remove the post. Party sources say the peace message was part of regular posts forthe state unit's Gandhi Bharatha about the post, CM Siddaramaiah refused to comment, saying. 'I don't want to comment on all these things. At this point in time, we must support the decision taken by Indian armed forces .'A party official explained: 'The tweet was part of theGandhi Bharatha programme, which marks the centenary year celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi presiding over the Congress Working Committee (CEC) meeting in Dec 1924 at Belagavi.'The situation prompted swift corrective action at the national level, with Jairam Ramesh, AICC general secretary for communications and Karnataka Rajya Sabha MP, saying: 'India's commitment to eliminating all sources of terrorism in Pakistan and PoK has necessarily to be uncompromising and always be anchored in the supreme national interest. This is a time for unity and solidarity. Right from the night of April 22, the INC has been categorically stating that the govt will have our fullest support in the nation's response to the Pahalgam terror attack. The INC is standing firmly with our armed forces.'
