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Time of India
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Minister denies link with racket, DKS says Parameshwara may have gifted Ranya Rao Rs 15-25 lakh
BENGALURU: Parameshwara met Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah Thursday and asserted that he had no connection to the Ranya Rao gold smuggling case. He called the ongoing ED raids on institutions linked to him "politically motivated". Later, he said ED teams visited four institutions associated with him - Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Siddhartha Medical Colleges in Tumukuru and Begur, and Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education - seeking financial records of the past five years. "I have instructed my staff to cooperate with them... The search is still going on," Parameshwara said. Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar defended Parameshwara, stating the latter may have given Ranya Rao "a gift of Rs 15-25 lakh during a family event or marriage" but that did not imply any involvement in the alleged gold-smuggling racket. "Charitable institutions often help people... Small charity might have been extended for marriage, school fees, hospital bills; I'm not denying such help (being extended). Let's see what they (ED) do (in the rest of the matter)," Shivakumar said. ED sources alleged that a trust linked to Parameshwara "diverted" funds and paid Rs 40 lakh towards Rao's credit card bills without documents, allegedly on the instructions of a "politically exposed person". Parameshwara, however, declined to comment on reports linking the searches to the arrest of Ranya Rao in March this year for allegedly smuggling 14.2 kg of gold. "I don't want to comment at this point of time. Let the investigation be completed," he said. Earlier in the day, several ministers, including Satish Jarkiholi and Dinesh Gundu Rao, visited Parameshwara's residence to express solidarity with him.
NDTV
22-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Ramanagara District To Be Renamed 'Bengaluru South', Says DK Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday announced that Ramanagara district will be renamed as 'Bengaluru South' for all administrative purposes. While speaking to the reporters after a cabinet meeting, DK Shivakumar stated, "From today, it has been announced in the cabinet that Ramanagara will be renamed Bengaluru South. All the headquarters will be in Ramanagara". "Today, the entire cabinet had a discussion. I am very happy to announce that Ramanagara district was a part of Bengaluru district, the headquarters will remain in Ramanagara, but the district will be called Bengaluru South for all administrative purposes..." Meanwhile, on his earlier reported statement regarding "wedding gift" by State's Home Minister G Parameshwara to gold smuggling case accused, actor Ranya Rao, Shivakumar said, "It is not a controversy. Why should it be a controversy? I just checked with Dr G Parameshwara. He said that there were some weddings and he gave it at the time of those weddings. That is what I may be an accused, it is a crores of Rupees scandal. We don't want to interfere with or support anyone. G Parameshwara never supported anyone at any point in time. She is known to an officer who was working with him, I think he might have helped her on the occasion of the wedding, in the form of giving her a gift or something. That is what I asked him. As the party president, I had to ask him that..." Earlier in the day, G Parameshwara asserted that he is "prepared to cooperate" with whatever the outcome of the probe. "Yesterday, ED officers visited our institutions--Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Siddhartha Medical College at Tumkur, Siddhartha Medical College at Begur and Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education. I instructed my staff to cooperate with them and give whatever information they asked questioned our accounts section. The search is still going on," G Parameshwara said. "Being a person who believes in the law of the country, whatever comes out of the verification or search, I am prepared to cooperate," he said. Parameshwara refused to comment when asked about the reports linking these searches to the Actor Ranya Rao gold smuggling case."I don't want to comment at this point in time. Let the investigation be completed," he said. Ranya Rao was arrested on March 3 at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport after officials from the DRI found her carrying gold. On Tuesday, the Economic Offences Court granted conditional bail to the Kannada actor in the smuggling case.
