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Time of India
30-07-2025
- Time of India
3 migrants killed in poultry plant mishap
Kozhikode: Three migrant labourers died in an accident at a poultry waste rendering plant at Kalappara near Areekode in Malappuram district on Wednesday. Police identified the victims as Hitesh Sharaniya, 46, Vikash Kumar, 29, both from Sitamarhi in Bihar and Samad Ali, 20, of Goalpara in Assam. According to sources, it is believed that the workers met with the accident while one of them was cleaning a wastewater recycling tank at the plant. When he became unconscious, the other two ventured to rescue him and they also got trapped in the tank. The mishap is believed to have taken place between 7.30am and 11.30am. Police said that they are suspected to have died due to suffocation. Though they were rushed to a hospital, their lives could not be saved. Their bodies are kept at govt medical college hospital, Manjeri. Areakode police have registered a case under Section 194 of BNSS. Labour minister V Sivankutty said the state labour commission would conduct an investigation into the deaths of the migrant workers. "Steps will be taken to send the bodies of the deceased workers back to their respective states. Appropriate compensation will be provided as per the law," he added in a Facebook post.
Time of India
26-07-2025
- Time of India
Cops arrest 4 for operating mule accounts
Kolkata: Four men were on Thursday evening arrested for allegedly operating mule bank accounts used for siphoning off fraudulently obtained on Thursday evening. They were rounded up from a hotel in the Eco Park area and cops seized 13 ATM cards, multiple SIM cards, chequebooks and Rs 16,010 in cash. The accused, Vikash Kumar, Sk Istiyaq, Subham Shaw and Rajkumar Gupta, are reportedly part of an international gang. An officer said, "The accused used forged documents to obtain SIM cards and open bank accounts. They used cryptocurrency to keep crime proceeds untraceable." tnn
The Hindu
17-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Public announcement asking fans to move to stadium for victory celebrations was made on the steps of Vidhana Soudha, IPS officer tells Karnataka HC
Public announcement was made on the steps of Vidhana Soudha asking cricket fans to move to the stadium soon after the government's official ceremony of felicitating RCB cricket players concluded, and the senior police officers were made 'scapegoats' in the incident of stampede occurred outside the M. Chinnaswamy stadium, it was argued before the High Court of Karnataka, on behalf of senior IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash. What govt. said Earlier, it was contended on behalf of the State government that some police officers acted like 'servants' of RCB and 'embarrassed' the government due to the death of 11 persons in the stampede that occurred outside the stadium on June 4. These submissions were made before a division bench comprising Justice S.G. Pandit and Justice T.M. Nadaf during an appeal filed by the State government, which had questioned the Central Administrative Tribunal's July 1 verdict of quashing the government's June 5 order of suspending Mr. Vikash Kumar, who was holding the post of Additional Commissioner of Police (West) on the day of stampede. Senior Advocate P.S. Rajgopal, appearing for the government, argued that the police officers made some security arrangements without first asking who had authorised the public event. Pointing out that the senior police officer have the power under Section 35 of the Karnataka Police Act to 'prohibit certain acts for prevention of disorder' Mr. Rajgopal contended that they failed to exercise this power and Mr. Kumar, who was allegedly aware of the request made by the Karnataka State Cricket Association on victory celebrations to the station house officer of Cubbon Park police station, had failed to take proper measure. Senior advocate Dhyan Chinnappa, appearing for Mr. Vikash Kumar, contended that the senior police officers were made 'scapegoats' as suspension was not based on any material against the police officers but to fix 'accountability' to someone. Though the order of suspension refers to dereliction of duty, the government has made it clear in its status report submitted to the High Court that it took action (of suspension) against senior police officers 'recognising the need for accountability within the law enforcement hierarchy.' Mr. Chinnappa pointed out. It was also pointed out that an IPS officer cannot be suspended on the charges of dereliction of duty, sans following procedure, which in the case of Mr. Vikash Kumar has not been followed, argued Mr. Chinnappa. The arguments will continue on Friday.
Mint
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Mint
'Servants of RCB': Karnataka govt defends ACP Vikash Kumar's suspension over Bengaluru stampede
The Karnataka government, represented by senior advocate PS Rajagopal in the high court on Thursday, defended the suspension of ACP Vikash Kumar in the wake of Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede that left 11 people dead. The Karnataka High Court bench of Justices SG Pandit and TM Nadaf was hearing the appeals challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal's (CAT) order revoking the suspension of ACP Vikash Kumar. The suspension order was issued on June 5, a day after nearly 2.5 lakh g Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) fans gathered in and around the Chinnaswamy Stadium for victory celebrations of the RCB maiden IPL trophy-winning campaign. The incident left 11 dead and 56 injured. Rajagopal told the high court during the hearing, "[When the RCB made last-minute application to hold victory parade]...as if they are servants of RCB, they [certain police officers] started making security arrangements without" asking who gave permission to the organisers to hold the event. "Commissioner onwards, all start making bandobast [arrangements]. They forget one simple issue, that they have not permitted [such an event]," Rajagopal was quoted by Bar and Bench as saying. The Karnataka government argued that police were suspended because "there was dereliction of duty. "They failed to take steps to inform the public about safety measures, that they did not discuss the issue with higher-ups, they caused embarrassment, they did not take steps to systematically hold the event," the government told the court. Rajagopal, while reading Central Administrative Tribunal's (CAT) order, contended that police "had all the powers to prevent [the tragedy], which they did not do." The CAT order also stated that police did not have time to organise the huge gathering. It held the RCB responsible for "the huge crowds that showed up outside the stadium — that police were not able to make arrangements on short notice. Rajagopal further read CAT's observation that police are not "God or Bhagwan or a Magician having magic powers to control the crowds at short notice," Bar and Bench reported. Rajagopal said the state government never asked police to organise the event.
India Today
17-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Servants of RCB: Karnataka argues against revoking cop's suspension over Bengaluru stampede
The Karnataka government on Thursday told the High Court that senior police officers acted like "servants of RCB" while defending its decision to suspend IPS officer Vikash Kumar over the stampede outside Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium last month, LiveLaw for the state, Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty argued that the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order exceeded its jurisdiction and should be stayed. He told the court that the suspension of Vikash and other IPS officers had been approved by the Union government, citing dereliction of duty. The suspension order was issued on June before the toss of the final match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings, an application was given to the concerned police officers by RCB about their plans of celebrating victory, in case they win the match. Police officers acted as servants of the RCB," LiveLaw quoted state counsel as saying in court. "The officers started making security arrangements without questioning who had permitted the event," the counsel the government argued that it was impossible to manage the huge crowd with just 12 hours' notice and questioned the officer's actions. "What was the officer doing? Did he take any steps? Instead of issuing prohibitory orders under the Police Act, they went ahead with bandobast for the celebration," the state June 4, a stampede occurred outside Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium, where thousands had gathered following RCB's maiden IPL victory. The incident led to the suspension of ACP Vikash Kumar Vikash and other officers for alleged lapses in crowd control and permission oversight. The Central Administrative Tribunal later revoked Vikash's suspension, prompting the state to move the High Court to challenge the its submission to the High Court, the Congress-led Karnataka government directly blamed Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for the stampede that killed 11 people and injured several government cited multiple lapses, including a public video appeal by cricketer Virat Kohli, which it said attracted an overwhelming crowd even though police had denied permission for the event.- EndsMust Watch
