Sector 6 based TGS Construction is in the eye of a storm. Several investors have complained to the HSR police against the firm. Most charges are to do with taking advances and not allotting the promised sites to them. The cops have charged the company directors for criminal conspiracy (120B), criminal breach of trust (406) and cheating (420).
Take the case of Geetha H, a housewife and a resident of KR Puram. She has accused six real estate dealers working for TGS. Her case also dates back to July 2015 like so many others when she paid an advance of Rs 12.5 lakh to TGS for a 3-BHK plot in Hongasandra village.
However, when Geetha realised that the builders had no permission to build the layout, she demanded back her money or the promised plot in her name. When none were forthcoming, she filed a police complaint like many others with similar complaints. The accused persons include Mandeep Kaur, Sachin Naik, Aklu Suresh, Budam Sudhakar and Kodihalli Anjesh Dilip.
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Another curious ‘missing person’ case was reported in the neighbourhood recently. According to software engineer Shwetha M (name changed on request), the 39-year-old wife of Shashank K (name changed on request), he left their Sector 5 home on June 16, 2019 for business.
Once he reached Coimbatore, he called her from there on June 18, 2019 to tell her that he’s coming back to HSR Layout on June 19, 2019. However, subsequent calls made to him by her did not yield any results as the phone was switched off.
Sensing danger, the wife has filed a ‘missing person’ complaint with HSR police on June 24, 2019. However, it has now transpired that he left home as he was depressed due to his financial condition. He owed money to many people and did not know how to repay them. It is also said that many people cheated him out of his money. So he’s purposely hiding from everyone, according to family sources.
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Parents and guardians, be warned. Kids need to be handled with extreme care. Anything too stern and you could lose your sleep over them, and perhaps even lose them forever. This is precisely what has happened with 46-year-old Sundar, a resident of Sector 2.
Sundar, the father of Dhanush Deepak, a 14-year-old male, is searching for him ever since he went missing on the night of June 2, 2019. The kid is conversant in Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and English and is 4.5 feet tall. He was last seen in a sky blue shirt and cream colour pant.
Right now, Dhanush’s family members are looking for him in Anekal. They are also planning to visit Haveri as they have some relatives over there. Says Sundar: “We are not able to eat ever since he left. His mother is a nervous wreck. Even earlier, he had got upset when we asked him to eat home food, but he had come back the next day. But now, he hasn’t come back yet.”
What went wrong on the fateful night? “We just told him to stop behaving in a manner that will bring disgrace to the family. He took it to heart and left home.”
If you spot this child, you can call Sundar at 96633-44478 or 99011-11237.
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A real estate dealer has accused another merchant of fraud in Sector 2. According to the police complaint filed on June 26, 2019, T Narasimhulu (58 years) of M/s Kumari Infrahomes had inked a Joint Development Agreement with five accused belonging to Dhatri Developers over a parcel of land in Anekal taluq.
All was well between September 5, 2017 and May 2019. The deal was towards the construction of a gated enclave on eight survey numbers. However, the Narasimhulu has alleged that the five accused sold off the sites belonging to him and cheated him out of his money.
The accused named are Harikrishna Reddy (45), Ram Rakesh (35), Mahendra Reddy (37), Amarendra Raju (35), all residents of Sector 1, and Chitluri Venkateshwaralu. When Narasimhulu confronted the accused, they allegedly mouthed expletives and threatened him of dire consequences. The cops have filed multiple charges of cheating, intimidation, and fraud.
A curious case has risen to the surface in Sector 2. A firm was allegedly defrauded of Rs 32 lakh by the company director in collusion with bank officials.
According to the complaint lodged with HSR Layout police station on June 17, 2019, the alleged crime took place between June 13 and June 17, 2019 at V2 Care Facilities and Outsource Pvt Ltd based out of 19th Main, 25th Cross.
According to the victim JP Veeresh, Vijay Kumar JM and he were directors of V2 that provided services in housekeeping, securities, facilities management and contract management. The firm had accounts with three banks. To facilitate easier payments to their employees, Vijay Kumar was given net banking facility for the Indian Bank and ICICI Bank accounts.
On June 12, 2019, Vijay Kumar allegedly demanded Rs 50 lakh in Veeresh’s chamber. When Veeresh said that the firm did not have so much money, Vijay allegedly mouthed expletives and threatened to spoil the name of the company.
Suspecting foul play, Veeresh immediately sent a letter on June 12, 2019 to Indian Bank and ICICI to suspend net banking facilities. While Indian Bank officials obliged, the ICICI bank did not and instead transferred Rs 32 lakh into Vijay Kumar’s account. This was despite Veeresh meeting ICICI bank branch manager (BTM Layout) Manish Singh and Deputy Manager Shishir Adhyapak, who are the co-accused in the police complaint for facilitating the alleged fraud.
A big-time jeweller in HSR Layout was conned by a vendor the other day. He took gold but never made any jewellery from it and neither did he return the gold. Although, the incident happened in February this year, the complaint was lodged only on June 22, 2019.
According to Rajesh KV, the proprietor of Rajesh Jewellery Mart on 5th Main in Sector 6, HSR Layout, 45-year-old Dhananjay, a resident of Nandini Layout, took 180.38 gram gold from Rajesh Jewellers on February 25, 2019. He was allegedly tasked to fashion jewellery out of it. The deadline came and went but neither did Dhananjay produce the jewellery nor the gold that was given to him. Rajesh, a resident of Krishnagiri, filed a case of cheating with the HSR Layout police. The jewellery is valued close to Rs 5.75 lakh.
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A shop was broken into on the night of May 24, 2019. Strangely, the police complaint was registered only on June 18, 2019. The story goes that the Pots & Crafts shop on the ground floor of 5th Main in Sector 7, HSR Layout, was burgled on the night of May 24 between 8pm and 10am on May 25. Shop owner Manoj Thalessery noticed the theft when he opened his shop at 10am and found that the front door was ajar. Inside, he found that his Samsung S10 tablet and JBL Extreme bluetooth speaker were missing, both valued at Rs 45,000. The resident of Bannerghatta Road has filed the theft complaint at the HSR Layout police station which is investigating the case.
House burgled in Sector 2
On June 16, at around 8am, 48-year-old Shankar Balan, a resident of 24th Cross, 27th Main in Sector 2, locked his house and left for Chennai. When he came back two days later at 2pm, the front door was intact. However, the backdoor lock was broken and someone had entered his house and stolen silver articles and watches. The cops have registered a case of theft, house-breaking and trespassing.
Sector 7 witnessed a housebreak too! Five days later, on June 21, a house in Sector 7 was burgled and this time around, not only was a two-wheeler stolen but also laptop, cash, and watches.
According to B Kiran Kumar Reddy (26), a resident of 8th Main, 20th Cross, he left home at 11pm on June 21 to go to his relative’s house. When he returned on June 23 at around 7.30am, he found that somebody had come on to the terrace of the house and opened his front door to steal one Dell laptop, Rs 12000 cash, two Fastrack watches, his mobile charger and headset and also his bike key that helped the thief to drive away his Bajaj Discovery kept at the entrance of his house.
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Based on a tipoff, the HSR Layout police swung into action on June 24 at around 6pm. The place was near Anjaneya swamy temple on 24th Main in Sector Agara, Sector 1.
Head constable Sardar Pasha took his men to arrest a person who was allegedly trying to sell stolen laptops in a cloth bag. When he saw the cops approaching him, he ran but was soon caught by the khaki-clad folks.
Upon enquiry, the man revealed his name as Govindappa, aged 45 years, and a resident of a village in Kolar district. The police recovered two Dell laptops and one Acer. When asked about their ownership, the accused was not to provide a satisfactory answer.
Suspecting them to be stolen, the cops took him to the station for further investigation.
If proven guilty, the accused could face a jail term lasting three years or a stiff fine or both.
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On June 19, a labourer died a horrible death on 23rd Cross off 24th Main in Sector 2, HSR Layout. The incident occurred at an under construction building around 12.40pm and the police complaint was lodged the same day at 4.30pm.
The building was coming up on plot number 275. On June 19, at around 9am, building contractor Gopi took 22-year-old labourer Maruthi to Venkatesh, the house owner. The proprietor apparently asked Maruthi to do the plastering work on the fourth floor along with Maruthi’s elder brother Gangareddy and younger brother Anjaneya.
However, Anjaneya fell from the fourth floor while plastering and was immediately rushed to NH Narayana Hospital in Sector 3 for emergency treatment. However, the injury was too grievous and the labourer died.
A case of death by negligence is registered against Venkatesh and Gopi as no helmet or safety belt was provided to the labourers for the plastering work during the construction. And neither was a net used to protect accidental falls. This showed callousness on the part of the building contractor and house owner, according to complainant Maruthi. For this offence, if convicted, the accused could be in jail for two years or with fine or both.
This is a serious issue as many building constructions in residential areas don’t follow these safety parameters. Only when someone dies do we wake up to realise the wrongs we have done and snuffed out the lives of innocents. It’s time all the house owners and building contractors ensured that all safety precautions are taken while a structure is being erected.
Two liquor stores were raided by the cops for allowing drinking near the cash counter as they went against the excise rules of the state.
The first raid was conducted on Manjunath Bar & Restaurant on 24th Main in Sector 1 between 6pm and 6.50pm. The alleged accused is Lokesh, a 39-year-old resident of a village in Mandya district.
All the liquor at the cash counter was seized, including one Old Tavern (90ml), one Original Choice (180ml), and one Royal Stag (180ml).
A case of violating the rules of the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965 under section 36 (b) is registered against the outlet for missing the excise licence.
SECOND RAID The next raid happened on June 17, a day after the previous police action. This time around, it was Liquors City on Mangammanapalya Main Road in Sector 7. The raid was conducted between 8.30pm and 10.15pm. The alleged accused is helper Prakash Gowda (27).
The liquor seized from the cash counter included one Old Tavern (90ml), one Original Choice (180ml), one Royal Stag (180ml). He was arrested for making space for customers to allow drinking in the retail premises, which was against the excise rules.
On June 17, the HSR Layout cops received complaints from citizens that a pub was playing loud music late at night. The calls began coming at around 11pm about the Shift Pub and Lounge bar on 14th Main in Sector 3.
On June 18 at around 1am, the cops visited the pub and found the place was playing music with amplifiers without a valid licence. For violating the noise norms and not holding the necessary permissions, the cops have filed a public nuisance complaint against 32-year-old businessman Jugal Kishor Sharma, a resident of Jayanagar.
Upon receiving the complaint, the court asked the cops to investigate the matter under IPC 290 (public nuisance) and 103 under the Karnataka Police Act 1963 for violating the licensing norms. This is a rare case where a pub in HSR Layout was charged with noise pollution. Residents feel that if the cops continue to be proactive, much of the noise pollution in the neighbourhood can be curbed.
If you, dear reader are facing such noise pollution, call the cops until they register an FIR and take action like they have done with this case. That’s the only way, we can put an end to this terrible practice.
