CCB sleuths achieved a major breakthrough in the kidney racket case with the arrest of prime accused Hotte Nagaraj (45).
DCP (Crime) B R Ravikanthe Gowda confirmed Nagaraj’s arrest and said Nagaraj was residing in a hut in Jayanagar.
During interrogation, Nagaraj said he lured four persons to donate their kidneys and the transplantation was done at Manipal Hospital, K R Hospital and Deve Gowda Hospital.
He also said he was receiving Rs 1.2 lakh from the recipient. He was keeping Rs 15,000 as commission and hand over the remaining amount to the donor. He himself had donated his kidney for Rs 40,000 in 1992 to a woman from Saudi Arabia.
His name has been associated with the alleged kidney sale since 2002 and Mandya rural police had sent to him jail. After spending some time in jail, he was released, but he continued to lure innocent people to donate their kidneys, he added.
Two held for ‘conversion’ bid
A complaint and counter-complaint were filed with Ulsoor police after some people alleged two persons were involved in religious conversion in Domlur on Sunday.
Suresh Kumar, Bangalore city unit VHP secretary, told Deccan Herald two persons, Merror and Anthony Imanuel, residents of Bangalore, went inside a private office in Domlur around noon. They tried to brainwash three persons - P Venkatesh, Naveen and M V Venkatesh - to convert to their faith. They, in turn, informed the police, who took them to custody for questioning. A complaint was also lodged, Suresh added. However, Merror and Anthony, in a counter-complaint, refuted allegations and alleged they were manhandled by some people.
It’s ganja, not explosives!
Tension prevailed at the Bangalore City railway station on Sunday after news spread about an abandoned gunny bag allegedly containing explosives on platform no 4. Police rushed to the platform upon receiving reports that a bag containing a “strange material” was abandoned by a man who fled from the police.
Police seized the bag which contained 5 kg of ganja worth Rs 40,000.
Stray dogs end up on table!
Dogs have not only been man’s best friend, but now, they are also man’s best meal. Ashok Nagar police were taken aback when a social worker walked into the police station with a bag of ‘dogs’ flesh and bones on Sunday.
He complained that students living in a paying guest accommodation on ‘P’ Street, Shantinagar, were eating dogs meat.’ Though the men-in-khaki were reluctant, they were forced to accept the complaint and convince the latter that they would take necessary action. Sources said, many workers and students from Nagaland, Mizoram and other north eastern state were residing at the paying guest accommodation. A few residents who feed the stray dogs noticed that off late, some of them were missing.
On Sunday, one of the pourakarmikas happened to notice an inmate throwing a plastic bag into the dustbin, containing dog’s bones, and alerted the residents.
