<p>The 1,112-acre Jnanabharathi campus, a major lung space in west Bengaluru, has become a den of criminal activities with regular reports of sandalwood smuggling, robbery, extortion and murders.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Days before deputy chief minister G Parameshwara’s personal assistant, Ramesh M S, committed suicide by hanging from a tree on the campus, Manjunath, a 27-year-old cab driver from Channapatana ended his life by slitting his throat with a knife on the campus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In October 2012, a 21-year-old student of National Law School of Indian University was gang-raped by eight people, and her friend was assaulted near Gandhi Bhavan inside the campus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to police, 55 sandalwood trees have been stolen from the campus between 2015 to 2018. In December 2017 alone, 26 trees were axed and smuggled.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A highly decomposed body of a man aged about 35 was found without clothes on August 29, 2015, in an isolated spot. Four years on, the police are yet to identify the body.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In yet another incident, a-14-year-old boy, who went missing from his house in Moodalapalya in February 2015, was found dead with his throat slit in a grove.</p>.<p class="bodytext">And not to mention the unreported robbery and extortion cases.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The vast tree cover and remoteness make the sprawling campus a safe haven for criminals. Repeated pleas over to years to beef up security on the campus have failed to yield the desired results. </p>
<p>The 1,112-acre Jnanabharathi campus, a major lung space in west Bengaluru, has become a den of criminal activities with regular reports of sandalwood smuggling, robbery, extortion and murders.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Days before deputy chief minister G Parameshwara’s personal assistant, Ramesh M S, committed suicide by hanging from a tree on the campus, Manjunath, a 27-year-old cab driver from Channapatana ended his life by slitting his throat with a knife on the campus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In October 2012, a 21-year-old student of National Law School of Indian University was gang-raped by eight people, and her friend was assaulted near Gandhi Bhavan inside the campus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to police, 55 sandalwood trees have been stolen from the campus between 2015 to 2018. In December 2017 alone, 26 trees were axed and smuggled.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A highly decomposed body of a man aged about 35 was found without clothes on August 29, 2015, in an isolated spot. Four years on, the police are yet to identify the body.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In yet another incident, a-14-year-old boy, who went missing from his house in Moodalapalya in February 2015, was found dead with his throat slit in a grove.</p>.<p class="bodytext">And not to mention the unreported robbery and extortion cases.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The vast tree cover and remoteness make the sprawling campus a safe haven for criminals. Repeated pleas over to years to beef up security on the campus have failed to yield the desired results. </p>