Accused in milk powder diversion case in police custody

Belagavi Police have registered a case against Kiran Veerangouda Patil, an accused in the gold missing case, and some police officers in connection with a case of diversion of milk powder meant for sc

Belagavi Police have registered a case against Kiran Veerangouda Patil, an accused in the gold missing case, and some police officers in connection with a case of diversion of milk powder meant for schoolchildren in Bagalkot district. This is the fourth case in which Kiran Patil is an accused in North Karnataka districts. He has obtained bail in one of the cases, regarding using a fake police identity card. In a criminal case filed by the CID officers at the Camp Police Station, three persons, including Kiran Patil, have been accused of interfering with the investigation of the milk powder diversion case filed in Jamkhandi in Bagalkot district last year. The other accused are named only as unidentified police officers. Bagalkot District Police have, earlier, seized around 15 tonnes of milk powder, estimated at ₹36 lakh from a warehouse in Jamkhandi. It was said that this was meant for distribution under the Ksheera Bhagya Scheme but it was diverted to the black market. The case was transferred to the CID later.