HC stays probe against Bengaluru police chief in Jarkiholi case
The Hindu
A magistrate court had ordered investigation for allegedly delaying FIR registration
In a relief to city Police Commissioner Kamal Pant and two other officers, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday stayed the direction of a magistrate court ordering investigation against them for allegedly delaying registration of a first information report (FIR) in the case of sexual abuse of a woman allegedly involving former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi.
The High Court also stayed the investigation ordered against Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) M.N. Anucheth and Cubbon Park police inspector Maruti.
Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar passed the interim order on the petition filed by the three police officers questioning the November 23 order passed by the VIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru, on a private complaint by social activist Adarsh R. Iyer.
Hampi, the UNESCO-recognised historical site, was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire from 1336 to 1565. Foreign travellers from Persia, Europe and other parts of the world have chronicled the wealth of the place and the unique cultural mores of this kingdom built on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. There are fine descriptions to be found of its temples, farms, markets and trading links, remnants of which one can see in the ruins now. The Literature, architecture of this era continue inspire awe.
Unfurling the zine handed to us at the start of the walk, we use brightly-coloured markers to draw squiggly cables across the page, starting from a sepia-toned vintage photograph of the telegraph office. Iz, who goes by the pronouns they/them, explains, “This building is still standing, though it shut down in 2013,” they say, pointing out that telegraphy, which started in Bengaluru in 1854, was an instrument of colonial power and control. “The British colonised lands via telegraph cables, something known as the All Red Line.”
The festival in Bengaluru is happening at various locations, including ATREE in Jakkur, Bangalore Creative Circus in Yeshwantpur, Courtyard Koota in Kengeri, and Medai the Stage in Koramangala. The festival will also take place in various cities across Karnataka including Tumakuru, Ramanagara, Mandya, Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Hassan, Chitradurga, Davangere, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru.