Misuse of funds, staff held

Mulbagal, dhns: A staff of the State  Bank of Mysore at Nangali village in Mulbagal taluk has been involved in misappropriation of funds.

Sadik Khan, an employee at the State Bank of Mysore had withdrawn Rs 2,65,000 from another person’s account. The police have arrested him on Tuesday.

 He has transferred Rs 2,65,000 over a period of two months,  from the accounts of Vijayalakshmi, a teacher in Malur and G Nagaraj, a retired principal from Mulbagal and Nangali Raghu to a friend’s account in Mulbagal.

He has been accused of transferring money from the accounts of these three people, online, to his friend Masood’s SBM account. Later the two withdrew the amount and shared the money. Vijayalakshmi, on noticing the discrepancy in her account, while drawing the amount from the SBM ATM, complained to the manager at the Malur branch. Ashok Kumar, the branch manager immediately acted on the complaint and found that the amount from Vijayalakshmi’s account was unofficially credited to Masood’s account. The Nangali rural police have arrested him.

Two constables suspended

KGF, dhns: The district Superintendent of Police has suspended two police constables in connection with the flinging of slippers by an undertrail at the Judge in JMC Court here. Head constable Tavare Nayak and constable Praveen were suspended on charges of dereliction of service, stated Security Officer district H S Venkatesh.   

Bike rider killed

KGF, dhns: A bike rider sustained injuries after the bike in which he was travelling hit a hump on the road under the limits of BEML Police Station. The deceased is Ravi (38), resident of pipeline. The BEML police have registered the case.