Mangaluru : A Special Court, established under the Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act 2000, has extended the judicial custody of underworld don Bannanje Raja till December 16. The district principal and sessions judge extended Raja’s custody after he was produced before the court. Security was beefed up in and around the court premises when […]

Udupi : Underworld don Bannanje Raja, who was extradited to India from Morocco on Friday, will be tried in only 16 of the 44 cases he is said to be involved in. On Saturday, he was brought to Udupi in connection with the murder of Ankola businessman R N Nayak. A police team had flown him […]

Bengaluru : A special team of Karnataka police on Friday brought underworld don Bannanje Raja from Morocco, scripting an end to the 18 years of challenges posed by the fugitive and his men. For the first time in the history of Karnataka, the police have successfully brought a criminal who was operating from outside India. […]

Bengaluru : A notorious, elusive underworld operative Bannanje Raja, who is wanted in more than 40 criminal cases, including the December 2013 murder of a BJP leader and businessman in the coastal Karnataka region of Karwar, has been detained in Morocco on the basis of information provided by Indian law enforcement agencies, police in Karnataka […]