Case of setting ablaze to shops and vehicles at Gangolli: Two persons sentenced to seven years jail
Kundapura, Dec 10: The Additional District and Sessions Court on Monday sentenced two persons to seven years rigorous imprisonment on charges of setting ablaze to shops and vehicles at Gangolli three years ago.
The convicted have been identified as Muhammad Junaid and Welding Jaffer.
The convicted had set ablaze to Venkateshwara Stores, shop godown belonging to Venkatesh Shenoy and a car parked in front of the house in Gangolli police station limits on Jan 21, 2015, and fled the scene.
Investigating team led by Byndoor circle inspector Sudarshan arrested the accused. Gangolli police registered a case and submitted the charge sheet. Conducting the trials, judge Prakash Khandre convicted the accused on December 5 and announced the quantum of punishment on December 10.
As per the punishment, the convicted have to undergo one year rigorous imprisonment and Rs 5,000 penalty under IPC Column 451 for illegal entry into the building and seven years rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 for setting ablaze under Column 436 and two years rigorous imprisonment and Rs 10,000 under Column 427 for causing loss to the property. Public prosecutor Prakash Chandra Shetty Belur argued in favour of prosecution.
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Surat LS candidate Nilesh Kumbhani whose nomination form was rejected suspended from Congress
Ahmedabad, Apr 25: The Gujarat Congress on Friday suspended from the party for six years its Surat Lok Sabha candidate Nilesh Kumbhani, whose nomination form was rejected over discrepancies leading to the BJP's Mukesh Dalal getting elected unopposed.
A statement from the Congress said the party's disciplinary committee decided to suspend Kumbhani after thorough discussion, adding it had come to the conclusion that the nomination form was rejected due to gross negligence on his part or "in connivance with the BJP".
"To be fair to you we have given time to you to explain your case but instead of coming before the party disciplinary committee you have gone incommunicado. After your form was rejected by the authorities, BJP went ahead and got form of other eight candidates withdrawn. This has deprived people of Surat their voting rights," the Congress disciplinary committee headed by Balu Patel said.
"People of Surat and party workers have become very angry due to your action and are expressing their anger in different ways. The Congress party has decided to suspend you for six years from the party," the press note said.
Kumbhani's nomination form was rejected on April 21 after his three proposers submitted affidavits to the district returning officer claiming the signatures on the document was not theirs.
The nomination form of Suresh Padsala, the Congress' substitute candidate from Surat, was also invalidated on the same grounds.
In his order, Returning Officer Sourabh Pardhi said the three nomination forms submitted by Kumbhani and Padsala were rejected after prima facie discrepancy was found in the signatures of the proposers and they did not appear to be genuine.
Kumbhani, a former corporator from Surat, had unsuccessfully fought the 2022 Assembly polls from Kamrej there.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed from Surat Lok Sabha constituency on April 22 after all other nominees, including one from BSP, withdrew from the fray one by one on the last day of withdrawing papers.
