Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: The annual General Body meeting of the BSMI (Bajpe Surrounding Minorities Ithihad), Riyadh was held at Paradise Auditorium, Riyadh on Friday 20 April.

Various plans were discussed during the meeting which could be worked on for the development of the area covered Bajpe Jamath.  The vision and mission of the organisation were also discussed and a few key decisions were also taken during the meeting.

New committee of body formed:

A new managing body of the organisation was also formed and Nisar Ahmed was elected as the president of the organisation while Moideen Konchar was elected as the vice president. Irshad Moideen and Shafeeq Shareef were elected as the general secretary and secretary respectively while Khalid Kanchi was elected for the post of treasurer.

Tausif Moideen was made convener of the body and Sabith Hassand and Aqib Ahmed were elected as the event organisers.Similarly, Aziz Bankal and Syed Bawa were made the advisors of the new body.

Harshad Abdullah, Samith Abdullah, Salawuddin, Imran Bhatrakare, Nizam Sunkadakatte, Razik, Salam, Mohammed Aziz, Ansar Ahmed and Yasir Pyara were elected as the Executive Committee members.

Several people from Bajpe locality attended the meeting.

The event began with recitation of holy Quran by Shafiq Hanif, at and the meeting was led and presided over by the president of existing body Aziz Bankal Bajpe.

Existing body’s General Secretary Sabith Hassan presented the annual activities report and treasurer Irshad Moideen presented the annual report.

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Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.

Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.

Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.

An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.

The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.

A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.

Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."

"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.

"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.

A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.