Ex-MP minister's son, 2 others rescued from swollen river in Indore after their SUV gets washed away
Indore (PTI): Nineteen-year-old son of a former Madhya Pradesh minister and two others were rescued hours after the Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) they were travelling in got washed away in a swollen river in Indore district during an attempt to cross a submerged culvert, police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred on Friday night, and the former minister Ranjana Baghel's son Yash was found holding on to a tree branch in the middle of the Choral river before being rescued, they said.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Umakant Choudhary said the incident took place around 45 km away from the district headquarters.
"Former state minister Ranjana Baghel's son Yash, Tejas (24) and a person named Mallya were traveling in the SUV at the time of incident. Although the culvert on the swollen Choral river was under water, an attempt was made by them to cross it," he said.
As soon as the information about the accident was received around 10 pm, a team of police personnel reached the spot and all three of them were rescued with the help of villagers, Choudhary said.
"Baghel's son Yash knows how to swim, but he got trapped in the strong current of the river. He somehow managed to catch hold of a tree branch. We rescued him by throwing a rope towards him after multiple attempts," he said.
Meanwhile, life in Indore city was severely hit due to water-logging following heavy rains since Friday evening.
Indore District Collector Ilayaraja T said that people living in low-lying areas of the city are being shifted to safer places.
A holiday has been declared for all schools in the district on Saturday due to heavy rains, he said.
Deputy Director of Meteorological Department V P S Chandel said that 171 mm (6.73 inches) of rainfall was recorded in Indore city in 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Saturday.
There is prediction of very heavy rainfall in the city on Saturday, he said.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
