Orissa HC declares Cong MLA's election in 2019 null and void
Cuttack, Mar 4: The Orissa High Court on Monday declared the election of Congress leader Mohammed Moquim from the Cuttack-Barabati Assembly seat in 2019 as null and void.
Adjudicating over a petition filed by BJD leader Debasis Samantray, Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo annulled the election of Moquim for failing to furnish detailed criminal antecedents during the time of filing his nomination in April 2019.
Samantray, a BJD leader and former MLA of Barabati-Cuttack who was recently elected as a Rajya Sabha member, had moved the high court in July 2019, alleging that Moquim had submitted false affidavits along with his nomination during the May 2019 elections.
The Congress leader was twice fined Rs 10,000 by the court during the adjudication of the case for non-appearance.
Moquim had won the assembly election for the first time in 2019 by defeating Samantray by a narrow margin of a little over 2,000 votes.
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4 workers die after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad
Dhanbad (Jharkhand) (PTI): At least four workers died after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on Saturday, a police official said.
The incident took place at Moonidih coal washery in the command area of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL).
"Bodies of all four workers were dug out of debris during a rescue operation," Putki police station in-charge Waqar Hussain told PTI.
The incident took place when coal slurry was being loaded into trucks by workers, during which a large chunk of slurry fell and trapped several workers underneath, officials said.
The deceased have been identified as Manik Bauri, Dinesh Bauri, Deepak Bauri, and Hemlal Gope.
Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased and local villagers placed the bodies in front of the washery gate and began a protest.
They demanded compensation, jobs for dependents and action against those responsible for the incident.
Police and administration officials are trying to pacify the protesters, an official said.
