Bannanje Raja performs his mother’s last rites amidst tight police security
Udupi, August 27: Following the permission from the principal district and sessions court, the police have brought fugitive don Bannanje Raja who is in Belagavi Hindalga jail, to perform his mother’s last rites at his home at Kalmadi and Malpe graveyard, here on Monday.
His mother Vilasini Shettigar died after falling at her home at Kalmadi on August 25. Following his mother’s death, Raja has appealed the court through his advocate Shantaram Shetty on August 26 for permission to participate in the cremation and last rites of his mother and the court has granted the permission. The police have brought him from the Hindalga jail to Udupi on Sunday midnight and put him in the city police station lock-up.
On Monday morning, the police took him to his house at Kalmadi and allowed him to participate in the cremation of his mother. After paying tribute to his mother, he performed the last rites of his mother along with his brother Arun. His father Sundar and family members were present.
The police have taken him in police vehicle to the graveyard and his home in the evening amidst tight police security. Later, he was brought to city police station. His wife Sonam was also present at the house. He will be kept in the lock-up on Monday night and the police would take him to Hindalga jail on Tuesday morning.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
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.
