Bantwal : Police accused of harassing youth attacked by a group
PSI Prasanna denies any assault or harassment
“Victim was taken to police station from hospital and assaulted”
Mangaluru, June 20: Police were accused of assaulting a youth, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital after being attacked by a group of people at Amai in Bantwal, after taking him to the police station from the hospital.
The victim is identified as auto driver Abdur Rehman (28) of Puriya in Bantwal taluk.
When Rehman was coming from Vittla on June 18, the fuel of his auto was empty and while he was going to a petrol station to bring petrol, a group of people who were discussing something among themselves, enquired Rehman and insulted him with foul language before assaulting him. Sometime later, a few others came and attacked him, he alleged.
Local people admitted Rehman to the hospital on the same day. Puttur town police station police personnel who came to hospital for collecting information, took him to the police station at around 7 pm without any information to the hospital. After forcing him to sit in the Puttur town police station for some time, he was taken to Bantwal police station in a jeep, he said.
While coming on the jeep, the police assaulted him on his cheek and ears. Even after bringing him to Bantwal police station, he was harassed till 12 am and beaten him up. Because of the assault, he was suffering pain in his legs and hands and he could not listen anything, he alleged.
Responding to the incident, Ashraf, brother of Rehman, said that they were not informed about taking Rehman to the police station from the Puttur government hospital. On June 19, the police called him and said his brother is in police station. Later, he was released on bail. On the same day, as Rehman was unable to walk and listen, he was admitted to a private hospital, he said.
Rehman urged the police to take legal action against the accused Kadeshalya gram panchayat member Sanath and Manoj of Perna village. Along with other accused, Sanath had come to Rehman’s house and threatened him. When Rehman’s sister had been to the police station to lodge a complaint, she was made to wait till 12 midnight in the police station, Ashraf said.
PSI denies any assault
Incident happened between two groups. Case was booked as per the information they have collected. One person was arrested and produced before the court related to this incident. But he was released on bail. He was brought to Bantwal police station and interrogated. But he was neither assaulted nor harassed. He was produced in the open court and if he was assaulted, he could have told this before the judge. Now he is making allegation.
PSI Prasanna, Bantwal rural police station
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Magisterial probe ordered into Goa nightclub fire; FIR lodged against owner, GM
Panaji (PTI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the fire at a nightclub which claimed 25 lives.
Speaking to PTI, Sawant said an FIR has been lodged against the owner and the general manager of the nightclub and they would be arrested.
The fire broke out at Birch by Romeo Lane after midnight. The popular party venue at Arpora village, located around 25 km from the state capital Panaji, opened last year.
CM Sawant, in a post on X, said, "I am closely reviewing the situation arising from the tragic fire incident at Arpora, in which 25 people have lost their lives and six have been injured."
"All six injured persons are in a stable condition and are receiving the best medical care. I have ordered a magisterial inquiry into the entire incident to identify the cause and fix responsibility," he said.
Speaking to PTI, Sawant said the police have registered an FIR against the owner and the general manager of the nightclub, and they would be arrested.
He said this is the first time that such an incident has happened in Goa.
A preliminary inquiry has indicated that the fire started on the first floor of the club, and due to congestion and small doors, the customers could not move out, the CM said.
"Some of them rushed to the ground floor and got trapped there," he said.
