Belthangady: CPM leader seeks revocation of house seizure against woman accused of selling cattle
Belthangady: A controversy has erupted after police in Dharmasthala sealed the house of a poor woman accused of selling cattle to alleged illegal transporters. CPM leader B.M. Bhat has submitted a memorandum to the Belthangady Tahsildar demanding that the police revoke the house seizure order and allow the woman and her three children to continue living there, calling the action “illegal and against social justice.”
According to reports, on November 4, Dharmasthala police intercepted a vehicle transporting cattle to a slaughterhouse. A case was registered against Johara, a resident of Patturu village in Patrame, for allegedly selling cattle to the accused. Subsequently, on November 6, police sealed Johara’s house, leaving her and her three school-going children homeless.
B.M. Bhat argued that selling livestock is a routine part of agricultural life and that farmers or milk producers cannot be held responsible for how buyers use the animals. “The house was seized without issuing a proper notice or providing an opportunity to respond, which is unlawful,” Bhat stated in his memorandum.
He further pointed out that the FIR does not mention any illegal slaughter taking place on Johara’s property. “If merely selling cattle is treated as a crime deserving property seizure, then every farmer’s land would have to be confiscated,” he added.
Bhat urged the authorities to act on humanitarian grounds and withdraw the seizure order, noting that no illegal activity had been carried out from Johara’s home. He requested that the family be allowed to return to their residence immediately.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
