Death of five in accident: Pall of gloom descends on Ajjinadka family
Ullala, July 09: All the 10 members of the family were returning towards their home from Palakkad in Kerala after completing the house warming ceremony. They were about to reach their home in a few minutes. But a lorry came on their way and took the lives of five members of the family. Five members of the family died when the lorry collided their vehicle at Uppala on Monday night.
A year ago, two son-in-laws of Bifathima died in a road accident. Before forgetting that pain, another accident killed five of the family pushing it into greater shock.
In the accident that happened at 6.30 am on Monday, Bifathima (67), her daughter Nasima (38), another daughter Souda’s husband Mustaq (41), grand-daughter Asma (30), and her husband Imtiyaz (35) of Ajjinadka on KC Road lost their lives. Souda, her son Favai (13) and Nasima’s daughter Fathima (1) sustained serious injuries and battling for life in a private hospital in the city. Two other sons Farish and Shahid also seriously injured in the incident.
Have been to house-warming ceremony
Total seven elders and 11 children of the family have been to Palakkad in Kerala on Saturday night to participate in a house warming ceremony of Bifathima’s last daughter Rukhiya. After completing the programme, they left Palakkad in a jeep on Sunday at 7 pm and were about to reach their house on Monday 7 am.
Monu Beary’s wife Bifathima and her family were residing at Samanige near Assaigoli for the last many years. Later, they were shifted to Ajjinadka near KC Road. She has total 8 children including three sons.
Among 11 children, 9 were school going children. As the children have school on Monday, they left Palakkad on Sunday night.
Took friend’s jeep
Deceased Imtiyaz and Mustaq were working as auto drivers in Ullala and in a school van. Both of them were driving the jeep as the distance between Talapadi and Palakkad is 338 km. It is said that at the time of accident, Imtiyaz was driving the vehicle. Mustaq was seated in the front. Mustaq took his friend’s jeep and went to Palakkad.
After the postmortem at Mangalpadi CHC hospital, all the bodies were brought to Bifathima’s house at Ajjinadka. The entire house and surrounding was grief-stricken. Later, the bodies were laid to rest at Kallapu Pattla Masjid.
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K'taka bypolls: 11.87 percent voter turnout in Bagalkot, 9.01 percent in Davanagere South till 9 am
Bengaluru (PTI): In the first two hours since voting began for bypolls to two Bagalkot and Davanagere South assembly constituencies, the voter turnout stood at 11.87 percent and 9.01 percent, respectively, on Thursday.
The voting for the bypolls in two constituencies necessitated by the deaths of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti and Shamanur Shivashankarappa, began at 7 am, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer said.
While the Congress faces the challenge of retaining both seats, the BJP is aiming to wrest them and deliver a setback to the ruling party, which is currently witnessing an "internal power struggle" over leadership.
A total of over 2.59 lakh eligible voters are expected to cast their votes at around 319 polling stations in Bagalkot, where nine candidates are in the fray.
In Davanagere South, over 2.31 lakh eligible voters are expected to vote across 284 polling stations, with 25 candidates contesting.
Officials said elaborate security arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of bypolls.
The BJP has fielded former MLA and 2023 defeated candidate Veerabhadrayya Charantimath from Bagalkot, and a fresh face, Srinivas T Dasakariyappa, from Davanagere South.
The Congress has given tickets to family members of the late legislators in both constituencies. Bagalkot candidate Umesh Meti is the son of H Y Meti, while Samarth Mallikarjun from Davanagere South is the grandson of Shamanur Shivashankarappa.
Samarth’s father, S S Mallikarjun, is a minister in the Siddaramaiah-led Cabinet and in charge of Davanagere district, while his mother, Prabha Mallikarjun, is a Member of Parliament from the region.
In the 2023 Assembly elections, H Y Meti defeated BJP’s Charantimath by a margin of 5,878 votes in Bagalkot, while Shivashankarappa defeated BJP’s B G Ajay Kumar by 27,888 votes in Davanagere South.
