Two killed as tipper rams scooter on NH 66 in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Two people on a scooter died as a tipper collided with their two-wheeler at Nanthoor Circle on National Highway 66 on Saturday afternoon.
The deceased have been identified as Samuel Jesudas, 66, who was a resident of Sulthan Batteri, and his relative Bhoomika, 17, said the police.
They were waiting near the signal at Nanthoor Circle at around 12:15 pm on Saturday, when the tipper, which was traveling from Pumpwell Junction, hit them. Both Samuel and Bhoomika are learned to have fallen off the scooter and were run over by the heavy vehicle.
The grievously injured duo was taken immediately to the District Wenlock Hospital, but both riders are said to have died on the way.
Following the accident and deaths, the locals thrashed the tipper driver Satish Gowda Patil and also stoned the vehicle, damaging the glasses.
The driver has been accused of overspeeding and driving the tipper recklessly, which allegedly caused the disaster.
Traffic (East) Police have filed a case and also took the tipper driver, Patil, into custody.
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Waqf Bill anti-secular, will snatch rights of Muslims: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday described the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as “anti-secular”, claiming that it would snatch the rights of Muslims.
Banerjee, speaking in the assembly, also said the Centre did not consult with states over the matter.
“The bill is anti-federal and anti-secular; it is a deliberate attempt to malign a particular section. It will snatch the rights of Muslims... The Centre did not consult with us on the Waqf Bill,” she said.
The chief minister added that “if any religion was attacked”, she would wholeheartedly condemn it.
Opposition parties have stridently criticised the amendments proposed by the bill in the existing Waqf Act, alleging that they violate the religious rights of Muslims.
The ruling BJP has asserted that the amendments will bring transparency in the functioning of the Waqf boards and make them accountable.
A parliamentary committee has been constituted to scrutinise the contentious bill.
