Fight against Kasturirangan report: Ramanath Rai
Mangaluru, August 16: Former minister Ramanath Rai said that when he was the forest minister in the previous Congress government, he had written to the government demanding rejection of Dr Kasturirangan report.
Speaking to reporters at the party office here on Thursday, Rai said that the allegation of Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja was far from truth. Now, the central government is planning to implement the Kasturirangan report. Knowing this, the BJP leaders have been making baseless allegations against the Congress. If the Centre implemented the report, the Congress would fight against it. If the BJP leaders do not want the report to be implemented, let them join hands with the Congress in fighting against it, he challenged.
District Minister UT Khader, mayor Bhaskar Moily, leaders Ibrahim Kodijal, Vittal Shetty, Shashidhar Hegde and others were present.
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Jharkhand: 3 arrested for 'raping' 2 women in Gumla
Gumla (PTI): Three persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two women at a village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said.
All the three accused have been remanded to judicial custody, Gumla Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge, Mahendra Karmali, told PTI.
According to police, one of the women had been called to Gumla Sadar by her boyfriend on Sunday for an outing.
“She arrived at the spot accompanied by a female. The woman’s boyfriend then called a friend, and they took the two women to a secluded place in Sisai police station area in the evening, forcibly made them consume alcohol before raping them,” the officer said.
The accused later called another man to the spot, who also allegedly raped the women, he said.
“The women later reached the Sadar Police Station and lodged a complaint on Sunday night. Police conducted raids and nabbed the three accused on Monday,” he added.
Further investigation is underway.
