Mangaluru, August 31: Parashuram Waghmore, one of the main accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case was not Sri Rama Sene worker. Instead he was an activist of RSS, said Sri Rama Sene founder Pramod Mutalik.

Speaking to reporters at the Arya Samaj here on Friday, he said that Waghmore was fixed on charges of hoisting Pakistan flag. At that moment, he was RSS worker. The police have arrested six RSS workers including Waghmore. After the arrest, the RSS dumped him from the organization. After Waghmore was fixed in the case, he had arrangement of an advocate to him. The photo with him was taken when he was released from the jail, he said.

‘Handover Kukke Subramanya temple to mutt’

Mutalik said that Kukke Subramanya temple was under Endowment Department and now, the temple should be handed over again to Narasimha Mutt.

The ‘Sarpa Samskara’ being held in the temple was not as per shastras. Only the rituals being held in the mutt were only as per shastras. The mass pooja being held at Kukke Subramanya temple was not as per the rituals, he said.



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Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.

Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.

Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.

An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.

The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.

A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.

Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."

"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.

"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.

A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.