Gram panchayat member found dead in Mangaluru
Mangaluru (PTI): A 35-year-old gram panchayat member was found hanging inside his office in Ganjimutt village here in a suspected case of suicide, police said on Thursday.
Sandeep Shetty Mogaru, a member of the Ganjimutt gram panchayat in Mangaluru taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, was a local BJP activist.
He was missing since Wednesday afternoon and was found hanging inside his office at Neermarga later in the evening, police added.
Mogaru, a bachelor, was working as an insurance agent. Financial issues might have forced him to take the extreme step, sources said, adding a death note has been recovered from the office.
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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.
