Mangaluru Hajj Bhavan to be built shortly: Minister Zameer Ahmed
Mangaluru, November 16: Food and Civil Supplies and Minorities and Wakf Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan said that land would be identified at Adyar on the outskirts of the city and Hajj Bhavan would be constructed shortly.
Reviewing the works of his departments at the Circuit House here on Friday, the Minister said that the land would be surveyed at Adyar first and Hajj Bhavan would be constructed after acquiring the land, he added.
Due to network problem in 16 fair price shops, Point of Sale (POS) system was not installed due to which, ration was being distributed through coupon system. The problem would be discussed in the government level and solved soon. The owners of fair price shops have installed computers, printers, laptops, POS and other instruments at their own cost and distributing the ration. He has received complaints from the beneficiaries that some fair price shop owners have been denying in issuing cards under the pretext of network problem. The government was planning to have agreement with the private companies to solve network problem, he assured.
The department has the target of distributing gas connections to 1,586 beneficiaries and in the first phase, the department has released funds to the agency to provide gas connection to 1,349 beneficiaries. Total 824 stoves were distributed and gas connection was given to 581 beneficiaries as of now, the officers said.
Responding to it, the minister directed the officials to reach the target under Anila Bhagya scheme by November and the remaining 768 gas connections should be provided immediately.
Those who have applied for inclusion of their names or corrections were not being given the ration cards on time. But the officers drew the attention of the Minister about non-availability of the cards. The Minister said that he would discuss the issue with the department secretary. Total 7,009 applications were pending for issuing new cards and eligible beneficiaries should be identified and issued the cards, he directed.
When officers said that there was less demand for tur dal in the district and more demand for moong dal, the minister said that moong dal would be supplied as per the local demand. He directed the officials to take legal action against those who cheat consumers in weight and measurement.
Scarcity of staff
The district has the scarcity of staff. Among sanctioned posts, nine posts were vacant due to which, programmes were not being implemented effectively. The Minister assured of solving the problem.
Department officer Srinivasaiah, Minority Welfare department officer Usman, Wakf district officer Abubakar, Minority department district manager Sridhar Bhandari and others were present.
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
