Mangaluru: Udupi, DK Muslim Central Committee's January 4 protest postponed
Mangaluru: The protest against organised by Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Muslim Central Committee that was scheduled to be held on January 4, has now been postponed. Speaking at a press conference in Mangaluru on Thursday evening, Mohammed Masood, the President of the organisation informed about the latest development.
According to Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Central Committee president KS Muhammad Masood the protest was postponed after Mangaluru Police Commissioner, Dr. PS Harsha denied permission to the protest citing law and order situation.
“After Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s recent visit to the city, the Police Commissioner asserted that allowing protests at Nehru Maidan will create law and order situation in the region and hence has temporarily rejected our request adding that we can select any alternate venue for our protest. But we will only organise our protest at Nehru Maidan even if it means delaying it for some time,” Masood added.
The organisation also condemned the State Government’s move to withdraw the ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh announced to the families of the two deceased killed in police firing. It added that the government after announcing the ex-gratia should not have withdrawn it.
“Honoring the reasons of law and order situation given by Police Commissioner we have postponed the protest, we will wait for another 15 days and will decide our further course of action,” Masood added.
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Nightclub fire: Goa court remands Luthra brothers in police custody for five days
Panaji (PTI): A court in North Goa on Wednesday remanded Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub, in police custody for five days.
The brothers, brought to Goa from Delhi after being deported from Thailand in connection with the December 6 blaze that killed 25, were produced in the court after undergoing health check-ups twice at the District Hospital in North Goa.
Judicial Magistrate First Class Mapusa Puja Sardesai remanded the two brothers in police custody for five days.
Advocate Vishnu Joshi, representing Bhavana Joshi who lost four family members in the tragedy, said that the accused were asking for “special consideration” claiming poor health.
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“We said they should not be given any extra relaxation,” he said, adding that the court has taken cognisance of the fact that this is about the death of “25 people in the form of mass genocide”.
“But since they kept pressing for medical check-up, the court ordered reexamination of their health. It is clear in the medical examination that they don’t require any consideration. The accused sought special considerations in the lock-up like a good mattress, which the court refused,” said Joshi.
A team of the Goa Police, along with the Luthra brothers, arrived at the Manohar International Airport, Mopa, in North Goa at 10.45 am.
The duo was initially taken to a Primary Health Centre at Siolim for medical examination. They were then taken to the District Hospital at Mapusa.
After their health assessment, the two were brought to the court.
The court directed that the accused be sent for fresh medical examination. Accordingly, the two were again taken to the District Hospital.
Later, they were produced before Judge Sardesai, who ordered the five-day police custody of the accused.
After the fire tragedy at Arpora village, the Anjuna police had registered a case against the Luthra brothers on various charges, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
The brothers were arrested in Delhi on Tuesday after being deported from Thailand. A court there allowed the Goa Police their two-day transit remand.
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The duo had fled to Phuket in Thailand early on December 7, hours after the fire at their nightclub, prompting the authorities to issue an Interpol Blue Corner Notice and cancel their passports.
They were detained by Thai authorities at Phuket on December 11 following a request from the Indian government, which later coordinated with officials in Thailand to deport them under legal treaties between the two nations.
Five managers and staff members have already been arrested by the Goa Police in connection with the fire.
