Tragic road accident claims lives of two young students in Bhatkal
Bhatkal: Two youths lost their lives in a tragic road accident late on Saturday night on the Venkatapur stretch of the National Highway in Bhatkal, triggering grief and shock across the town.
According to sources, the victims were travelling in a car from Shirali towards Bhatkal at around midnight when the vehicle reportedly lost control and rammed into an electric pole on the roadside. The exact cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained.
It was noted that three to four CCTV cameras are installed in the vicinity of the accident spot. Police officials are expected to examine the footage to determine the sequence of events leading to the collision.
In the impact, a 15-year-old boy, identified as Bilal, son of Mohammed Ashraf Ruknuddin Shipai of Azad Nagar in Bhatkal, died on the spot. Bilal was a Class 10 student. The car was driven by Ayan, son of Abdul Salam Akrami, aged 20, who sustained critical injuries in the crash. He was being shifted to Mangaluru for advanced medical treatment but succumbed to his injuries on the way. Ayan was pursuing a degree at a college in Mangaluru.
Police have registered a case and are continuing further investigation into the incident.
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BJP has history of ‘contradictory alliances’, says BK Hariprasad
Bengaluru: Congress MLC B. K. Hariprasad has launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing the party of hypocrisy over its criticism of alliance politics in Tamil Nadu.
In a post on X on Friday, Hariprasad said BJP leader B. L. Santhosh criticising the Congress party’s alliance politics in Tamil Nadu was “not just laughable, but the height of political contradiction.”
He said the Congress has always joined hands with like-minded parties to protect secular and democratic values in the country.
Hariprasad questioned the BJP over several of its past and present alliances across the country. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tripura, Bihar and Maharashtra, he accused the BJP of sharing power with parties it had earlier criticised.
He alleged that the BJP had aligned with separatist and corruption-linked political forces in different states for political gains.
“The BJP, which speaks against alliances today, should first look at its own political history,” he said, adding that the party’s record was full of “contradictions and changing stands.”
Hariprasad also accused the BJP of using central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department and CBI as political tools to target opposition leaders, topple governments and influence electoral mandates.
He further claimed that the people of Tamil Nadu had strongly rejected the BJP and its ideology in the recent election.
“Congress forms alliances to protect the Constitution, secularism and national unity, while the BJP enters into alliances only for power,” he said.
