Vitla: Illegal transportation of animals: 2, including Bajrang Dal activist arrested.
Bantwal: Vitla police on Thursday night arrested two persons, including a Bajrang Dal activist, for allegedly transporting animals illegally to a slaughterhouse in Kerala.
Bajrang Dal activist Shashikumar (48), a resident of Vitla Padnur village; and Abdul Haris (21), a resident of Kolnadu village; have been arrested. The accused were arrested at Kadambu in Vitla Padnur village at around 11 pm yesterday.
Incident details:
The Vitla police launched the operation based on specific information that the animals were being transported illegally in a vehicle from Vitla to a slaughterhouse in Kerala. The police intercepted and checked vehicles at Kadambu junction at around 11 pm. Four cattle and a calf were found illegally and violently transported in a vehicle, police informed.
The value of the cattle and vehicle has been estimated to Rs. Five lakh. The two accused Sashikumar and Haris who were in the vehicle have been arrested in this connection.
"While Shashikumar is an activist of Bajrang Dal, a case was registered against Abdul Haris at Konaje station over his involvement in a cow theft case. As per their need, the vehicle used for transporting cattle was modified in such a way that no one could suspect the crime, DK District SP Ravikanthe Gowda informed.
Vitla Police Station Deputy Inspector Nagaraj H.E. And constables Abhijit, Lokesh, Ramesh, Rakshat and driver Raghuram, took part in the operation.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
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.
