Bengaluru: Woman denied house on rent for being Muslim
Bengaluru: A Muslim woman has accused two house owners of discrimination on the basis of her religion in the state capital. The woman has complained that two Bengaluru-based landlords allegedly refused to rent out their premises to her family when they got to know that she is a Muslim.
A woman, co-founder of an organization, revealed this through posts on social networking sites. As per her post, she found two houses matching her family's requirements through a website and contact their owners. But they allegedly refused to rent out their houses to her.
In her tweet, she said "I am denied 2 houses in Bangalore for rent for my family because we are Muslims. Only a fanatic & irrational Hindu house owner can judge me without even talking to me. @nestawayhomes -you were the one who did #HomesThat-DontDiscriminate campaign. It seems that it was just a gimmick!"
She further wrote, "What an irony that I am not finding a "house" in my own "home country". I would like to invite more of my Hindu friends to engage in this conversation. I'm keen to understand your point of view."
However, the post has gone viral and drawn flak on social media. Twitterati and Facebook users have criticized the house owners and demanded the online agency to take appropriate action.
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Airlines got 999 hoax bomb threats till Nov 14 this year; 256 FIRs filed: Govt
New Delhi, Nov 28: Airlines received 999 hoax bomb threats this year till November 14 and as many as 256 FIRs have been filed while guidelines have been issued by aviation security regulator BCAS for objective assessment of threats, the government said on Thursday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said a total of 1,148 hoax bomb threat messages/calls have been received since August 2022 till November 14, 2024 threatening the operations of international and domestic air travel.
While 999 threats were received by airlines during the period from January to November 14, 2024, the count stood at 122 last year and at 27 for the August-December 2022 period.
"256 FIRs have been filed since January 2024 till 14 November 2024, out of which 163 FIRs have been filed during 14 October- 14 November 2024. 12 arrests have been made in view of hoax bomb threat since January 2024 till 14 November 2024," the minister said.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued guidelines for objective assessment of threats. The indicative factor has been useful in reducing time taken by the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) during the decision-making process.
"Also, to reduce the overall time taken for convening BTAC to less than 5 minutes, virtual assembly of BTAC through pre-generated video link has been set up. Further, advisories for compulsory 10 per cent of secondary ladder point check-in for all flights, strict monitoring of non-scheduled flight operations, enhanced security measures and surveillance at cargo terminals were issued," Mohol said.
Further, the minister said the government is considering amending the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023 to put hoax threat messenger in the no-fly list.
"It is also being considered to amend Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation for covering Aircraft in flight as well as on ground, airport etc," he added.
