Karnataka BJP delegation to meet Amit Shah
Bengaluru (PTI): A delegation of the Karnataka BJP will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Monday night, the party state unit said.
"The delegation will submit a report to Amit Shah regarding the Dharmasthala issue. We will also discuss the Koppal incident and other cases of attacks on Hindus," a statement issued by the BJP said.
The Dharmasthala controversy erupted after a former sanitation worker alleged that while he was in service, he was, over a period of time, forced to bury several dead bodies, including the bodies of women, some of which bore marks of sexual violence.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), was formed by the state government to look into these allegations. SIT led excavations at several places, identified by the complainant-witness, along the banks of the River Nethravathi to see if there were skeletal remains. In two of the places, they found skeletal remains.
The sanitation worker, whose identity was not revealed earlier, was arrested later for perjury and identified as C N Chinnaiah. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said there was a conspiracy to defame Dharmasthala. The BJP has termed it a conspiracy to malign the temple and held a protest.
In Koppal, a 27-year-old youth leader Gavisiddappa Nayak was murdered on August 3. The BJP has demanded a CBI probe into the incident.
The delegation that will meet Shah include Opposition Leader R Ashoka, Legislative Council Opposition Leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, MLA Harish Poonja and BJP legislators from the Mangaluru region, the statement said.
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Road crash in UP leaves 10 dead
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) (PTI): Ten people were killed when a van collided head-on with a truck on the Sisaiya-Lakhimpur national highway on Monday, police said.
The van was going to Sisaiya from Lakhimpur when the accident took place between Unchgaon and Bharehta villages.
Circle Officer of Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh, said all nine passengers travelling in the van and the driver were killed.
District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri Anjani Kumar Singh told reporters that the van collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, leading to nine casualties on the spot, while one succumbed to injuries at the district hospital.
Circle Officer, Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh told PTI, "Efforts are on to establish the identity of other deceased persons."
The seven of the deceased have been identified as Jaideep Singh (25), Pawan (23), Sohan (21), Ram Goyal (42), Sahajram (35), Pappu (18), all residents of Bahraich district and Adnan Khan (15), a resident of Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.
Condoling the loss of lives in the accident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a post on X, said, "The loss of life in the unfortunate road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply distressing and heart-wrenching. My condolences are with the bereaved families."
"I have directed the local administration to provide prompt and adequate assistance to the injured and the victims. I pray to Lord Shri Ram to grant the departed souls a place at His divine feet and to bestow a speedy recovery upon the injured," Adityanath said on X.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak too condoled the loss of lives in the accident.
"The loss of lives resulting from the road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply tragic and heart-wrenching. My deepest condolences go out to the bereaved families," Maurya said.
