Karnataka Congress MLA Siddu B Nyamagouda Dies in Road Accident
Bagalkot, May 28: Senior Congress legislator Siddu B Nyamagouda from Karnataka's Bagalkot district died in a road accident near here on Monday, police said. He was 71 and leaves behind his widow, two sons and three daughters.
"The accident occurred near Tulasigeri village when the car in which Nyamagouda was travelling crashed into a divider after the driver lost control while trying to avoid a head-on collision with a truck," Tulasigeri police inspector M.B. Biradar told IANS. Bagalkot is 530 km from state capital Bengaluru and 20 km from Tulasigeri.
Four persons, including the driver, were injured. They have been admitted to a hospital here.
"The legislator was travelling to Jamkhandi via Bagalkot from Panaji in Goa upon his return from Delhi on Sunday night," Biradar said.
Nyamagouda was re-elected to the state Assembly in the May 12 election, defeating BJP's Kulkarni Shrikant Subrao by 2,795 votes. The veteran party leader was a Union Minister in the P.V. Narasimha Rao cabinet in 1990-91.
Chief Minister.D. Kumaraswamy and many Congress leaders mourned his untimely death.
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Magisterial probe ordered into Goa nightclub fire; FIR lodged against owner, GM
Panaji (PTI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the fire at a nightclub which claimed 25 lives.
Speaking to PTI, Sawant said an FIR has been lodged against the owner and the general manager of the nightclub and they would be arrested.
The fire broke out at Birch by Romeo Lane after midnight. The popular party venue at Arpora village, located around 25 km from the state capital Panaji, opened last year.
CM Sawant, in a post on X, said, "I am closely reviewing the situation arising from the tragic fire incident at Arpora, in which 25 people have lost their lives and six have been injured."
"All six injured persons are in a stable condition and are receiving the best medical care. I have ordered a magisterial inquiry into the entire incident to identify the cause and fix responsibility," he said.
Speaking to PTI, Sawant said the police have registered an FIR against the owner and the general manager of the nightclub, and they would be arrested.
He said this is the first time that such an incident has happened in Goa.
A preliminary inquiry has indicated that the fire started on the first floor of the club, and due to congestion and small doors, the customers could not move out, the CM said.
"Some of them rushed to the ground floor and got trapped there," he said.
