Bengaluru, Jan 8: Keeping in mind the welfare of the Muslim community and the society, ‘Karnataka Muslim Jamaat’ was constituted, said organization convener Moulana NKM Shafi Saadi.

Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, he said that All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama general secretary Sultanul Ulama Kanthapuram AP Aboobakar Musliyar would declare open the organization at a convention to be held in Bengaluru on January 27. Community leaders and experts from different fields would be included in the organization. Already, conventions were held in various districts. In the state level convention to be held at the Palace Ground, thousands of representatives would take part, he said.

Already, ‘All India Muslim Jamaat’ was came into existence to ensure the empowerment of the community, and play a pivotal role in establishing communal harmony, integrity and development of the country with the inclusion of religious and social leaders.

After the state level organization, district, taluk and zonal level units would be inaugurated. Religious scholar and Ullala Khazi Syed Koorath Thangal, Hazrat Allama Moulana Abdul Mannani Miyan Raza Khan Khadri of Uttar Pradesh Bareilly Sharief, Maulana Syed Noorani Miyan Ashrafi of Kichochi Sharif, Moulana Najeeb Haider Miya Barkati of Mahrar Sharief, Moulana Ahmed Naqshbandi of Hyderabad, Syed Shamsul Haq Khadri Al Huseini and others would take part in it, he said.

Retired DCP GA Bava, Reception Committee president Dr SSA Khader, advocate Mahmood Patel, Aneesh Siraj Koya, Abdul Hamid Madikeri, Yaqub Yusuf Shivamogga, advocate Shahul Hameed and others were present.

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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.