Minority Department Chairman GA Bava assures 'all help' to APCR
Bengaluru: "The way in which the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) is providing legal aid to the innocents and oppressed is a great task. I am always with APCR for such relief works and ready to provide all possible assistance from the Minority Commission", informed Minority Commission chairman G A Bawa.
He was addressing here after inaugurating the District Office Bearers Conference on 'Legal issues and its solutions' held in Bengaluru on Saturday, 28th September, under the aegis of APCR Karnataka Chapter. G A Bawa said that recently APCR delegation led by its secretary made a visit to the state jail. He said there were several people who have been released on bail but did not have enough money to pay them out. For such a situation, free legal aid is provided by the government, but we also need to work on it to bring people out. He assured that the Minority Commission will always be ready to jointly work with the APCR.
Further speaking, newly elected APCR President and Bengaluru High Court Advocate P. Usman lauded APCR's performance so far and said that he joined into APCR after noticing the services and being impressed by people's reactions towards APCR. Addressing about the current situation in the country, he said that the constitution we have is like a weapon for us. "There are great opportunities for APCR workers to work for civil rights in accordance with the constitution. We should not go beyond constitutional provinces. Hence if we follow this, there should not be any fear, hesitation or restrictions in our activities and also there will be no barriers for us to do anything that the Constitution allows us to do," he said.
The conference was attended by APCR officials from various districts of the state, who were assigned different responsibilities and given a month's time to perform several tasks. Meanwhile, the one-year 'Calendar of Events' list was also read. On this occasion, the district officials submitted annual reports of the activities in their respective areas and expressed their determination to perform the tasks better in the future.
Assistant Ameer-e-Halqa of Jamat e Islami Hind Karnataka, Maulana Muhammad Yousuf Kunhi lauded Karnataka APCR. He said that there are many organization in society that are doing many social works, but APCR has been established for the work which hardly any organization does. He opined the members to work according to the Association's bylaws so that people will come finding you for help. On this occasion, Maulana presented several suggestions and asked to focus on strengthening the Association.
The program began with the recitation of verses from Holy Quran by Abdul Muqtadeer, while APCR Karnataka chapter General Secretary Muhammad Niyaz Ahmed addressed welcome note and briefly introduced about the organization. APCR state co-ordinator Shaikh Muhammad Shafi and Founder Member of APCR Mehamood Qazi too expressed their views on current services of APCR. State Executive Member Tajuddin Sharif compered the event and also gave a vote of thanks.
The conference began in the morning at around 10:30 AM and concluded in the evening at 5:00 PM.
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Two men shot dead, one injured in firing incident in Punjab’s Batala
Chandigarh (PTI): Two persons were shot dead and one sustained injuries after unidentified persons opened fire at them in Punjab’s Batala late Monday night, police said.
The incident occurred in Bhoma village in Sri Hargobindpur subdivision.
Senior Superintendent of Police Batala, Mehtab Singh said some unidentified people opened fire at three persons who were on a walk.
The deceased were identified as Kashmir Singh and Jugraj Singh, according to the SSP. The injured, identified as another man named Jugraj Singh, has been admitted to a hospital.
Preliminary investigation revealed that there was no angle of extortion or any threat call in this incident, said the SSP.
Investigation in the matter is underway and CCTV footage in the area is being scanned, he said, adding that the culprits would soon be traced.
Police have initiated a thorough investigation and are making all efforts to identify and apprehend the accused at the earliest.
“Our teams are working on this case,” he said while replying to a question.
