R. Ashok urges NIA to investigate attacks on religious festivals
Bengaluru: Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R. Ashok, has urged the state government to hand over cases of attacks targeting religious festivals to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). He expressed concerns that state police are incapable of addressing the issue, citing the involvement of a large network of religious fundamentalist organizations with potential inter-state and international connections.
In a post on 'X,' Ashok highlighted the communal violence that took place during the Ganesha idol immersion in Nagamangala, where eyewitnesses claimed that miscreants shouted pro-Pakistan slogans. He also referred to other incidents in Davangere's Gandhinagar and Ahmed Nagar, suggesting that such events were orchestrated to target Hindu festivals.
Ashok further noted that similar provocations occurred during the inauguration of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir and insisted that these cases be transferred to the NIA for a thorough investigation.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
