Sugarcane tractors set on fire in Bagalkot; police file suo motu case against 700 farmers
Bagalkot: Mahalingapura Police have booked a suo motu case against 700 farmers following the incident of a trailer of tractors carrying sugarcane being set on fire on the premises of the sugar factory in Samirvadi of Saidapur recently.
The case was registered based on a complaint filed by Sub-inspector Terdala, which accused the farmers, including 17 leaders, of attempt to murder by stone-pelting and obstructing government employees from attending to their duties.
Farmer leader Gangadhar Meiti, who has been named as the 17th suspect in the case, is reportedly on a tour of Delhi with his family for the last one week and has challenged the charges against him. Meiti has insisted that he had not participated in the protest by sugarcane farmers in Mudhol and expressed displeasure over the Police Department making false charges against him.
He also released a video clip on social media showing him near India Gate in New Delhi, as proof of his statement.
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Attack on Indian-flagged merchant ship off Oman coast unacceptable: MEA
New Delhi (PTI): An Indian-flagged commercial vessel has come under attack off the coast of Oman but all its 14 crew members are safe, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.
It is not immediately known who carried out the strike on the vessel on Wednesday.
The MEA described the attack as "unacceptable".
"The attack on an Indian-flagged ship off the coast of Oman yesterday is unacceptable and we deplore the fact that commercial shipping and civilian mariners continue to be targeted," it said.
"All Indian crew on board are safe and we thank the Omani authorities for rescuing them," it said.
The MEA said India reiterates that targeting commercial shipping and endangering innocent civilian crew members, or otherwise impeding freedom of navigation and commerce, should be avoided.
The vessel was sailing from Somalia and the strike triggered a fire that led to sinking of the vessel, it is learnt.
The crew members were rescued by Oman's Coast Guard and taken to Diba port.
At least two other Indian-flagged ships have been attacked since the war between the US and Iran began on February 28.
The latest attack came amid the fragile security situation in the Strait of Hormuz.
