16 hours on, Kejriwal's protest at LG's office continues
New Delhi, June 12 : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with his three cabinet colleagues spent the night at Lt Governor Anil Baijal's office as they continued their sit-in protest on Tuesday.
Kejriwal along with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and cabinet colleagues Satyendar Jain and Gopal Rai were supplied food from outside, informed sources said.
The four went to the LG's office on Monday evening at 5.30 p.m. to press their three demands, including a direction to IAS officers to end their "strike" and to take action against officers who have struck work for "four months". The Chief Minister also demanded approval to his government's proposal to deliver ration to the poor at their houses.
They decided to stay in Baijal's office until their demands were accepted. The Raj Niwas had called it a "protest without reason".
The Chief Minister on Tuesday morning tweeted that his "struggle" was on. "My dear Delhites, Good Morning. The struggle is on," Kejriwal tweeted.
In another tweet, he accused the Lt Governor of defending the "IAS strike" by saying that the officers were working and were not on strike.
As of now, Kejriwal and the ministers don't have any plans of coming out of Baijal's office and will continue the strike.
They four were constantly updating details through tweets. They spent the Monday night on the sofas in Baijal's waiting room.
A number of party leaders were squatting on the road outside the Lt Governor's office to show their support to Kejriwal. Security outside Baijal's office has been beefed up since Monday evening.
A statement from the office of Baijal, who met the delegation in the evening, accused the Chief Minister of "threatening" him.
On Monday, Kejriwal tweeted: "LG refuses to take action. LG is under constitutional duty to act. Left with no option, we have politely told the LG that we will not leave till he acts on all points. We have come out of his chamber and (are) sitting in his waiting room."
Kejriwal on Monday alleged that the IAS association in Delhi was on a strike for the past four months. He dubbed the protest "illegal".
IAS Association Secretary Manisha Saxena on Monday termed the allegations by Kejriwal as "unwarranted and baseless" and "unfortunate", saying no officer in Delhi was or has been on strike.
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Thieves break into forest officer’s house in Ullal, decamp with bike, jewellery and ₹10.5 lakh cash
Mangaluru: Thieves broke into the rented house of a forest officer in the Kotekar sub-division of Ullal and stole a motorbike, ₹10.5 lakh in cash and gold and silver jewellery weighing about 181 grams, police said. The incident came to light on Thursday morning after Mehboob returned home from his native after nearly one week
The victim, Mehboob Saab Gudihola, had been living in the house with his wife and child for the past six months. According to the complaint, the family had travelled to their native place in Koppal on Friday.
The theft came to light when Gudihola returned home on Thursday morning and found that the house had been broken into.
In his complaint to police, Gudihola said the accused had entered the house through the main door and broke open cupboards in two rooms. The thieves allegedly stole gold and silver jewellery weighing around 181 grams, including ornaments belonging to the child.
They also took away ₹10.5 lakh in cash, which Gudihola told police he had brought home after availing a bank loan. In addition, a motorbike parked on the premises was also stolen.
Following the complaint, Ullal Police registered a case and launched an investigation. A dog squad and forensic experts visited the house and conducted an inspection.
