4 women beaten, stripped in Bengal’s Jalpaiguri on suspicion of abducting children
Siliguri : Four women were beaten up and two of them even stripped by a mob in a village in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on Monday afternoon on suspicion of being child lifters before police rescued them.
Sanjay Dutta, inspector-in-charge of Dhupguri police station said, “We rescued the women from the mob. No arrest has been made till night.”
The incident is the latest in a series of assaults and lynching across the country where people have attacked strangers at the slightest suspicion of them being child lifters. Two of the women are residents of Hospital Para in Dhupguri town, one is from Station More area of Dhupguri while one lives in the Court More area of Siliguri town. Only the women from Dhupguri knew each other.
The four women had gone to Daukimari village market, about five km from Dhupguri. Two of them had gone to the office of a micro finance company, one wanted to meet a relative while one was out to sell clothes.
Some people allegedly triggered panic in the market saying the women were child lifters. A mob gathered in no time and started assaulting the women. Two women were even stripped. The mob then took them to a local club.
On hearing the news police rushed to the spot and resorted to lathi charge. Police rescued the women and escorted them to their homes.
Monday’s incident took place exactly a week after a mentally challenged woman in Dhupguri’s Kadamtala village was tied to a pillar and thrashed by a mob on suspicion of being a child lifter. She is a resident of Balagarh in Hooghly district, more than 700 km from where she was assaulted.
Police had registered a case suo-motu against a BJP leader, Taramani Roy, vice president of the party’s Mahila Morcha, Jalpaiguri district committee for allegedly leading the mob which attacked the woman.
courtesy : hindustantimes.com
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Karnataka govt directs municipal corps to regulate, prohibit pigeon feeding
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka government has issued directions to municipal corporations across the state to regulate and prohibit feeding pigeons in public places, citing serious public health concerns.
Deputy Secretary to Government V Lakshmikanth has written to the Urban Development Department requesting it to issue directions to the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and all municipal corporations to take immediate steps to implement the measures.
In an official note dated December 16 issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department and released to the media on Wednesday, the department said uncontrolled feeding of pigeons in public places has resulted in large congregations of birds, excessive droppings and serious health concerns, particularly respiratory illnesses linked to prolonged exposure to pigeon droppings and feathers such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other lung diseases.
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"The commissioner, the Greater Bengaluru Authority and the Commissioners and chief officers of other municipal corporations shall take necessary action to mitigate the causes of dangerous disease spread by pigeon and enforce specified guidelines in their respective jurisdiction," the note said.
According to the department, these include a prohibition on feeding pigeons or causing pigeons to be fed in areas where it may cause nuisance or pose a health hazard to the public. Pigeon feeding shall be permitted only in designated areas in a controlled manner, subject to certain conditions.
"The designated areas may be selected in consultation with stakeholders. The responsibility for upkeep of the designated areas and compliance to the directions shall be taken up by some charitable organisation or an NGO. The feeding in designated areas shall be permitted only for some limited hours in the day," it said.
The note further stated that authorised officers of local authorities shall issue on-the-spot warnings and may impose fines for violation of the order, or lodge complaints to prosecute offenders under Sections 271 (Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and 272 (Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
It also directed local authorities to conduct public awareness campaigns, including the display of signboards, banners and digital messages, explaining the health hazards associated with pigeon droppings and feathers, the content of the regulatory directions and penalties for violations, and alternative humane methods of bird conservation that do not endanger public health.
