Former NCP MLA Tukaram Bidkar killed in road accident in Akola
Akola (Maharashtra): Former MLA Tukaram Bidkar (73) and another individual lost their lives in a road accident on Thursday after a pickup truck collided with their two-wheeler in the Shivni area around 3:30 pm.
Bidkar, who was riding pillion, suffered critical injuries and was taken to a private hospital, where he was declared dead. The rider, identified as Rajdatta Mankar (48), also succumbed to his injuries.
A CCTV video of the accident has surfaced online, showing the moment of impact. The pickup truck overturned due to the collision, dragging the two-wheeler along the road. Bystanders rushed to assist the victims.
Bidkar was returning home after meeting Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule at the airport in Shivni when the incident occurred. MIDC police have arrested the truck driver, Mohammad Sahil Abdul Shahid (25), and are in the process of registering an FIR.
Bidkar was a former MLA of the undivided Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), representing the Murtizapur assembly constituency from 2004 to 2009. He also served as chairman of the Vidarbha Development Corporation and was a Zilla Parishad member. Apart from politics, he was active in cultural and social work and had produced a Marathi film, Debu, based on the life of social reformer Saint Gadge Maharaj.
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Minister Parameshwara says remarks on properties linked to drug peddlers 'misunderstood'
Tumakuru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said his recent remarks on the demolition of properties linked to those involved in narcotics trade were "misunderstood and misinterpreted".
His clarification follows remarks made two days ago on the government's uncompromising crackdown on the drug menace, including action against properties linked to foreign nationals allegedly involved in drug trafficking.
"It is unfortunate. It is taken in the wrong sense. I didn't mean that tomorrow itself I am going to send bulldozers and demolish the houses. That was not my intention. It was wrongly taken," he told reporters here.
Responding to Congress MLC K Abdul Jabbar's question in the legislative council on the growing drug menace in Bengaluru, Davangere and coastal districts, the minister on Thursday detailed the extensive enforcement measures initiated since the Congress government assumed office.
Pointing to the involvement of some foreign nationals, the minister had said, "Many foreign students from African countries have come to Karnataka. They are into the drug business. We catch them and register cases against them, but they want the case to be registered because once the case is registered, we cannot deport them."
"We have gone to the extent of demolishing the rented building where they stay," he had said.
