Highlight sacrifices of J&K Police: Urges Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Jammu: Noted Bollywood film director and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra on Friday called on S.P. Vaid, the Jammu and Kashmir Police chief, who requested the filmmaker to highlight the sacrifices made by local policemen while fighting militancy.
The Bollywood filmmaker is currently shooting a movie on the plight of Kashmiri Pandit community.
A police statement said on Friday: "Chopra who is shooting his film in the state visited the police headquarters in Jammu today. He called on DGP S.P. Vaid and interacted with senior officers."
The DGP requested Chopra to help in projecting the contribution and sacrifices of J&K Police through his medium of art to the people of the country and abroad, it said.
"The filmmaker assured that all assistance will be provided in highlighting the services of the J&K Police to the nation."
During the interaction various suggestions regarding the projection of the role of J&K Police in the service of nation were discussed, the statement added.
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Will fight those who installed 'fake' Parashurama statue: Karkala Congress leader
Karkala: Town Municipality member and Congress spokesperson Shubhada Rao has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of duping citizens by installing a fibre glass statue of warrior-sage Parashurama at the new theme park in Karkala despite claiming that a bronze statue would be installed there.
Addressing a meeting held at the Bailuru Marigudi Hall on Saturday by the Karkala Parashurama Theme Park Welfare Committee demanding the installation of a bronze statue of the sage at the new park on the Umikal hills at Bailuru town, Rao clarified that the Congress had never opposed the development of the theme park or the installation of a statue of Parashurama at the park, but had expressed dissatisfaction at the BJP replacing the bronze statue meant to be used at the park with a fibre glass statue. He added that Congress aimed to unveil the truth regarding the statue.
Calling Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar's claims about the support of 65 legislators to him whom he could bring to the Parashurama hill as a bluff, Rao said that he would meet the legislator in Bengaluru itself with documentary proof to show that the statue was 'fake'. He also challenged Sunil Kumar to face the truth about the theme park.
A video containing information on the theme park, the statue, the correspondence between the government and the district administration as well as the gram panchayat, in addition to the court order was presented at the meeting.
