KSU leader claims Union Minister Suresh Gopi inaccessible, files 'missing' complaint
Thrissur (PTI): A Kerala Students' Union (KSU) leader claimed that senior BJP leader and Union Minister Suresh Gopi was "inaccessible" for the people of his constituency and district for some time, and filed a "missing" complaint with the police on Sunday.
KSU is the student outfit of the Congress party.
KSU leader Gokul Guruvayoor alleged that Gopi, also the Thrissur Lok Sabha MP, has not been to the constituency for the last three months, and he has not uttered even a word on the recent arrest of two Catholic nuns from the state in Chhattisgarh.
"Even if Gopi was a leader who had completely concentrated on Christian vote bank during the last Lok Sabha polls and gifted a golden crown to a church to woo the community votes, he kept mum when the nuns suffered humiliation and arrest in the BJP-ruled state," he told PTI.
He charged that Gopi was inaccessible when he was contacted by the authorities here for the inauguration of a significant central government project implemented under the Thrissur Corporation.
The union minister was inaccessible not just for the ordinary people of the constituency, even the people in responsible positions in the state could not access him, the KSU leader further alleged.
Gokul said he sent the missing complaint to the East Police via mail this morning and will submit its hard copy at the police station on Monday.
The KSU would also launch a poster campaign in the district since Monday, demanding to find out the "missing union minister", the leader added.
The police complaint by the KSU leader came days after General Education Minister V Sivankutty and a prominent Catholic priest here took a dig at Gopi, citing his silence in the nuns' issue.
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Car catches fire on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan, five of family burnt alive
Jaipur (PTI): Five members of a family were burnt alive while the driver was seriously injured after a car caught fire on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Alwar district, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place near Maujpur on Wednesday night when the victims were returning from a pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi in Jammu and Kashmir.
Additional Superintendent of Police Priyanka Raghuvanshi said fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control in 15 minutes, but by then the car was completely gutted.
The deceased have been identified as Santosh, his wife Shashi, mother Parvati and daughters Raghani and Sakshi, all residents of Chainpura in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Kailash Jindal said a short circuit is suspected to have triggered the blaze. As it was a CNG vehicle, the fire spread fast, leaving the occupants with no time to escape.
"Only skeletal remains were recovered from the vehicle, which have been preserved separately. DNA tests will be conducted to establish their identity," he said.
The car driver, identified as Vinod Kumar Mehar, managed to jump out of the vehicle but sustained around 80 per cent burn injuries. He was initially taken to a nearby health centre and later referred to Jaipur for advanced treatment, officials said.
Further investigation is underway.
