UP's Sania Mirza: Village girl to become first Muslim fighter pilot of India
Mirzapur: A young lady in a village here has reached high, from being the daughter of a TV mechanic to be selected to become the first Muslim girl Indian Air Force pilot.
She will also be the first IAF pilot from Uttar Pradesh.
Sania Mirza, a resident of Jasovar village near the Dehat Kotwali in Mirzapur, has been selected to become a fighter pilot in the Air Force after she passed the National Defence Academy (NDA) examination. She will join the NDA in Khadakwasla, Pune, on December 27, reports NDTV.
Her achievement thus far has brought to not just her district and state but also the entire nation.
Sania's father Shahid Ali said that Sania considers Avni Chaturvedi, the country's first fighter pilot as her role model. “She always wanted to be like Avni Chaturvedi. Sania is the second girl in the country to be selected as a fighter pilot,” he said.
Her mother Tabassum Mirza said, “Our daughter has made us and the entire village proud. By fulfilling her dream of becoming the first fighter pilot, Sania also inspired girls in the village to follow their dreams.”
Sania studied at the Pandit Chintamani Dubey Inter College in her village, till Class 10, before going to Guru Nanak Girls' Inter College in the city, where she was the district topper in the 12th UP Board.
She started preparing to achieve her goal at the Centurion Defense Academy.
Having studied in a Hindi medium school, Sania said that success can be achieved with determination, regardless of the medium of education.
She expresses gratitude to and credits the Academy as well as her parents for her success.
She said that since only two seats were reserved for women as fighter pilots at the NDA 2022, she could not get a seat in her first attempt. “But I have found a place in my second try,” she added.
There were 400 seats in both male and female categories at the NDA 2022 examination, but only 19 seats were for women, two for fighter pilots. Sania got a place in the Academy on the strength of her talent.
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Nightclub fire: Goa court remands Luthra brothers in police custody for five days
Panaji (PTI): A court in North Goa on Wednesday remanded Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub, in police custody for five days.
The brothers, brought to Goa from Delhi after being deported from Thailand in connection with the December 6 blaze that killed 25, were produced in the court after undergoing health check-ups twice at the District Hospital in North Goa.
Judicial Magistrate First Class Mapusa Puja Sardesai remanded the two brothers in police custody for five days.
Advocate Vishnu Joshi, representing Bhavana Joshi who lost four family members in the tragedy, said that the accused were asking for “special consideration” claiming poor health.
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“We said they should not be given any extra relaxation,” he said, adding that the court has taken cognisance of the fact that this is about the death of “25 people in the form of mass genocide”.
“But since they kept pressing for medical check-up, the court ordered reexamination of their health. It is clear in the medical examination that they don’t require any consideration. The accused sought special considerations in the lock-up like a good mattress, which the court refused,” said Joshi.
A team of the Goa Police, along with the Luthra brothers, arrived at the Manohar International Airport, Mopa, in North Goa at 10.45 am.
The duo was initially taken to a Primary Health Centre at Siolim for medical examination. They were then taken to the District Hospital at Mapusa.
After their health assessment, the two were brought to the court.
The court directed that the accused be sent for fresh medical examination. Accordingly, the two were again taken to the District Hospital.
Later, they were produced before Judge Sardesai, who ordered the five-day police custody of the accused.
After the fire tragedy at Arpora village, the Anjuna police had registered a case against the Luthra brothers on various charges, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
The brothers were arrested in Delhi on Tuesday after being deported from Thailand. A court there allowed the Goa Police their two-day transit remand.
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The duo had fled to Phuket in Thailand early on December 7, hours after the fire at their nightclub, prompting the authorities to issue an Interpol Blue Corner Notice and cancel their passports.
They were detained by Thai authorities at Phuket on December 11 following a request from the Indian government, which later coordinated with officials in Thailand to deport them under legal treaties between the two nations.
Five managers and staff members have already been arrested by the Goa Police in connection with the fire.
