Activists sit on unending, round-the-clock fast, demanding the clearance of Surathkal tollgate
Surathkal: Members of several organizations, led by the Tollgate Virodhi Horata Samithi, on Friday declared an unending, round-the-clock fast, demanding the clearance of the tollgate in Surathkal.
The members, who started their protest near the tollgate on Friday morning, reportedly urged the authorities and representatives to stop giving assurances and get the tollgate cleared as it was built illegally.
The protesters also shouted slogans against the state government, Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, and local MLAs, including Umanath Kotian, Bharat Shetty, and Vedavyas Kamath, said sources.
Samithi convener Muneer Katipalla, former minister K Abhayachandra Jain, activists Dinesh Hegde Ulepadi, B K Imtiaz and Pratibha Kulai, former legislator Mohiuddin Bava, Raghavendra Rao, and Mohammad Kunjathbail were among the leaders in the protest.
Police security is said to have been tightened in the surrounding area in the backdrop of the protest. More than 100 policemen in two KSRP teams have been deployed as a precautionary measure.
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Birsa Munda's great-grandson, injured in road accident, dies of cardiovascular failure in Ranchi
Ranchi (PTI): Tribal icon Birsa Munda's great-grandson Mangal Munda, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here after being injured in a road accident, died of "cardiovascular failure" on Friday, an official of the health facility said.
He was 45.
Mangal Munda breathed his last at 12.30 am at the state's apex health facility - Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences.
Munda sustained severe head injuries after he fell from the roof of a passenger vehicle in Jharkhand's Khunti district on November 25.
"Birsa Munda's kin Mangal Munda died of cardiovascular failure around 12.30 am. He was on a ventilator after being critically injured. We tried our best to save him but failed," RIMS Medical Superintendent Dr Hiren Birua told PTI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, Union Health Minister JP Nadda and the Jharkhand Chief Minister's office were in touch with the RIMS authorities in connection with Munda's treatment.
