Allegations of cattle transport: Young man assaulted by Bajrang Dal activists in Karkala
Cases registered against 17 people at Karkala Rural Police Station
Karkala: A 30-year-old man was on Tuesday evening assaulted by a group of Bajrang Dal activists. The victim identified as Sujay Devadiga (30), who was working with Sita Ram, a resident of here who was also assaulted by Bajrang Dal activists last month for allegedly transporting cattle.
According to the reports, Sujay was riding on his two-wheeler when 17 people arrived on the car and assaulted him. In his complaint, Sujay has added that they also threatened him for life. Yogish aka Munna, Ravi Acharya, Ashok aka Abhi, Nitin are among 17 people named in the complaint.
Sujay who has sustained injuries in the assault is being treated at Karkala Government Hospital. A case has been registered at Karkala Rural Police Station and investigations are underway.
On July 22, Sitaram Malekdy, a local resident had purchased cattle for dairy farming from his neighbor Babu Poojary. Babu and Sujay had brought the cattle to Sitaram’s house and had tied it in the backyard. On the same evening, Abdul Rahman who had come to purchase goats for Bakri-Eid was intercepted by Bajrang Dal activists.
Later on the same night, more than 50 Bajrang Dal activists gathered outside Sitaram’s house and assaulted him. Sujay had escaped at that time. Sujay’s brother has alleged that the same group of activists attacked Sujay alleging his involvement in the matter.
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SIR row: No interim stay on draft electoral roll publication, SC asks EC to accept Aadhaar, voter ID
New Delhi(PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the publication of draft electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar saying it would once for all decide the pleas against the Election Commission's special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said it would fix on July 29, the time schedule to conduct the final hearing of the matter.
Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for an NGO, said the electoral rolls should not be finalised in the interim and there should be an interim stay on the publication of the draft rolls.
The bench observed the last order of the top court noted the petitioners not pressing for an interim relief and, therefore, it couldn't be done now and matter would be interpreted once for all.
It asked the poll panel to continue accepting Aadhaar and voter ID for the SIR exercise in Bihar in compliance with its order saying both documents had a "presumption of genuineness".
The court said it prima facie agreed with the order of the top court and the EC accepted in its counter affidavit that Aadhaar, voter cards and ration cards were required to be accepted.
“As far as ration cards are concerned we can say they can be forged easily but Aadhaar and voter cards have some sanctity and have presumption of genuineness. You continue accepting these documents,” the bench said.
