Bantwal: Religious leader assaulted by miscreants inside mosque
Bantwal: In an incident that occurred on Monday night, a group of criminals entered a Mosque in Farangipete and assaulted religious leader who was sleeping inside the building. A complaint has been registered in this regard at the Bantwal Rural Police Station.
The religious leader of the Birrul Walidain Mosque at Farangipete – Ammemaar Road, resident of Kundapur, Musthaq was assaulted by the criminals late at night. While attempting to escape from the criminals, he reportedly hurt his leg and is currently receiving treatment at a private hospital in Thumbe.
The team of three criminals who entered the Mosque around 12 o'clock midnight, proceeded to assault Musthaq, who was sleeping on the second floor of the Mosque. The criminals allegedly caught hold of Musthaq’s neck but he managed to push his assaulters and escape to the first floor of the mosque and saved himself, the complaint registered with the police reveals.
Reportedly, while running away from his attackers, Musthaq sustained injuries to his leg for which he is receiving treatment. Although the CCTV cameras inside the mosque captured the scene of criminals entering the building, their faces were hidden behind the helmets worn by them, the complaint reveals. The Mosque President, Sayed Bawa registered a complaint at the Bantwal Rural police station about the incident.
Salim Farangipete, the Bantwal Taluk President of the Popular Front of India, has stated his condemnations concerning the assault on the religious leader inside the Mosque.
Salim Farangipete visited Musthaq, who is receiving treatment in the hospital, and enquired about his health. He expressed that in recent days Mosques, Temples including Churches were being targeted by criminals, who sought to ruin the atmosphere of peace in the society. The police department must conduct serious investigations surrounding such cases and take stern legal action against the accused. Similarly, for the upcoming month of Ramzan, the police must provide added security to mosques, he said.
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Will continue to keep tab on development work in Bihar: Nitish to JD(U) MLAs
Patna (PTI): JD(U) president Nitish Kumar on Monday told party legislators that he will continue to keep a tab on the development work in Bihar despite having given up the chief minister's post a week ago.
Kumar addressed a meeting of the legislative party at 1, Anney Marg, which is the official residence of the chief minister and which the JD(U) supremo, now a Rajya Sabha MP, had occupied for nearly two decades.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, JD(U) MLC and spokesperson Neeraj Kumar said, "Our party leader has said that except for sessions of Parliament, which would require his presence in Delhi, he will spend his maximum time in Bihar."
"Nitish Kumar told us that he will ensure that the good work done while he was in power continues under the new government, in which the JD(U) is an important partner. To keep a tab, he will tour the state in due course," Neeraj Kumar said.
The JD(U) spokesperson was asked about speculations that the meeting had been convened to decide on the role to be assigned to Nishant, the party supremo's son, who joined the JD(U) last month, but has declined to accept a ministerial berth in the Samrat Choudhary government.
"There is no confusion about the role of Nishant, who has been accepted by the party as the leader of the future. In any case, there was no discussion on him today," Neeraj Kumar said.
Nitish Kumar has been authorised by the legislators to decide on choosing the legislative party leader, he added.
Among those present at the meeting were Union minister and former JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh 'Lalan' and Deputy Chief Ministers Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav.
Interestingly, don turned politician Anant Kumar Singh, who represents Mokama assembly seat, claimed after the meeting that MLAs were asked by the supreme leader to try and win "200 seats in the next elections".
"Nitish Kumar ji told us that he will now be more easily available for party workers and general public. He also said that he will extensively tour the state and asked us to work hard so that the party wins 200 seats in the next elections", said Singh, who is often in news for putting his foot in the mouth.
The Bihar assembly is 243-strong and the JD(U)'s current tally is 85, four less than ally BJP, which is the single largest party.
The JD(U)'s best-ever performance was in 2010, when it had contested 142 seats and won 115 of these. It was also the highest tally for any single party since Bihar's truncation in 2000, until when Jharkhand was part of the state and assembly had 324 seats.
