Basrur Shankar Poojary who was jailed in Kuwait released
Udupi, Jan 15: Shankar Poojary (40) of Basrur in Kundapura who was jailed in Kuwait for the last seven months on charges of carrying banned medicine from his native place to Kuwait, it is reported.
Shankar Poojary was working at an Agriculture and Food Product Company in Kuwait and in May, he had come to his native place on ten days leave. While going back to Kuwait, he had taken a parcel from a person following his friend’s request.
When he landed in Kuwait, the custom police officers checked him and recovered the parcel in which banned tablets were found.
On this charge, the police put him behind the bars. Udupi district administration, Kannada Rakshana Vedike leader Ansar Ahmed and Human Rights Foundation have put pressure on the government to release Poojary.
“With the help and efforts of everyone, I have got the information that my husband is released from the Kuwait jail. Businessman Pushparaj from Kuwait has called me and informed it. Tomorrow, my husband will go to his company and it will be confirmed whether he will continue work there or not. His Visa will expire on February 4”, Jyothi Basrur, wife of Shankar Poojary told Varthabharati.
“Billava Sangha of Kuwait, and Tulu Kootas have strived hard. My husband has not yet called me. My husband may call me tomorrow. I am thankful for Pushparaj and various organizations which supported me in the fight”, Jyothi said.
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Waqf Bill anti-secular, will snatch rights of Muslims: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday described the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as “anti-secular”, claiming that it would snatch the rights of Muslims.
Banerjee, speaking in the assembly, also said the Centre did not consult with states over the matter.
“The bill is anti-federal and anti-secular; it is a deliberate attempt to malign a particular section. It will snatch the rights of Muslims... The Centre did not consult with us on the Waqf Bill,” she said.
The chief minister added that “if any religion was attacked”, she would wholeheartedly condemn it.
Opposition parties have stridently criticised the amendments proposed by the bill in the existing Waqf Act, alleging that they violate the religious rights of Muslims.
The ruling BJP has asserted that the amendments will bring transparency in the functioning of the Waqf boards and make them accountable.
A parliamentary committee has been constituted to scrutinise the contentious bill.
