Bhatkal: Bailoor Gram Panchayath members who had appealed for no confidence motion against Panchayath President Manjunath failed to appear before Bhatkal Assistant Commissioner (AC), Sajid Ahmed Mulla on Saturday when he had scheduled the vote of confidence motion.
Only Manjunath Naik, was appeared before Assistant Commissioner while all the other members who wrote to AC for the confidence test remained absent. Thereby Manjunath Naik will now continue on his position as president of Panchayath.
A total of 10 members had filed for vote of confidence to AC.
Earlier too, members had similarly filed for no confidence motion twice but then, Manjunath Naik had approached High Court and had bailed himself out of the situation twice.
It is being said that former MLA Mankal Vaidya and Honnavar APMC President Gopal Naik, who supports Manjunath Naik, intervened and negotiated with other members of Panchayath which convinced them to give the no confidence motion a skip.
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Man arrested for for raping mute woman in Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.
The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.
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The accused was a caretaker of the company.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.
