Congress leader Mithun Rai moves SC against Kerala HC order for lifting road blockade
Mangaluru: Congress leader Mithun Rai on Thursday filed a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the validity of Kerala High Court's order for opening the National Highway, connecting to Kasargod.
In the special leave petition filed in the top court through advocate Sanjay M Nuli, Rai has defended the blockade set by the Karnataka government.
Influx of patients from Kerala has caused an "undesirable aura of panic and threat among the medical fraternity which further hinders the ability of the healthcare professionals to make well-reasoned decisions," Rai said.
Rai claimed that the Kerala High Court's interim order did not consider the fact that there was no prescribed treatment for cases of COVID-19 as of today and the only universally accepted solution has been to quarantined in self-isolation.
He further contended, "Restrictions have been imposed solely with the view of safeguarding and protecting the lives of the persons living in the district of Mangaluru."
The petition is likely to be taken up by a bench of L Nageshwara Rao and Deepak Gupta on Friday, along with a similar plea by the Karnataka government.
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Six Bangladeshi nationals held for illegal stay in Chitradurga
Chitradurga (Karnataka), Nov 19: Six Bangladeshi nationals were arrested for allegedly staying illegally here, police said on Tuesday.
The arrests were made on Monday during a routine patrol near garment factories on Holalkere Road, where the men were found behaving suspiciously. Upon interrogation, it was revealed that they were Bangladeshi nationals who had entered India illegally several years ago intending to settle here.
The men initially entered India through West Bengal, where they forged Aadhaar cards and Voter ID cards, besides other documents in Kolkata. They were working in various states across India to earn a living, according to a senior police official.
The men had been residing illegally in Chitradurga city for some time, police said.
Legal proceedings have been initiated against them, and documents including Aadhaar cards, Voter ID cards, labour cards, bank passbooks, PAN cards, and others have been seized, they added.
