DK secular parties, organizations urge incharge Minister action against communal activities
Mangaluru: When the Congress came to power in the state, it promised to take action to control communal activities in the Dakshina Kannada district. However, communal activities inciting hatred have continued, stated a joint Forum of secular parties and organization demanding action to prevent such incidents, submitted a request to the district in-charge minister.
Minister Dinesh Gundurao received the request from the forum, led by Secretary Munir Katipalla, at the Deputy Commissioner's office on Monday.
"Recently, the police department registered a case against Sharan Pump Well for inciting communal riots related to an incident of inviduals offering namaz on the roadside in Kankanady. However, the High Court stayed the case. Similarly, the High Court stayed a case of communal incitement in front of Gerosa School. These repeated incidents have undermined the police department's efforts to take legal action against communal incitement," the letter read.
In the letter, the forum also questioned whether the police's FIRs are weak, allowing such serious cases to be easily dismissed.
In the letter it was also alleged that a systematic conspiracy was plotted to enrage Muslims and create communal tension under the guise if the BJP's election victory. Incidents where BJP workers illegally gathered and shouted provocative slogans in front of the Karopadi Masjid and Boliyar Masjid during celebrations, despite prohibition orders."
The forum further urged for a strict legal action in these cases and called for proper measures to prevent such future incidents.
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Apartment building collapses in south Kolkata
Kolkata, Jan 14: An apartment building collapsed in south Kolkata's Bagha Jatin area on Tuesday while work was underway to strengthen its foundation, officials said.
The incident happened around 1.30 pm in Kolkata Municipal Corporation's ward 99 near the SC Mallick Road, they said.
No one was injured in the incident as the four-storied building was vacated, they added.
A Haryana-based firm was given the contract by the developer to strengthen the foundation as the 10-year-old building had tilted to the right over time, an official of the KMC said.
For the works, the residents were shifted to another building in the area, he said.
However, the KMC was not informed about it, the official said.
The entire building is likely to be razed now, he said.
A case has been lodged against the developer who is now on the run, police said.
Jadavpur MLA Debabrata Majumdar said the work was started by the developer without any authorisation and strict action will be taken against him.
In March last year, 13 people were killed after an under-construction building collapsed in the Garden Reach area of the city.
The owner of one of the flats in the collapsed building alleged that an additional floor was added illegally and low-quality materials were used in the construction.
"We had not dared to protest as they are powerful people with political patronage. Now, what will happen to us? We had spent all our savings to buy this flat," the woman said.
A newly constructed building in #Kolkata's Baghajatin, titled 60 degrees and collapsed after the base of ground floor caved in due to the poor quality of the construction material used. #Watch
— Mirror Now (@MirrorNow) January 14, 2025
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