Husband, wife dies of electrocution in Belthangady
Belthangady: In a tragic accident reported from Belthangady Taluk’s Kokradi village, a man and his wife died of electrocution on Thursday late night here.
The deceased have been identified as Sarojini Moolya (50) and her husband Sanjeev Moolya (55).
According to the reports Sarojini who noticed fire sparks on the switchboard of her brother’s house rushed to unplug the fuse to stop the power supply of the house but was unfortunately electrocuted. Sanjeev who witnessed the incident jumped into the rescue of his wife and was electrocuted. The couple died on the spot.
A technical snag was suspected to have caused the incident as wires of about 5-6 houses in the neighborhood was reported to have burnt and damaged.
Zilla Panchayath member Dharanendra Kumar, Belthangady Circle Inspector Sandesh, Tahsildar, MESCOM junior engineers and others visited the spot after the incident was reported.
A case has been registered at Venur Police Station in this regard.
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Integrity of electoral process severely compromised, Cong to soon launch movement: CWC
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress Working Committee met here on Friday and adopted a resolution alleging the integrity of the entire electoral process was being severely compromised against which the party would soon launch a movement.
In the resolution of the top body of the Congress, the party said free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that was being called into "serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission".
The CWC, which met amid the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, said the session has been a washout so far because of the Narendra Modi government's "stubborn refusal" to have an immediate discussion on three pressing national issues -- "the recent revelations regarding corruption by a business group, and the violence in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal".
Asked why the Congress Working Committee (CWC) resolution does not name the business group, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, "The answer is the Adani group".
"The CWC believes the integrity of the entire electoral process is being severely compromised. Free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that is being called into serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission.
"Increasing sections of society are becoming frustrated and deeply apprehensive. The Congress will take these up these public concerns as a national movement," the resolution stated.
Addressing a joint press conference along with Ramesh and Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, party general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal said the party discussed the political situation in the country for four-and-half hours and adopted the resolution.
He said the CWC has decided to constitute internal committees to look into electoral performance and organisational matters.
About the Assembly polls results in Maharashtra, Venugopal said the electoral outcome in the state was "beyond normal understanding and it appears to be a clear case of targeted manipulation".
