Kasaragod Boat Tragedy: Dead bodies of 3 fishermen who drowned at sea found
Kasaragod: In the wake of the tragic boat disaster, the dead bodies of three individuals who drowned at sea were recovered. On Sunday morning, the three men on the small boat had gone missing after their vessel capsized in Kiyuri at Kasaragod.
The deceased have been identified as Sandeep (34), Rathish (35), and Karthik (22), residents of Kasaba shore. Their bodies were found washed ashore at Kotikulam on Monday morning, police informed.
Reportedly, 7 fishermen had left for fishing on a fibre boat named Anjaneya from the Kasaba shores. The boat had capsized in the rough waters near Kiyuri causing this incident, the complaint elaborated.
While four of the fishermen were rescued by fishermen nearby in the fishing boat, the remaining three were missing. The rescued fishermen have been identified as Adkattabail beach resident B. Manikuttan (36), Kotikulam Kadappura resident Ravi (22), Nellikunje resident Shashi (35), and Kasaba resident Shibin (23), it is learned. In the aftermath of the disaster, local fishermen, Coastal Police, Fire Brigade personnel conducted a search operation that carried all through the night.
The Bekal and Coastal Police arrived at the site and investigated, and the recovered dead bodies were sent to the Kasaragod General Hospital for post-mortem procedure, they informed.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
