Lorry drivers from Tamil Nadu fight near cashew factory in Karkala: One dead
Karkala: A lorry driver from Tamil Nadu was killed in a fight with another lorry driver that occurred at the Shreedevi Cashew Factory in Mudralu of Mudaaru village on Monday night.
The deceased man has been identified as Mani (36) while the accused is learned to be Veerabahu, also a truck driver.
Cashew nuts from Tamil Nadu are supplied in trucks every year to the factory. On Monday evening, the trucks with the nuts arrived late at the factory. As a result, the nuts were not unloaded from the trucks that were merely parked by the factory building. The drivers and their assistants are also learned to have spent the night there.
A fight broke out between Veerabahu and Mani at around 8:30 pm on Monday. Veerabahu is learned to have killed Mani by winding his scarf around Mani’s neck and wounding him by stabbing him.
A complaint against Veerabahu was filed with the police, accusing the truck driver of murder.
Karkala Rural Police have registered a case. The reason behind the murder is yet to be confirmed.
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Waqf Bill anti-secular, will snatch rights of Muslims: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday described the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as “anti-secular”, claiming that it would snatch the rights of Muslims.
Banerjee, speaking in the assembly, also said the Centre did not consult with states over the matter.
“The bill is anti-federal and anti-secular; it is a deliberate attempt to malign a particular section. It will snatch the rights of Muslims... The Centre did not consult with us on the Waqf Bill,” she said.
The chief minister added that “if any religion was attacked”, she would wholeheartedly condemn it.
Opposition parties have stridently criticised the amendments proposed by the bill in the existing Waqf Act, alleging that they violate the religious rights of Muslims.
The ruling BJP has asserted that the amendments will bring transparency in the functioning of the Waqf boards and make them accountable.
A parliamentary committee has been constituted to scrutinise the contentious bill.
