Malekudiya tribals deprive of basic facilities
Demand for road, electrification remains a distant dream
Belthangady, August 10: Though the Malekudiya tribals in Banjaru Male in Neriya village in the taluk have been living without basic infrastructure for decades, neither the elected representatives nor the officials came forward to fulfill their demands of a road connectivity and electrification. The residents have been running from pillar to post to get their works done. Successive governments also have failed to provide the minimum basic facilities.
The previous Congress government had released Rs 2 crore in the last days for concretization of road. Shortly after this, Assembly election was announced and the project was put in cold storage. Even after a new government was formed, there is no mention of this project. When the tribals ask the authorities, they said they do not have any information about the project. Though they ran from one office to another with the sanction letter, they are not getting proper response. Now, the residents believe that they were once again deceived by the government and the elected representatives.
They boycotted election
When the Assembly elections were declared, the Banjaru Male residents had decided to boycott the elections. They had announced that they would not vote in the election. At this time, Election Commission officers and district officials had visited the colony and tried to convince them by showing the government order and information on funds. They had given the official order copy of the government. Unfortunately, the same officials who had shown the order copies, are now trying to mislead the people.
But district coordinator Hemalatha said that she does not have any information on Rs 2 crore released for concrete road in the colony of Banjaru Male tribals. She did not get any order for this. Earlier, Rs 1 crore fund was released to the colony and the work was also done, she said.
Tribal Rights Coordination Committee leader Shekhar Laila said that the successive governments have been cheating the Malekudiya tribals who were the residents of the colony for years. They were not given minimum basic facilities. Officials used to visit the colony and give promises. The funds released by the government will not go anywhere. If the work is not being taken up, the authorities should take action against the officer responsible for it, he said.
Banjaru Male resident Nagesh said that no one has objected to take up road works and provide electrification. The Yenepoya Estate authorities have given their permission to lay the road in their area. But the government has been cheating the people. Three months ago, officials came to their colony and said that the funds were available for the works and now, they were telling that they do not have funds. The authorities should take steps to take up the works with the funds released already, he demanded.
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Actress assault case: Malayalam star Dileep claims 'real' conspiracy to make him an accused
Kochi (PTI): Malayalam actor Dileep on Monday accused some police officials and a section of media of hatching a "conspiring against him" to implicate him in a case relating to the sexual assault of a south Indian actress here in 2017 with an aim to destroy his career.
Shortly after he was acquitted in the case, Dileep alleged there was a "real conspiracy" to make him an accused in the case.
"It was done to destroy my career, image, and life in society," he told reporters soon after a local court acquitted him after a years-long legal battle.
Criticising his ex-wife and leading actress Manju Warrier, the 'Meeshamadhavan' actor said the entire conspiracy against him began with her statement that there was a criminal conspiracy behind the assault of the survivor and that should be probed.
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Without naming anyone, he alleged a top woman police officer and a group of "criminal police" chosen by her to probe the case had acted against him.
Dileep accused them of fabricating a false story against him with the support of the prime accused in the case and his co-inmate in the jail. Those police personnel and a section of media had propagated the false story against him through social media platforms, he further claimed.
"Today, that false narrative, fabricated by the police was shattered in the court," the actor-producer added.
He thanked his family, lawyers, and fans who supported him throughout these years of legal battle.
The Ernakulam Principal Sessions on Monday acquitted Dileep in the sensational case.
The court, however, found six others, including prime accused Sunil N S alias Pulsar Suni, who directly committed the crime, guilty.
Apart from Dileep, the court acquitted three others in the case.
The verdict was pronounced by Ernakulam Principal Sessions Judge Honey M Varghese, who had concluded the hearing in the lengthy trial on November 25.
The assault on the multi-lingual actress after the miscreants forced their way into the car she was travelling in and kept it under their control for two hours, had shaken the conscience of the Kerala society.
According to the prosecution, several persons forced their way into the vehicle on the night of February 17, 2017 and later escaped in a busy area.
The ten accused who faced trial are Sunil, Martin Antony, Manikandan B, Vijesh V P, Salim H, Pradeep, Charly Thomas, actor Dileep (real name P Gopalakrishnan), Sanil Kumar alias Mesthri Sanil, and Sharath.
Police arrested the accused soon after the incident and filed the first charge sheet against seven persons in April 2017.
During further investigation, Dileep was arrested on July 10, 2017 after the probe team found that the prime accused, Sunil, had allegedly sent a letter to him from jail.
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