Mangaluru: NIA team raids house in Ullal, arrests one person after day-long enquiry
Mangaluru: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday raided a house in Ullal here in the city and arrested one person after the day-long enquiry.
A team of 20 NIA officers raided the house of BM Basha, a resident of Mastikatte in Ullal. The team arrived at the house around 5:30 in the morning and continued its raid till evening. The team then formally arrested Basha’s younger son Ammar for further investigation.
According to the reports, the NIA after producing Ammar before the court was planning to take him to Bengaluru or Delhi for further investigation.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati Basha stated that the enquiry was about his granddaughter and her husband who went missing about four years ago. We answered all the questions asked by the raiding team, he said.
“They were at our house from morning to evening. They checked our mobile phones and questioned about some of the videos they found on the phones. We answered them duly and cleared their doubts” he told Vartha Bharati.
“They seized my younger son’s mobile phone and questioned him over some videos found in it. My son answered them. The officers then said they will present him in the court and take him to Delhi for 10 days for “Counselling”. They have assured us that they will send him back if he is clean” he further said.
“We have utmost respect and trust in the judicial system of this country. We are law-abiding citizens and have never committed things against it. And we will continue doing so. We are confident that our son will return home soon clean” Basha further stated.
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Bengaluru: First-time Congress MLAs with merit can be made ministers, says Moily
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Marpadi Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said that first-time Congress legislators could be considered for ministerial berths during the proposed Cabinet reshuffle if they have the requisite merit.
Moily responded to reports of over 30 first-time Congress MLAs seeking Cabinet positions by stressing the need for a Cabinet with a balance of merit among first-time, young, and senior leaders.
“We entered politics when the Chief Minister Devaraj Urs recognised us in 1972. If legislators have merit and dedication, they can be included in the Cabinet,” Deccan Herald quoted him as saying.
He said that there is nothing wrong with new MLAs aspiring for ministerial posts and that no one has the moral authority to question such aspirations. He recalled that he, too, was a newcomer in his early political days and said those with eligibility should be given ministerial posts.
“If the MLAs have merit, the Chief Minister will recognise them. In our time, we did not lobby for ministerial berths. We were recognised by the Chief Minister,” he said.
Addressing demands for a change in Chief Minister and current talk of a Cabinet reshuffle, Moily said that legislators voicing aspirations should not be seen as engaging in groupism.
He also said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is scheduled to visit Karkala in Udupi district on Wednesday.
