Pramod Madhwaraj releases pictures claiming to be of INS Cochin that collided with Suvarna Tribhuja
Udupi: Former fisheries minister Pramod Madhwaraj on Friday shared images on his Facebook page claiming that the images are of INS Cochin being repaired after it collided with Suvarna Tribhuja which went missing on December 15 last year.
“I am releasing the images of warship INS Cochin after it collided with Suvarna Tribhuja. The Navy vessel has severe damage due to the collision with the fishing boat” he said.
“I urge the Prime Minister to immediately call for a judicial investigation in this matter on behalf of all the fishermen of Coast and the family members of all the seven fishermen who were onboard Suvarna Tribhuja” he added.
He further said that the Navy is accountable for the security of the country and the fishermen in the sea and maintained that the Navy itself has killed the seven fishermen. “This should be called murder” he said.
I always batted for revealing the incident to the family members of those fishermen before the Lok Sabha Election. But the Defence Ministry and BJP leaders tried to gain political mileage by hiding the truth, Madhwaraj said.
“I call upon BJP leaders and Central government to initiate Judicial probe in the matter headed by retired Judges of Supreme Court and make the truth accessible for all” he wrote in the Facebook post.
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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.
