Shiradi Ghat opened for light vehicles: D.K district commissioner
Mangaluru, Sep.5: Dakshina Kannada district commissioner Sasikanth Senthil in a statement said that Shiradi ghat has been opened for light vehicles.
The vehicular movement was banned in Shiradi ghat after recent landslides in the region. The affected areas have been repaired and national highway department has given the consent for the movement of light vehicles. Accordingly DC has instructed the national highway executive engineers, national highway authority project director and Puttur sub divisional officer to inspect the region and submit a report.
After going through this report DC has opened some roads in Shiradi Ghat for oneway movement of car, jeeps, two wheelers and other light vehicles.
The ban on lorries, tankers, containers and other heavy vehicles will continue as condition of Shiradi ghat road is still very critical and officers are working hard to bring it to normalcy, the statement said.
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Rape convict Gurmeet Singh granted 21-day furlough by Haryana Government
Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Singh was released on Wednesday morning after the Haryana Government granted him a 21-day furlough. He is currently serving a 20-year sentence for raping two of his disciples and is lodged at Sunaria Jail in Rohtak.
This is reportedly the 13th time since October 2020 that Gurmeet Singh has been granted parole or furlough. According to The Times of India, he has been out of jail for a total of 142 days since January 20 last year under the BJP-led government in Haryana.
Earlier this year, just ahead of the Delhi Assembly Elections, the Dera chief was granted a 30-day parole. In February, the Supreme Court declined to entertain a plea by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) challenging his repeated temporary releases. The apex court bench, comprising Justices B R Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra, disposed of the petition noting objections regarding its maintainability.
Gurmeet Singh, whose Dera has a significant following in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and other states, continues to face trial in sacrilege cases pending before a Chandigarh court. In Haryana, districts like Sirsa, Fatehabad, Kurukshetra, Kaithal and Hisar are known to have a large number of Dera followers.
