SKHF's chartered flight with over 170 stranded Kannadigas takes off from Dammam for Mangaluru
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Dammam: A chartered flight with 173 stranded Kannadigas including eight infants took off from Dammam International Airport on Monday. The flight, arranged by Saudi Kannadiga Humanity Forum (SKHF) took off from Dammam at 2 pm KSA time and is expected to land at Mangaluru Airport later at night.
SKHF, an NGO was recently formed to help stranded Kannadigas in Saudi due to the COVID-19 crisis in their repatriation to India. The NGO was formed under the leadership of Zakariya Jokatte, who is also the president of the Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Jubail Unit and KS Shaikh Karnire, Director of Expertise Contracting Company, Saudi Arabia.
The passengers who would take the flight to Mangaluru on Monday were shortlisted through an online portal, where people with emergencies for repatriation had to register themselves to be flown back to the home state. Those on the flight included aged people, people with medical emergencies, people struggling due to loss of jobs, pregnant women, and others.
The members of the organization were on Monday afternoon present at the Dammam International Airport to assist the people in regulating formalities to board the flight.
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Argument over bike accident leads to murder, triggers mob violence, arson in Ahmedabad; 2 held
Ahmedabad (PTI): A man was killed in a violent altercation triggered by a motorcycle accident in Dhandhuka in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district on Saturday, after which several shops were set on fire, a police official said.
Two men from different communities clashed this afternoon after their motorcycles collided, which intensified when members of one group went to the house of the other individual involved in the accident, he said.
"During the confrontation, Dharmesh Gamara (30) was stabbed in the leg with a knife. He later died due to excessive bleeding. Following his death, tensions flared, and a group of people set ablaze seven to eight roadside shops. Several properties were damaged," Ahmedabad Rural Superintendent of Police Om Prakash Jat said.
Videos circulating on social media showed small shops engulfed in flames, with thick black smoke rising in the area.
Police and fire brigade teams rushed to the scene and brought the situation under control, Jat told PTI.
"The fires have been doused," he said, adding that house-to-house combing and patrolling were underway in the area to identify those involved in the arson.
Two persons identified as Samir and Rizwan have been arrested for alleged involvement in the killing of Gamara, while 15-20 persons have been detained in connection with the arson, police said.
