Stop arresting our workers in Perduru incident: Karandlaje
BJP workers stage protest against arresting Sangh Parivar workers
Udupi, June 6: Lok Sabha Member Shobha Karandlaje urged the authorities not to arrest the Sangh Parivar workers in the Perduru incident till they receive the FSL report on the suspicious death of cattle trader Hussainabba, as the workers have done their work legally.
Alleging that the state government has been torturing the workers of Hindu organizations and BJP by arresting them in Hussainabba death case, the BJP workers staged a protest in front of the deputy commissioner’s office here on Wednesday.
Police should use their lathis and pistols to arrest cattle thieves. This problem could be solved by implementing the Anti Cow Slaughter Act effectively. Higher officers in the police department have been putting pressure on the local officers of the department, she said.
Those who have been transporting the cattle have themselves damaged the Scorpio vehicle. Workers of Hindu organizations have not done anything. It was decided at a meeting of the organization that the workers should not take law into their hands and as soon as they notice illegal cattle transportation, they were asked to inform the police, she added.
“As Hussainabba died in the police custody, it should be handed over to CID investigation. But we would not believe that we would get justice from the CID. Even then, we will wait for the FSL report. If the report suggested that Hussainabba died due to heart attack, then this issue would not have any significance. Nobody would become accused. We would decide on the nature of investigation only after getting the FSL report”, she said.
‘Didn’t cattle have value for the lives?’
MLA K Raghupathi Bhat said that while transportation, two cows were killed. Everybody talks about the death of Hussainabba and nobody talks about the death of the cows. Didn’t they have value for their life, he asked.
If the investigation into this case is handed over to the CID, some more innocent workers would be arrested. As there is political interference in the CID, it should be handed over to the CBI probe, he demanded.
BJP district president Mattar Rathnakar Hegde, MLA Haladi Srinivas Shetty, MLC Kota Srinivas Poojary, leaders Lalji Mendon, Sunilk KR,Vilas Nayak and others spoke on the occasion.
Leaders Uday Kumar Shetty, Thingale Vikramarjuna Hegde, Nayana Ganesh, Sheel K Shetty, Shamala Kundar, Geetanjali Suvarna, Shilpa Suvarna, Suresh Shetty Gurme, Prabhakar Poojary, Suresh Nayak Kuyiladi, Kutyaru Naveen Shetty and others were present.
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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.
