Surathkal: Another case of moral policing; 6 members of Sangh Parivar arrested
Miscreants assault college students
Mangaluru: In another incident of moral policing that occurred in the outskirts of the city at Surathkal, a gang of six accused miscreants assaulted two students on Monday night. The police who conducted an inquiry have arrested the six accused, it is learned.
The arrested have been identified as Prahlad, Prashant, Guruprasad, Prathish Acharya, Bharath Shetty, and Sukesh, members of Sangh Parivar, and residents of Surathkal – Mukka vicinity.
Reportedly, a resident of Surathkal Mukka, Muhammed Yasin (20), a BSc student at the Mukka Srinivas College had accepted the request of a female fellow college mate to give her a ride home on his bike. Yasin was enroute to drop her close to her residence near the Kalyani City Pearl Apartment around 10 pm on Monday when Sangh Parivar members who were following the students stopped the bike near the apartment and verbally abused the female students using derogatory speech saying, “Do you have to go with a Muslim? Don’t you get Hindus?”, and later physically assaulted both students.
The complaint recorded by the victims at the Surathkal police station reveals that the accused have also raised their hands on the female student by pushing and shoving her and issuing threats to her life. The police who registered a case according to the complaint have arrested the accused six and are further investigating the matter.
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Heatwave scorches Odisha, Jharsuguda reels under 43.6 degrees C
Bhubaneswar (PTI): Heatwave conditions scorched Odisha on Tuesday, with the IMD forecasting that hot and humid conditions would continue in parts of the state.
The IMD’s Bhubaneswar centre said Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati districts were likely to experience hot and humid conditions on April 22.
It also predicted thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface winds in parts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada and Koraput, among others.
On Tuesday, 18 places across Odisha recorded maximum temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius or above. The industrial town of Jharsuguda was the hottest in the state at 43.6 degrees Celsius.
Sambalpur and Titlagarh recorded 42.5 degrees Celsius each, followed by Hirakud at 42.4 degrees, Bolangir at 42.2 degrees and Angul at 42.1 degrees.
The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack recorded 37.9 degrees Celsius and 38.8 degrees Celsius, respectively, with relative humidity levels remaining above 70 per cent.
Meanwhile, the state government directed all district education officers to conduct a Summer Learning Programme for students till class 8 in government schools during the summer vacation.
Officials said students would be given practice assignments along with audio-visual learning content.
Subject-wise assignment sheets have been prepared, while related digital material will be shared through school parents' WhatsApp groups using a chatbot system, they said.
