'Suvarna Tribhuja' could not be traced even after a month: Investigative progress zero
Udupi, Jan 14: It will be a month, on January 15, since the 'Suvarna Tribhuja' boat, from Malpe with seven fishermen onboard, went missing off the Goa coast.
The boat, with seven fishers, including Chandrashekhar Kotian, had left the Malpe fisheries harbour along with about 20 boats for fishing in the deep seas on December 13.
The last communication from it was at 1 a.m. on December 15 when it was in touch with another fishing boat, Vasudeva. As no contact could be made with Suvarna Tribhuja from 5.30 a.m. onwards on December 15, the remaining boats sent wireless messages to other boats. Following which, Nityananda, brother of the missing boat's owner Chandrashekhar Kotian, lodged a complaint with the Malpe police.
Since then, the coastal security, district police, coast guard are making efforts to trace the missing fishermen in Karnataka, Goa, Kerala and Maharashtra. But, they could not gather any clue yet.
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Waqf Bill anti-secular, will snatch rights of Muslims: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday described the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as “anti-secular”, claiming that it would snatch the rights of Muslims.
Banerjee, speaking in the assembly, also said the Centre did not consult with states over the matter.
“The bill is anti-federal and anti-secular; it is a deliberate attempt to malign a particular section. It will snatch the rights of Muslims... The Centre did not consult with us on the Waqf Bill,” she said.
The chief minister added that “if any religion was attacked”, she would wholeheartedly condemn it.
Opposition parties have stridently criticised the amendments proposed by the bill in the existing Waqf Act, alleging that they violate the religious rights of Muslims.
The ruling BJP has asserted that the amendments will bring transparency in the functioning of the Waqf boards and make them accountable.
A parliamentary committee has been constituted to scrutinise the contentious bill.
