Take action against Venur police, DYFI demands SP
Mangaluru, October 03: A delegation of the DYFI on Wednesday met SP Ravikanthe Gowda and urged him to take action against Venur police who assaulted and booked a false case against DYFI activist Riyaz Manthoor.
Riyaz Manthoor has been actively working in the DYFI. On Tuesday night, after closing his shop at Ganjimutt, Riyaz was going to his wife’s parents house in Belthangady on a motorbike along his brother Irshad. At around 11 pm, a team of around five policemen including Taranath and Ranjith who were on rounds stopped them and asked the records of their motorbike. Riyaz and Irshad had handed over their driving licence copies to the police and said that the vehicle records were at home and they would produce them the next day morning. But the police have reportedly abused them with foul words and insulted them, it is said in the complaint.
At this time, Belthangady circle inspector Nagesh Kadri and his wife came on the same way in a private vehicle. When he asked the police about the issue, the police said that Riyaz and his brother were abusing them. Though Riyaz tried to convince Nagesh Kadri, the latter was not in a position to listen to Riyaz’s words. In turn, Kadri had insulted Riyaz with foul words saying that ‘I know my staff. Shut up…’ and asked the policemen to ‘boot them by putting them behind bars and book a case’, it is explained in the complaint.
The police took Riyaz and his brother Irshad into custody and assaulted before taking them to Venur police station. After taking them to the police station, the police gave false information that Riyaz and Irshad had attacked police personnel. Later, around 8-10 policemen thrashed them black and blue in the police lock-up, they alleged.
Taranath and Ranjith have insulted Riyaz and Irshad saying that ‘bearys are thieves and look like terrorists’. They have snatched the mobile phones and damaged them. Later, the station officer had come to the state and Riyaz family members also rushed to the station. Earlier, the police said that they would book both of them under ganja smuggling and having swords and other lethal weapons. But later, they were booked under false allegations. Threatening them not to disclose the police atrocity, they were released on station bail at 3 am, they said in the memorandum.
The attitude and activities of Venur police and Inspector Nagesh Kadri were shocking and the people would lose faith on the police department. The family of Riyaz and Irshad was panicked due to the police atrocity. Socially also, the police atrocity would have negative impact on their family, they said.
They urged the SP to intervene in the case and conducted a thorough investigation into the case and take action against the erring police personnel and ensure justice to the victims, DYFI district secretary Santosh Bajal demanded.
DYFI state president Muneer Katipalla, district president Imtiyaz, district leaders Rafeeq Harekala, Naveen Konchadi, Manoj Vamanjur, Naushad Bengre and others were present.
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K’taka to launch special drive for drinking water tests in gram panchayats amid rising temperatures
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Bengaluru: As summer intensifies across Karnataka, the state government is preparing to initiate a special campaign to test drinking water across the state.
A directive is expected to be issued to all chief executive officers of zilla panchayats, instructing gram panchayats within their jurisdictions to conduct water quality tests, as reported by The New Indian Express on Thursday.
Karnataka has around 6,000 gram panchayats and their staff have been trained to conduct field tests. They check the water quality for 12 parameters, including potential of hydrogen (PH), chloride, fluoride, iron, nitrate, alkalinity, residual chlorine, and total dissolved solids. The hydrogen sulfide test is also conducted to check the presence of bacteria.
The testing has been made mandatory after several drinking water contamination cases have been reported over the years across the state, added the report.
Anjum Parvez, Additional Chief Secretary for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, said that water quality testing is routinely mandated twice a year—once before and once after the monsoon season.
“During pre-monsoon, groundwater level goes down and the quality of water has to be checked. Post monsoon, the flow of water is more, and the threat of contamination is not high, but even then water is tested. Potable drinking water is our priority,’’ TNIE report quoted Parvez as saying.
He also noted that panchayat development officers and engineers regularly inspect water supply pipelines for leakages.
The state government has taken disciplinary action in past cases involving supply of contaminated water and is now conducting special campaigns to prevent such incidents.
