Three men arrested in Kundapur for illegal cattle transport, one absconding
Kundapur: Three youngsters accused of transporting cattle illegally were arrested by Gangolli Police on Friday when they were trying to escape as the crime came to light recently, while a third accused is absconding.
The arrested youngsters are identified as Muhammad Abid (18), a resident of Gulmi in Bhatkal, Muhammad Abaan, also called Kaki Minda (19), of Moodugopadi, and Mohammad Shinan, also called Chinnu (19), of Gulwadi. Their accomplice, Thouheed, is learned to have escaped arrest.
The four men were taking the cattle to Aloor in Bantawadi in a pickup vehicle when a car collided with the vehicle near the Guddammadi Cross under the jurisdiction limits of the Gangolli Police Station on Friday evening. As a male calf was seen in the vehicle, giving rise to suspicion of cattle transport, the men in the transport vehicle escaped from the spot and attempted to swim across River Sowparnika near Gangolli.
The police officers arrived at the spot on receiving information of the collision and suspected cattle transport and, with the help of the locals, succeeded in arresting three of the four accused.
A case has been registered in the Gangolli Police Station and investigation is underway.
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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.
