Udupi: Uproar over timings of city buses: Three injured, complaint registered
Udupi: On Jan. 19, around 11 pm, there was a commotion among the bus crew regarding the timing of city buses on the occasion of the Paryaaya Mahotsava, in which three people were injured due to stabbing. A complaint has been filed in Udupi City Police Station regarding this.
City bus drivers Santosh Kumar (30) of Rajeevnagar, Nittur and Shishir Palan (31) of Thottam Badanidiyur were on their way home after work on their scooter when Sudeep, Burhan, Shahrukh and Tanvir came in a rickshaw in front of Bannanje Naveen Garage in Udupi and attacked Santosh and Shishir with knives and beer bottles. It has been alleged that they tried to commit murder.
A case has been registered in the Udupi City police station as per the complaint filed by Santosh Kumar that the accused assaulted him because of his complaint regarding the dispute between the TMT and JMT buses on the night of January 17.
Counter Complaint: It is alleged in the complaint that a City bus driver Muhammad Burhan (29) of Malpe Balarama Nagar was going to Bannanje Jayalakshmi silk shop in an auto rickshaw along with Satish and Sudeep when 4-5 bikers Shishir, Ganesh, Vikyat, Santu, Chetu, Sarath and others blocked the rickshaw and hit them with their hands and tried to kill them by stabbing them with a knife and beer bottle.
On the night of January 17, there was an altercation between the staff of TMT and JMT buses at the city bus stand regarding Udupi's Paryaaya Mahotsava.
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Annpurna Devi expresses anguish over girl's rape in TN, urges NCW to act
New Delhi (PTI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annpurna Devi on Tuesday expressed her anguish over the alleged gang rape of a girl in Tamil Nadu and urged the National Commission for Women to take immediate cognisance of the matter.
In a post on X, Devi said, "Deeply anguished by this horrific incident. I urge the NCW to take immediate cognisance and act swiftly in coordination with the concerned authorities to ensure the strictest action against all culprits."
Devi said, "Justice must be swift and unsparing — the accused must be brought to book without delay," adding, "the safety, dignity, and justice of every daughter of India remain our highest priority."
"We stand firmly with the survivor and her family in this difficult hour," she said.
Reacting to a post by former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai, who flagged concerns over the law and order situation in the state, Devi said such incidents "expose grave concerns" under the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government.
Annamalai, in his post, alleged that a 15-year-old girl from Kanchipuram, who had come to participate in a temple festival near Seyyaru in Tiruvannamalai district, was gangraped.
He said the incident was "deeply shocking and enraging" to him and alleged that such crimes point to a "complete failure" of law and order in Tamil Nadu.
Annamalai demanded immediate arrest of all those involved and the "harshest punishments" for the accused.
He also called for full protection and mental health counselling for the survivor and her family.
