Uppinangady: Complainant turns accused in lorry robbery case
Uppinangady: Uppinangady police succeeded in cracking the lorry robbery case which had occurredwas reported from Shiradi Gudde on March 25 at Mangalore-Bengaluru National Highway. Much to the surprise of the investigators, the complainant himself has turned out to be the accused of the case.
The police arrested the complainant lorry driver for allegedly creating a story of the robbery. The arrested has been identified as Ambareesh.
The lorry driver had filed a complaint at local police station that three unidentified people, who came in a car, waylaid his truck when he reached Shiradi Gudde on March 25. The trio gagged and tied him up after which they assaulted him and robbed Rs. 5,200, mobile phone worth Rs. 2000 and the goods which was being transported in the truck.
However, during the course of investigation, the Uppinangady police began to suspect the complainant. When they intensified the investigation, the police reached to the conclusion that the complainant himself bluffed the story and later reported the case to the police.
Ambareesh, a resident of Sitapur in Pandvapur Taluk, was debt ridden and to pay his loans he bluffed the crime and reported it to the police. According to the reports Uppinangady police recovered Rs 51,500 from him, which he had collected after selling the products from the truck.
The truck was transporting products of Hindustan Unilever including soaps, shampoo, tea powder and coffee powder
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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.
