Woman dies after stepping on live electric wire laid to hunt wild boars
Three accused held for trying to cover-up incident
Karkala, September 18: Karkala rural police arrested three persons on charges of trying to cover-up the incident of death of a woman who was electrocuted after she came in contact with live electric wire put up for hunting wild boars, by disposing the body in the forest, here on Monday.
The woman is identified as Girija Poojarthi (50), wife of Kantappa Poojary of Sacheripete Posral in Mundkur village. The arrested are identified as John (57) of Kadandale, Sunil (30) of Sachcharipete and Padmanabha (42) of Mundkur.
Girija Poojarthi was working as a helper at Ram Restaurant at Mundkur. On September 8 at 7.30 pm, she has gone to her neighbor’s house and later, she has been to her brother’s house nearby. But on the way, she touched the live electric wire laid for hunting the wild boars and died. But the three accused dumped the body into a well near the house of John in order to destroy the evidences. Later, after two days, they lifted the body from the well and wrapped in plastic and dumped beside a road leading to the forest at Kandiga near Kanthavara and fled the scene.
As his wife did not come home, Kantappa Poojary has lodged a complaint on September 14 at rural police station. When a two-wheeler rider Sudhir smelt foul smell while going on the road, he checked it and found the body of Girija Poojarthi in a mutilated condition. Knowing the information, the police who rushed to the spot arrested the accused. It is said that the police have suspected that another two persons might have involved in the incident and the police were looking for them also. The police will produce the accused before the court on September 19, sources said.
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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.
