93-year-old Karnataka prisoner Nagamma passes away days after being released on parole
Kalaburagi: Nagamma, a 93-year-old woman prisoner granted parole last month following the intervention of Upalokayukta Justice B. Veerappa, passed away a few days after returning home.
Justice Veerappa, during a visit to the Central Prison in Kalaburagi on November 16, was moved by Nagamma's deteriorating health. Bedridden and struggling with age-related issues, she was unable to perform her daily tasks and had expressed a desire to spend her final days at home.
Moved by her condition, Justice Veerappa directed officials of the Legal Services Authority to file an appeal in the Supreme Court seeking her release on temporary parole. Additionally, he instructed the Kalaburagi Jail Superintendent and Police Superintendent to grant her parole until the apex court could review her case and deliver its verdict.
Acting on the Upalokayukta’s instructions, government officials submitted a petition to the Supreme On November 29, Nagamma was released on parole, and her daughters took her home.
The Upalokayukta expressed satisfaction with the decision, calling it a humane response to her situation. Tragically, on Friday, just a week after being reunited with her family, Nagamma passed away at home, fulfilling her wish to spend her final days with her loved ones.
Nagamma had been in prison for 26 years after being convicted under IPC Section 498 in connection with the death of her daughter-in-law. She had faced allegations of molestation in the case, which was registered by Jewargi Police.
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BJP's main agenda is to keep minorities in fear, alleges Stalin
Chennai (PTI): DMK President M K Stalin has alleged that the BJP's main agenda is to keep the minorities in fear, and everyone is aware of what is happening in the states governed by the saffron party.
Stalin further alleged that Muslims continued to be subjected to attacks.
"Now, a situation has arisen where even Christmas could not be celebrated peacefully. Christians are being targeted. The entire country is a witness to what is happening in Manipur. The BJP's plan of action is that a state of insecurity for minorities should spread like a wildfire across the country," he told PTI in an interview.
That was why it first enacted the CAA, and the next was an amendment to the Waqf law, and now it is "desperate" to amend the FCRA, he alleged, and lashed out at AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami.
"Palaniswami, who supports all these three amendments and has formed an alliance with the BJP, does not have any concern for the welfare of minorities. However, the DMK is always firm in its commitment to ensure that India must always be a secular state; that people belonging to all religions must be equally respected and that the Constitutional safeguards conferred on minorities must be upheld. If any of these is threatened, the DMK will be the first party to raise its voice against it," he said.
Denying that the BJP made the minorities feel insecure, BJP state vice president M Chakravarthy said the chief minister was making the allegation due to the "fear that the Christian and Dalit votes would go to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam led by actor-politician Vijay."
He was depicting the BJP as a bogeyman in an attempt to create unnecessary apprehension among the minorities, the BJP leader told PTI.
On FCRA, Chakravarthy asked, "What's wrong with ensuring accountability in the use of funds?"
