Another FIR filed against Basanagouda Patil Yatnal over remarks on prophet
Vijayapura, Apr 10: An additional FIR has been registered against expelled BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal for allegedly making derogatory statements about Prophet Muhammad during a Ram Navami event held in Hubballi.
The latest case has been filed at the Gandhi Chowk Police Station in Vijayapura, based on a complaint lodged by Bandenawaz Mulla, a representative of the Muslim Muttahida Council from the Vijayapura district. In his complaint, Mulla alleged that Yatnal made provocative and hurtful comments against Islam and the Prophet during a public address at a Ram Navami program at Bani Oni in Hubballi on April 7.
This is the second FIR registered against the MLA in connection with the same speech. Earlier, another complaint had led to an FIR being registered at the Golgummata Police Station in Vijayapura, filed by Muhammad Hannan Sheikh.
Police officials have confirmed that the complaints are being investigated as per legal procedure.
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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.
