Apply for fresh ration cards through online: Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan
Bengaluru, October 01: Minority Welfare, Hajj and Waqf and Food and Civil Supplies Minister B.Z Zameer Ahmed Khan said that the state government has reintroduced online filing of applications for fresh ration cards.
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, the Minister said that following election code of conduct, the disposal of pending ration cards was not possible. Now, more than 8.27 lakh applications were cleared and ration cards were distributed to all beneficiaries. Earlier, all members of a family had to submit their individual income certificate to get the BPL card. But now, it was reduced to the head of the family. Now, the applications have been invited from the beneficiaries through online, he said.
Umrah pilgrimage to volunteers
Hajj camp was being conducted in Bengaluru for the last 22 years and it was not the government or the ministers for the success of the camp. Instead, the volunteers and their efforts were responsible for the success. Volunteers were not rich and they were earning just Rs 15,000-20,000 per month. Sacrificing their one month salary, they serve the Hajj pilgrims. Even the volunteers also want to have Hajj pilgrimage once in their lifetime. But they could not afford over Rs 80,000. Out of 650 such volunteers, 300 men were selected through lottery and remaining 350 would be sent next year, he said.
Total 15 youth from Chamarajpet had spent 20 days in Hajj camp in the food section and 15 from Haveri served the pilgrims for 15 days. They were also being sent to Umrah pilgrimage. Among them, one physically disabled person was also there and he was given a two-wheeler today. A team of 11 youth had rescued more than 100 people in the natural disaster at Madikeri and they were also being sent to the pilgrimage. Along with them, volunteers, police officers, Hajj Committee officers and staff were honoured for their service, he said.
In the Airport Hajj Terminal, more than 180 officials of Airport, Emigration, Customs, Airport Security officers and others were also felicitated. Among them, Muslim officers would be sent to Umrah, while other religion officers would be sent to the pilgrim centres of their choice along with their family members, he added.
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
