Appointment to boards, corporations; Will discuss with high command on July 18 : DCM
Bengaluru, July 15: Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar said that along with Coordination Committee chairman and former chief minister Siddaramaiah, minister DK Shivakumar, he would go to New Delhi on July 18 and discuss with the party high command on cabinet expansion and appointment to boards and corporations.
After visiting the house of civic worker Subramani who committed suicide recently and gave away the compensation here on Sunday, he told reporters that Lok Sabha Members would also meet on Cauvery issue. At this time, they would also meet party high command and discuss the issue of cabinet expansion and appointment to boards and corporations. Later, all posts would be filled, he said.
The Congress has been making all preparations for the Lok Sabha election. The party would face the election on mass leadership. KPCC new president Dinesh Gundu Rao, senior leaders like Mallikarjuna Kharge, Siddaramaiah and others would make efforts. “Siddaramaiah is our leader. We will face the election together. There is no confusion in this issue”, he said.
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Kerala: Court imposes 41-year jail term on man for sexual assault of minor
Kozhikode (Kerala) (PTI): A Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 41 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor boy near Valayam in 2021.
Nadapuram Fast Track Special Court judge K Naushad Ali sentenced 64-year-old Panchara Musa, also known as Ganapathiyat Musa, under various provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to special public prosecutor Manoj Aroor.
As the sentences are to run concurrently, the convict will have to serve the highest term of 20 years’ imprisonment, SPP Aroor said. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 52,000 on Musa.
The incident took place in August 2021 when the accused allegedly took the 14-year-old boy to a bus stop in Valayam town and sexually assaulted him, the prosecutor said. The accused also gave Rs 50 to the boy, he added.
Following the incident, the boy and his father lodged a complaint at the Valayam police station.
A case under various provisions of the POCSO Act and the IPC was registered, and the accused was subsequently arrested, the SPP said.
The prosecution examined 16 witnesses and submitted 16 documents to substantiate its case against the accused, he added.
