BJP worker found dead in Anekal: Video clip blames two local leaders; two arrested
Bengaluru: City police have arrested two men in relation to the death of a BJP worker, identified as Praveen Kumar (35), who was found hanging from a tree in Anekal on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Friday.
While Kumar’s death is suspected to be a suicide, a 14-minute-long video clip allegedly made and uploaded by him on social media shows the deceased BJP worker blaming a local BJP leader and others and also requesting social media users to share the clip widely to ensure he gets justice.
Police have said that the body of Kumar, who was a resident of Anekal, was found behind a school on Friday morning. The worker is suspected to have ended his life after 2 am on Friday, when the video clip was uploaded on Facebook, they added.
The officers also said that Kumar, in the video, has accused people of assaulting him on Thursday night over a financial dispute. The BJP worker has named Kiran Gowda, Srinivasa Babu, Harish ‘Gokula Fashion’, Bhaskar Narayanappa, Madhu Gowda, Bhagya, Muniraju Gowda and Saravana as people who threatened to get him caught in a drugs case. He has urged the police to not spare Kiran Gowda at any cost, alleging that Gowda had committed crimes using Instagram and Facebook but he (Kumar) was blamed in the cases.
Anekal Police have registered an FIR for abetment to suicide, based on a complaint filed by Kumar’s father.
Superintendent of Police (Bengaluru Rural) CK Baba has said that two men, Kiran Gowda and Harish, have been arrested in the case. The senior officer added that Praveen Kumar is suspected to have committed suicide following a personal clash with the brother of one of the suspects rather than financial or political reasons.
The FIR states that local BJP leader Srinivasa Babu and another person, Bhagya, had called Kumar on Wednesday and threatened to kill him. On Thursday, they had also called Kumar to a building in Nayakanahalli near Anekal, where they assaulted him.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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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.
