Congress must be ready to face communal virus: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, July 28: Former Chief Minister and the chairman of the Coordination Committee Siddaramaiah has said that the Congress leaders and activists should be prepared to tackle the communal virus that has become a challenge for the party in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
He was speaking at a programme held to felicitate the new KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao, Secretary Ishwar Khandre, and AICC Secretary Saleem Ahmed at Gyan Jyoti auditorium here on Saturday
These communal viruses are responsible for Congress’ defeat in the last assembly elections. BJP affiliates have succeeded in slandering the people's mind. The primary responsibility of the Congress workers is to cast the people out of the propaganda of the communalists during the next Lok Sabha polls.
Former Union Minister P Chidambaram, MV Rajasekharan, KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao, Secretary Ishwar Khandre, AICC Secretary Saleem Ahmed, former Minister Parameshwar Naik, RB Timmapura, MLA Anekal Shivanna, MLA Soumya Reddy and others were present.
The foundation of the Congress is the unselfish service of the student and youth organizations. The appointment of Dinesh Gundu Rao as the KPCC president, Ishwar Khandre as the secretary, and Salim Ahmed as AICC secretary has brought a real delight as all of them were unselfish workers of such organisations. The Congress expects more from them.
-Chidambaram, former union minister
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Thane court acquits man accused of throwing children from building
zThane (PTI): A court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has acquitted a 33-year-old man accused of throwing two children from a building, killing one of them.
In his order on Tuesday, Principal District and Sessions Judge S B Agrawal said the case against Aasif Shabbir Khan lacked direct eyewitnesses and that it depended on a child’s testimony, which was inconsistent.
According to case papers, Khan allegedly threw five-year-old Sayyad Zohan Hussain and four-year-old Zenab Ansari from the second floor of a building in the Kausa area in February 2023. While Sayyad died, Zenab survived.
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The prosecution’s case primarily rested on Zenab's testimony and her disclosure to her mother. The children reportedly called the accused “phatakewala uncle” because he had distributed crackers to them during Diwali.
However, Judge Agrawal noted that the case had no direct eyewitnesses and relied heavily on the word of a child witness whose testimony became inconsistent under cross-examination.
The court pointed out a suspicious delay in reporting the incident and “the FIR itself appears to be an outcome of a concocted story”.
Judge Agrawal also took into account the defence’s submission that the building’s construction was incomplete and that the children may have fallen accidentally.
The court concluded that the prosecution had failed to prove the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt and ordered that Khan be released forthwith.
