Dalit Lawyer allegedly abused, assaulted, threatened in Yadgir; Case registered
Yadgir, June 17: A young Dalit lawyer was allegedly subjected to caste-based abuse, physical assault, and threats by two upper caste men in Nagarala village of Surapura taluk, triggering outrage after a video of the incident surfaced online.
The victim, identified as Durgappa Hosamani, told Vartha Bharati that the incident occurred while he was walking along a road in the village. According to Hosamani, two men—identified as Mallayya and Arjuna—stopped him without any provocation and began verbally abusing him with casteist slurs, before physically assaulting and threatening to kill him.
A video clip of the incident, which shows the lawyer being targeted and abused, has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread condemnation.
Following a complaint filed by Hosamani, the Surapura Police have registered a case under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)—115(2), 118(1), 126(2), 133, 352, and 351—as well as under relevant provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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'Someone must be held accountable': HC converts civil suit on Goa nightclub tragedy into PIL
Panaji (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Monday converted a civil suit against Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) saying "someone has to be held accountable" for the tragedy in which 25 people were killed.In a stern observation, Goa bench of the High Court of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ashish Chavan said the local panchayat had "failed to take suo motu cognisance" of the club and had taken "no action despite complaints."
The division bench directed the Goa government to file a detailed reply on the permissions granted to the nightclub.
The High Court, while fixing January 8 as the next date of hearing, pointed out that commercial operations were continuing in the structure despite it having been served a demolition order.
The original petition was filed after the December 6 tragedy by Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar and Sunil Divkar, the owners of the land on which the nightclub was operating.
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Advocate Rohit Bras de Sa, the lawyer representing the petitioner, was made amicus curiae in the matter and has been asked to file a detailed affidavit in the matter.
In their petition, Amonkar and Divkar highlighted "the alarming pattern of statutory violations that have remained inadequately addressed despite multiple complaints, inspections, show-cause notices, and even a demolition order".
They contended that these violations posed "immediate threats to public safety, ecological integrity, and the rule of law in the state of Goa."
Investigations by multiple agencies into the nightclub fire have revealed various irregularities, including lack of permissions to operate the nightclub.
The Goa police arrested five managers and staff members of the club, while co-owners Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra have been detained in Thailand after they fled the country.
