Hardik Patel’s hunger strike at Gujarat: Deve Gowda writes to Modi
Bengaluru, September 3: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Patidar community protests and youth leader Hardik Patel’s hunger strike in Gujarat.
In the letter, Gowda said that in recent days, he has been observing the Patidar community’s protests in Gujarat. Youth leader of the same community Hardik Patel has been fighting for their rights for the last three years. Now, he has started hunger strike. He is just 25 years old. At this young age, he has been fighting for the welfare of his community. Considering his health and pro-social activities and fights, the central and state government should take steps to fulfill his demands, he said.
When he was the prime minister in 1996, the Jat community in Rajasthan had submitted a representation demanding backward class status to their community as the community was financially backward. So, he had constituted the Backward Classes Commission and asked it to submit a report. The Commission had recommended to include the Jat community to the backward classes category as the community lagging behind in all sectors. Based on it, he had included the community to the OBC category, he recalled.
But the court had stayed the decision of his government then. Later, the central government had convinced the court on the need to provide the OBC status to the Jat community and included it in the OBC list. In the same way, the government should consider the demands of the Patidar community and constitute a commission to study their condition and implement its report, he urged Modi.
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'Strong evidence' available against Saif attacker, police tell court while opposing his bail plea
Mumbai, Jul 25 (PTI): Police have opposed the bail plea of the Bangladeshi national arrested for allegedly stabbing Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan with a knife and injuring him at his home here in January this year, telling a Mumbai court there was "strong evidence" against the accused.
Citing a Forensic Science Laboratory report, police reiterated before the sessions court their earlier claim knife fragments that got lodged near the actor's spine during the attack as well as a part found at the crime spot have matched with the weapon recovered from the accused, Shariful Islam.
These three pieces were part of the same weapon (knife) used to attack the filmstar, the police said in a written response to the accused's plea submitted in the court on Thursday (July 24).
Khan was repeatedly stabbed with a knife by an intruder inside his 12th floor apartment in upscale Bandra on January 16 during a robbery attempt.
The 54-year-old actor underwent surgery at Lilavati Hospital to remove a piece of knife that got lodged near his spine during the attack. He was discharged from the private hospital after five days.
Shariful Islam, a Bangladeshi national, was arrested two days later for allegedly stabbing Khan.
The police, in their response, highlighted that the accused is a Bangladeshi citizen residing illegally in India.
If granted bail, there was a possibility that he may flee India and not appear before the court during the trial. The crime committed by the accused is of a "very serious nature, and strong evidence" is available against him, they argued.
In his bail plea, filed through advocate Vipul Dushing, the accused asserted he was innocent and had no prior criminal record.
Investigation into the case has practically concluded with only the filing of a chargesheet pending, the accused contended while seeking bail.
The alleged attacker has been booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections related to house trespass, robbery and dacoity with attempt to cause death or grievous injury.
