HC Mahadevappa, UT Khader demand BJP's apology for blowing Paresh Mesta case out of proportion
Bengaluru: Former minister Dr. H C Mahadevappa has criticized the BJP for its silence following the CBI report that Uttara Kannada youth Paresh Mestra’s death was accidental and not the outcome of any communal hatred.
Sangh Parivar activists and even BJP leaders Shobha Karandlaje and MP Anant Kumar Hegde had claimed that Paresh’s death in 2017 was a result of communal hatred and staged a protest, demanding that the CBI investigate the incident. The CBI has now submitted a report to Honnavar Court that Mesta’s death was accidental, and not a murder.
Following the submission of the CBI report, Mahadevappa tweeted, “BJP members had created a ruckus on media, calling Mesta’s death as an attack on and murder of Hindus. Why are they silent now?”
He stated, “There have also been reports that a murder suspect in the Mesta death case was given a job with the government. This news, however, puts the CBI report on the death under the line of suspicion.”
He also demanded that leaders, who use the names of Hindus very freely in politics, like Shobha Karandlaje, Anant Kumar Hegde, C T Ravi, and Nalin Kumar Kateel should publicly apologize to the people for making such a blind and false claim regarding Mesta’s death.
Similarly, Deputy Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly, UT Khader also made a scratching attack on BJP regarding the issue and said added that the case is proof that the party likes to play politics over the deceased.
ಪರೇಶ್ ಮೇಸ್ತಾ ಸಾವನ್ನು ಹಿಂದೂಗಳ ಹತ್ಯೆ ಎಂದು ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಅರಚಾಡಿದ್ದ @BJP4Karnataka ಯವರು ಈಗ ಏನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ?
— Dr H.C.Mahadevappa (@CMahadevappa) October 4, 2022
ಇದರ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಪರೇಶ್ ಮೇಸ್ತಾ ಕೊಲೆ ಆರೋಪಿ ಎನ್ನಲಾದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯೋರ್ವನಿಗೆ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಒಳಗೆ ಸ್ಥಾನ ಕೊಟ್ಟ ಸುದ್ದಿ ವರದಿಯಾಗಿರುವುದು ಸಿಬಿಐ ನೀಡಿರುವ ರಿಪೋರ್ಟ್ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅನುಮಾನ ಮೂಡುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ
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Mathura boat capsize tragedy: Death toll climbs to 13
Mathura (UP)(PTI): With the recovery of two more bodies on Sunday, the death toll in the boat capsize incident in the Yamuna river in Mathura has climbed to 13, officials said on Sunday.
Search for three more missing persons is underway.
Superintendent of Police (Rural) Suresh Chandra Rawat said renewed search efforts led to the recovery of the body of a college student, identified as Dinki Bansal, near Devraha Baba Ghat and that of a man identified as Rishabh Sharma approximately 3 km away from the accident site.
The incident occurred on Friday afternoon when a boat carrying over two dozen tourists, primarily from Punjab, hit a floating drum of a pontoon bridge and capsized near Kesi Ghat in Vrindavan.
Most of the victims were from Jagraon and Dugri areas of Ludhiana district.
Teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) along with the district administration and local police were actively engaged in the search for the missing pilgrims.
However, strong currents of the Yamuna river and the significant depth of the water at the ghats are proving a hindrance.
Circle Officer (Mant) Sandeep Singh said the Yamuna river stretch extending from Keshi Ghat to Gokul Barrage has been divided into seven sectors.
The search for the missing individuals will now be conducted within this specific 20-square-km zone. A Station House Officer (SHO) has been designated as the in-charge for each sector.
Acting on the orders of the DIG (Agra Range), seven SHOs will oversee operations across the seven sectors of river Yamuna.
Giving details about the operation, Additional District Magistrate (Finance and Revenue) Pankaj Kumar Verma, citing NDRF officials, on Saturday had said although the search for the missing persons is currently focused within a 14-km radius from the spot where the boat had capsized, there is a possibility that they may have been swept much further downstream.
SHO of Vrindavan police station Sanjay Pandey said boat operator Pappu was arrested late on Friday night.
He is accused of failing to provide life jackets to passengers before allowing them to board the boat, and operating the boat at high speed. This resulted in the boat losing control and colliding with a pontoon bridge's drum, which led to the accident, officials said.
Police have registered a case and also arrested the contractor, Narayan Sharma, responsible for the repair work on the pontoon bridge.
Rawat said that on Friday evening, police registered a case under section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the boatman Pappu (alias Dauji) and Sharma, and subsequently arrested them.
According to the case details, Pappu's boat did not have any safety equipment or provisions whatsoever.
Moreover, despite repeated pleas from pilgrims, Pappu operated the boat at high speed. By the time he realised the danger upon approaching the pontoons of the bridge, it was already too late.
Consequently, after colliding with a pontoon drum, the boat lost control and capsized. It has also come to light that he is among those operators who have not obtained the requisite license to operate a boat.
Sharma was carrying out the work of dismantling and reassembling the pontoon bridge without providing any prior notification.
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