Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj stages protest on highway over IndiGo disruptions
Bengaluru (PTI): Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj on Sunday staged a sit-in demonstration on the Bengaluru-Hyderabad highway in protest against disruptions to IndiGo flight operations.
Nagaraj and his supporters gathered near the Devanahalli toll gate and held the demonstration, raising slogans against the Centre and the airline.
Traffic was disrupted due to the protest, prompting police to reach the spot and place Nagaraj and his supporters under preventive custody.
Speaking to reporters, Nagaraj said continuous disruptions in IndiGo’s flight operations were causing hardship to passengers, but neither Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had commented on the issue.
He said the Chief Minister should have visited the airport and spoken to people affected by the disruptions.
“Because of repeated flight cancellations and delays by IndiGo, passengers are being forced to move around the airport for days. Children, senior citizens and women are the worst affected,” he alleged.
He also claimed the Central government’s negligence was responsible for the situation.
Nagaraj demanded that IndiGo and the Civil Aviation Department take responsibility and provide a permanent solution.
IndiGo has cancelled thousands of flights over the last few days as it grappled with significant operational disruptions, mainly due to crew shortage.
Against the backdrop of a large number of flights cancelled and delayed at various airports, causing hardships to thousands of passengers, the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), on Friday, set up a four-member inquiry panel to ascertain the reasons for the situation and recommend mitigation measures.
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ED searches: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah accuses Centre of targeting Cong leaders
Chamarajanagara (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the central government and its agencies of consistently targeting Congress members by using searches on their properties, and questioned why similar action is not taken against BJP leaders.
He was reacting to searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday on several individuals, among them the sons of Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris and the grandson of former Union Cabinet minister K Rahman Khan, in connection with a cryptocurrency-linked money laundering case.
"The central government always targets Congress leaders. Will they raid the houses of BJP leaders?" Siddaramaiah said in response to a question. More than a dozen premises in the city were searched as part of the operation carried out by the ED under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The premises searched comprised those of Mohammed Haris Nalapad and Omar Farook Nalapad, the sons of the MLA; Aqeeb Khan, the grandson of veteran Congress leader K Rahman Khan; and an alleged crypto hacker, Srikrishna Ramesh, alias Sriki, officials said.
The money laundering case stems from Karnataka Police FIRs and charge sheets filed in a 2017 case involving the hacking of national and international websites, theft of bitcoins, and the sale of these stolen virtual digital assets (VDAs) through crypto platforms by the alleged hacker Sriki and his associates.
Mohammed Haris Nalapad, Omar Farook Nalapad, and Aqeeb Khan are alleged to be beneficiaries of the proceeds of crime generated through this crypto-linked activity, officials added.
