Karnataka govt suspends SI over FIR against advocates
Bengaluru: Following protests by advocates in Ramanagara district and the opposition BJP in the Legislative Assembly, the Karnataka government on Wednesday decided to suspend a Sub-Inspector, over an FIR filed against 40 lawyers.
Making this announcement in the Assembly, Home Minister G Parameshwara also promised strict action against a person behind the alleged derogatory post against a Varanasi judge, who delivered the judgment in the Gyanvapi mosque case, while calling the accused "a habitual offender."
Police had earlier arrested Chand Pasha, an advocate, following a complaint against him for his alleged derogatory post targeting a judge in Varanasi, which had led to a clash between two groups of advocates in Ramanagara last week.
The police also filed an FIR against 40 advocates based on a counter-complaint.
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A group of advocates have staged a protest demanding quashing of the FIR against 40 advocates, and also suspension of Sub-Inspector Tanveer Hussain of Ijoor station, who booked the case.
The issue had also led to a war of words in the Assembly on Tuesday, with the BJP members staging a protest by trooping into the well of the House, demanding the suspension of the Sub-Inspector and strict action against Chand Pasha, who made the post.
"Yesterday there was a discussion in the House regarding an incident in Ramanagara to which I had replied sharing some information, but the Leader of Opposition (R Ashoka) and members had said the answer is not proper and that the official -- the Sub-Inspector -- has committed a mistake, his conduct was not right and he has shown discrimination in filing FIR. They had also demanded his suspension," Parameshwara said in the Assembly today as the House met for the day.
Stating that advocates in Ramanagara have also demanded the resignation of that official, and they have also planned to stage a protest in Bengaluru, he said, "So the government has come to a decision to suspend that official Tanveer Hussain, who is a Sub-Inspector. Already an inquiry has been ordered and the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Channapatna has started the inquiry and the suspension will also help the inquiry."
The Home Minister further said, it has been decided to take strict action against Advocate Chand Pasha, who is said to be the main reason for all this.
"He (Pasha) is an habitual offender. There is information about his involvement in such activities in the past. So we will take strict action against him," he added.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
