Karnataka HC initiates suo-motu petition on police assault on advocate
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday recorded the suspension of six police officers involved in an assault against an advocate in Chikkamagaluru while hearing a suo-motu petition.
''Considering the seriousness of the matter and the fact that there was dereliction of duty by six police officers of Chikkamagaluru Town Police Station, of which one is an assistant sub-inspector, four are constables and one is a sub-inspector, they are kept under suspension by an office order dated December 1," said the court in its order, after noting a submission by the Advocate General.
The court also asked the advocates to not take ''extreme steps'' like abstaining from court proceedings.
The case pertains to one advocate Preetham who was stopped by the police on market road on Thursday night for riding a bike without helmet. After an argument, he was taken to the police station where he was allegedly beaten up. After protests by advocates, a case was registered against the six policemen.
The Advocate General filed a memo before the bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit giving details of the action taken by the police department in the issue.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
