Legal action if Tipu is insulted in social media: DCM Parameshwar
Bengaluru, November 5: Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar warned of taking legal action against those who insult Tipu Sultan in social media during Tipu Jayanthi programme.
Speaking to reporters here after holding a meeting of senior police officers regarding precautionary measures during Tipu Jayanthi in the state, on Monday, the DCM said that he held the meeting of the senior police officers on taking measures to ensure law and order situation in the state during Tipu Jayanthi. Some decisions were taken based on the incidents happened in the last two years. No procession should be taken out either favouring the event or against it. The programme should be organised in auditoriums. No banners should be put up, he explained.
All district administrations have been instructed to celebrate Tipu Jayanti for which funds were also released. In Bengaluru, the programme would be held in Ravindra Kala Kshetra, he said.
DG and IGP Neelamani Raju, Home department secretary Rajnish Goyal and other senior officers were present.
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'Someone must be held accountable': HC converts civil suit on Goa nightclub tragedy into PIL
Panaji (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Monday converted a civil suit against Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) saying "someone has to be held accountable" for the tragedy in which 25 people were killed.In a stern observation, Goa bench of the High Court of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ashish Chavan said the local panchayat had "failed to take suo motu cognisance" of the club and had taken "no action despite complaints."
The division bench directed the Goa government to file a detailed reply on the permissions granted to the nightclub.
The High Court, while fixing January 8 as the next date of hearing, pointed out that commercial operations were continuing in the structure despite it having been served a demolition order.
The original petition was filed after the December 6 tragedy by Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar and Sunil Divkar, the owners of the land on which the nightclub was operating.
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Advocate Rohit Bras de Sa, the lawyer representing the petitioner, was made amicus curiae in the matter and has been asked to file a detailed affidavit in the matter.
In their petition, Amonkar and Divkar highlighted "the alarming pattern of statutory violations that have remained inadequately addressed despite multiple complaints, inspections, show-cause notices, and even a demolition order".
They contended that these violations posed "immediate threats to public safety, ecological integrity, and the rule of law in the state of Goa."
Investigations by multiple agencies into the nightclub fire have revealed various irregularities, including lack of permissions to operate the nightclub.
The Goa police arrested five managers and staff members of the club, while co-owners Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra have been detained in Thailand after they fled the country.
