Names of Christian voters missing from electoral roll: B'lore Archdiocese asks CEO for new roll
Bengaluru: J A Kanthraj, spokesperson of the Archdiocese of Bangalore, has asked the chief electoral officer of Karnataka to release new electoral rolls as the names of several Christians were deleted from the Final Electoral Roll-2023 in the Shivajinagar constituency.
In a recent letter to the officer, the spokesperson has pointed out, “On a close scrutiny and verification, we observe that a large number of names belonging to our Christian Community are missing. Of the total number of 9,195 names about 8,000 names that include voters from the SC, Backward Classes and the Muslim Communities are missing.”
Expressing shock at the deletion, the spokesperson says, “It is unfathomable and unbelievable that out of 193 booths, 91 of them have been selectively picked up and the names that were under the voters' lists those booths are deleted, where a large number of minorities reside in these pockets. The damage caused is improbable to be believed!”
He expresses fear of a possibility of such deletion occurring in the lists of other constituencies too, pointing out that, if no action is taken in such cases of tampering, it would result in the people losing faith in the electoral procedure.
The spokesperson requests the chief electoral officer for timely intervention and prompt rectification to restore the people’s trust in the election machinery.
He says in his letter, “On behalf of the Christian Community in particular, and the Minority Communities in general, we appeal to your good self to kindly intervene and arrange to notify a revised, error free and updated electoral rolls at the earliest.”
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Missing JNU student: Najeeb Ahmed refused treatment at Safdarjung Hospital, CBI tells court
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI): The CBI on Monday informed a Delhi court that former JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who allegedly went missing on October 15, 2016, had refused treatment at Safdarjung Hospital after allegedly being assaulted by a group of students belonging to the ABVP.
The CBI made the submission before additional chief judicial magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari while arguing on its closure report and a protest plea filed against it by Ahmed's mother Fatima Nafees.
The central probe agency said the statements of the hospital's doctor and medical attendant were not taken due to the absence of any such document to show Ahmed's visit.
"Upon visiting the hospital, Ahmed was advised to get an MLC prepared. However, he, accompanied by his friend Md Quasim, went back to the hostel and did not get any MLC prepared," the investigating officer (IO) claimed.
The judge recorded the submission and adjourned the matter for May 9, when the IO was ordered to also appear.
The CBI in October 2018 closed its investigation into the case as the agency's efforts to trace Ahmed, a Master’s student at JNU, yielded no results.
The agency filed its closure report before the court in the case after getting permission from the Delhi High Court.
Ahmed went missing from the Mahi-Mandvi hostel of JNU on October 15, 2016, following a scuffle with some students allegedly affiliated to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) the previous night.
Nafees' counsel had contended before the court that it was a “political case” and that the “CBI has succumbed to the pressure of its masters”.
The case was probed by Delhi Police but later transferred to the CBI.
