Police put an end to missing drama in disaster-struck Madikeri
Madikeri, August 27: The rural police exposed the imposture of a couple who lodged a complaint that a seven-year-old boy was missing in the landslide and rains at Kaluru village in the taluk.
As the hills were collapsed due to heavy rains at Kaluru village, the villagers have left their homes in fear. At this time, Somashekar and Suma have said that their seven-year-old son Gagan Ganapathy was trapped under the mud in front of their eyes when the hill was collapsed, got the sympathy and joined the relief camp at Mythri Hall in Madikeri.
Rural police have lodged a missing case following their complaint and searched for the body of the boy for the last four days. The police along with the NDRF, SDRF and fire brigade made futile attempt to trace the boy. When the couple were asked to identify the place where their son was trapped under the mud, they became gullible and gave confusing answer. Suspecting their behavior, they spilled the beans
that the owner of the plantation has forced them to lodge a missing complaint and they have lodged the complaint.
For both Somashekar and Suma, it was the second marriage for them and both of them have deserted their children got from their earlier marriage. When the police investigated, the boy said to be missing was traced at the house of Suma’s mother at Thithimathi.
Now, the police have registered a case against the couple for misleading the police.
It is said that they have played the drama of getting Rs 5 lakh compensation to be given to the family of the deceased in the disaster.
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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.
