Posters calling HD Kumaraswamy 'electricity thief' put up: Srirampur Police file FIR against 3
Bengaluru: Srirampur Police officers have filed FIR against three people, Bindu, Naveen Gowda and one more person, for putting up posters on the compound walls of the JD(S) office at JP Bhavan in Seshadripuram accusing him of electricity theft.
The FIR was filed based on a police complaint by JD(S) Bengaluru President HM Ramesh Gowda accusing the three people of putting up such posters, dubbing Kumaraswamy an 'electricity thief', before absconding, on the night of Tuesday, November 14.
The poster carried a photo of the former Karnataka Chief Minister Kumaraswamy along with the phrase calling him 'electricity thief'. The police, immediately on being informed of the posters with the controversial message, rushed to the JD(S) office and got the posters removed from the JP Bhavan compound walls.
The Karnataka Congress had, on Tuesday, posted a video along with a statement on its official 'X' account, accusing the JD(S) leader of drawing power illegally to illuminate his house at JP Nagar for Diwali. A case was also registered against Kumaraswamy by the Vigilance Wing of the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) under section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act (Theft of electricity).
While Kumaraswamy clarified that it was not his fault but of a private decorator who gave the connection directly from a nearby electricity pole and that, when he got to know, he immediately got it removed and took the electricity connection from the meter board of the house, the drama continued using posters calling him an 'electricity thief'.
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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.
