Tumkur, June 10: Minister of Food and Civil Supplies, Minority Welfare, and Wakf board Zamir Ahmed Khan said that he would seek apology to the people of the state for taking oath in English.

Speaking to reporters after taking the blessings of Dr. Shreeshivakumar Swamiji on Saturday at Siddaganga Math, he said "first I am a Kannadiga and then a Muslim. I apologize to the people of the state for swearing-in in English. Kannada was not compulsory in the convent when I was studying. Therefore I did not learn Kannada. I took oath in English to avoid doing mistake while reading in Kannada.

“In this case, I am equally hurt. Those, who take oath in English even after knowing Kannada, are called traitors. It is not wrong to hang such traitors, "he said.

Former MLAs S.Shafi Ahmed, Dr. Rafique Ahmed, G.S. Somashekar and others were present.

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Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.

The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.

"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.

The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.

There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.

Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.

The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.