Waqf land issue: Karnataka Home Minister says govt will review it
Bengaluru: Amid protests by farmers in Vijayapura who have been served notices by the Karnataka Board of Waqfs to vacate their ancestral land, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said the state government will review the situation.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "We will review it. The state government and the revenue department will review it. A decision will be taken based on old records." When asked that the Waqf Board had set a deadline to vacate the land, the minister said that is not a problem.
Meanwhile, in the district headquarter town of Vijayapura in North Karnataka bordering Maharashtra, the farmers staged a demonstration at the Deputy Commissioner’s office.
Holding the land records and registered land deeds, the farmers alleged that they were served notice soon after Housing and Waqf Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan visited Vijayapura and directed the Deputy Commissioner to serve notices to the farmers who were sitting on Waqf land.
Farmer leaders alleged that without bringing the matter to their notice, the land records of farmers in Tenahalli village in Indi Taluk and Honvada village in Tikota Taluk were changed and made in favour of Waqf.
Bengaluru South BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Friday said the Karnataka State Board of Waqfs has claimed its ownership over 1,500 acres of ancestral land of farmers in Honvada village.
Surya, who is also Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha president, said the farmers of Honvada village in Tikota Taluk were served notices declaring their lands as Waqf property "with no evidence or explanation provided".
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2 Bengaluru men drown at Kundapur beach
Kundapur (Karnataka), Oct 26: Two persons from Bengaluru who travelled to Beejadi village near Kundapur for a wedding, drowned at a beach here on Saturday, police said.
The victims were among a group of four friends staying at a beachside resort, they said.
According to police, three of the group had ventured into the water to play, when a powerful wave struck, sweeping both Santhish and Ajay into the depths.
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On seeing his friends in danger, Mokshith attempted to rescue them. He managed to pull Santosh out of the water.
While Santhish died en route to the hospital, Ajay’s body was fished out later by emergency personnel, a senior police officer said.
