Mangaluru/Kasaragod, Jun 30: In what appears to be an ego clash between the officers of Karnataka and Kerala, around 150 Mangalureans including 12 pregnant women were evicted from the lodges in Kasaragod in the middle of the night and sent to Mangaluru.
Expressing shock over the incident, Mangaluru MLA U T Khader hit out at the authorities concerned for the lack of concern towards the stranded passengers. “If IAS officers don’t have humanity, what is the use of the IAS tag. Officers in the two states should learn to speak to one another and solve people’s problems,” he said apparently addressing DCs of Kasaragod and Dakshina Kannada.
The 150 passengers had arrived on Saturday from Dubai in a chartered flight arranged by the Karnataka Cultural Foundation. The flight landed in Kannur after it was denied permission to land in Mangaluru.
But Karnataka’s nodal officer for stranded persons outside India C N Meena Nagaraj, an IAS officer, called up Kerala officials and questioned why the flight was allowed to land in Kannur, Khader said. She reportedly told Kerala officials that the passengers should be quarantined in the cities of arrival and that Karnataka would not take them in.
In the meantime, the Karnataka Cultural Foundation arranged seven buses to take the passengers to Mangaluru. By the time it was conveyed to them that they would not be allowed to enter Mangaluru, the buses had reached Kasaragod district. The representatives of the organisation made frantic calls to several political leaders. Congress leader and district panchayat standing committee chairperson Harshad Vorkady said he got a call for help around 10pm on Saturday. He spoke to owners of three lodges to accommodate them. The lodges were used by the district administration as quarantine centres.
The lodge owners said they would take the passengers in only if the Kasaragod tahsildar gave permission. “So I called up the tahsildar. He only wanted to know who will pay for the lodging and food. When I told him that the passengers will pay, he gave permission. By midnight, all the passengers were put up in the three lodges,” he said. The police were also at the spot, he said.
According to the Covid protocol, those arriving from abroad should be in institutional quarantine for seven days and in room quarantine for another seven days. But by 4pm on Sunday, the police returned to the lodges and asked the passengers to vacate. They said it was the order of the collector. They produced the order to the lodge owners. The office-bearers of the Karnataka Cultural Foundation said they sought time from the Kasaragod police to arrange rooms in Mangaluru. But Kasaragod police denied it.
On Sunday, there were Covid deaths in Mangaluru and the Mangaluru deputy commissioner was tied up as residents were objecting to the funeral of one of the victims. “By night, the police started threatening the lodge owners. The members of the Foundation said they would shift the passengers by Monday morning. But the collector would not listen,” said Harshad.
Around 11pm, the Kasaragod district administration brought in four KSRTC buses and sent all the 150 passengers to Mangaluru, he said. By 1am the buses crossed the Thalapdy border and Khader took over from there. But the MLA was livid with how officials treated the people. Collector Sajith Babu in a statement said his enquiry found that the tahsildar did not give permission to accommodate the passengers in Kasaragod lodges.
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Dear Viren there is nothing hell in your religion, thats the reason they are coming towards islam
very funny.
Dear All,
Please note few of these points about Islam.
Wish you all the best. May God bless you with happiness and good health always and you lead a happy life forever. Our prayers are with you. But try to keep away from unnecessary things and lead a simple life.
Bro.. its other way round. Hindu girls are falling love with handsome guys and beautiful religion
This is called true Islam. When 27 Karsevaks like Balbir Singh can embrace Islam , you just imagine the power of Islam.
Mix equal quantity of love and jihad in a cup and drink it...
and dont forget to buy burnol to cool off your bloody b***
Read the quran with translated original (not chaddis version). U Will end up in Reverting Islam.. In Sha Allah.
In the Quran the chilling & fearful explanation of Hell fire & HELL is there to those who reject ONE CREATOR and associate partners with him and worship all those demi-gods.
LOVE of His True last messenger & ONE CREATOR is the only way to escape from the HELL fire and attain HEAVEN.
JIHAD – constant struggle with oneself to be obedient to God, struggle (Jihad) against oppression of all kinds unleashed by enemies of humanity.
It is human nature to search for truth and aspire purity rejecting all manmade, false, ungodly beliefs & customs. No force on the earth can stop this and that is the reason thousands are attracted on daily basis to the Religion of Peace & Truth - ISLAM.
How long will YOU ignorants blame love jehad.. We request you to OPEN the QURAN (the quranproject) online and check what is written about love jehad... Unless YOU learn about quran .... YOU are following the RSS commandments and singing the same tone (it's love jehad) since years... When U guys open up your God given intellect.. Dont be SLAVES of RSS ... Use your intellect to know WHY PEOPLE are REVERTING to ISLAM... instead of blaming and licking the politicians and the haters of Islam.
This all happens because you bloody morons donot understand what is love and care all about.
Go drink sleep on streets, make your wife & childrens (some people dont have that too) wait home, come home next morning once again in Bar... Your life begins and Ends in BAR & Restaurent.
Dear Brother Study about Islam than you come to know what the hell is there in Islam (Alhamdulillah).
Congrats Shoaib
There are many cases like this. They all get converted into islam. There is racket to do conversion. Should stop this.. Stop Love Jihad
Stockholm syndrome by love jihad.. She may not feel trapped now. Later she feels that
Media highlighting only if anybody comes to Islam.. Pleasing minority
We wont care, if she got converted into christianity or other religion. Media giving unwanted prominants to some rubbish news. They are making controversy
Is that an important news
This is called love jihad. These muslim men make friendship with beautiful Hindu girls, make them fall in love with them. After wedding blackmail them to become Muslims. Need to put an end to this ugly practice at the earliest. What the hell is there in that religion.
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