Muharram flag triggers communal clash: 2 corporators among 31 arrested

October 13, 2016

Belagavi, Oct 13: A tense atmosphere prevailed in the city after hoisting of green flags near Shetty Galli area as part of Muharram celebration led to communal clashes in the region.

Muharram Nearly a dozen vehicles, including a police jeep were damaged in the incidents of stone pelting and arson. Miscreants damaged three auto-rickshaws, set another on fire, stoned four four-wheelers and a police jeep.

Following a heated arguments, the two groups belonging to different religious communities took to stone throwing at Shetty Galli. The violence spread to other sensitive areas of the city such as Bhadkal Galli, Chavat Galli, Khadak Galli and Darbar Galli on Tuesday night, the police said.

The trouble began when a group of people belonging to hardline Hindutva outfits staged protest and pelted stones when the Muharram flags were hoisted at the Shetty Galli corner. Sad part is, the clash took place when people celebrating holy festivals Dasara and Muharram.

Now the situation is under control with the heavy police security has deployed in the tensed areas including KSRP platoons. Police have taken 31 people belonging to both communities in to the custody including two corporators of Belagavi City Corporation - Mujmil Ahamad Doni of Ward 35 and Amtin Shaikh Ali of Ward 37.

According to local sources, stone pelting started on top roofs at 11.30pm at Chaval Galli, Shetty Galli and Jalagar Galli, and continued for few minutes. At the time, people coming out of homes, police led by DCP Radhika reached the spot and arrested miscreants engaged in creating disturbance. According to police sources, stone pelting began after few minutes of the meeting held by both councillors.

Women stage protest

In the backdrop of incident, women from Chavat Galli and Shetty Galli stage protest in the premises of city police commissioner's office blaming the police for taking innocents into custody. Women also alleged that police entered their houses breaking the doors at midnight and took the family members into custody who were innocent and nothing to do with riot. They urged the commissioner immediate release of innocents.

BJP leaders including MP Suresh Angadi, former MLA Abhay Patil, advocate Anil Benake and Kiran Jadhav visited the areas stone pelting occurred. Speaking on the occasion, Suresh Angadi blamed police for taking biased action. "It looks police are targeting people of one particular community bowing to the political pressure and arresting innocent youths" he said and urged immediate release of innocents.

On Wednesday morning, Belagavi North MLA Feroz Sait and Congress city unit President Asif (Raju) Sait rushed to the police commissioners office and held closed-door discussions with senior officers.

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Media report on closed door discussin between police commissiner and congress leaders is nothing but bias and completely false. Everyone knows that Media belongs to, managed by and working for sangh parivar. As real terrorists of sangh parivar are arrested, their leaders are shivering due to fear that real culprits behind the planned attack on Muharram procession will be brought to notice.

It is clear that the trouble and goondagiri started by the terrorists of Sangh Parivar and when police caught the real culprits sangh parivar is blaming police. What a shame. Chore ulta kotwal ko dante. Police should not bow to political pressure from bjp leaders and arrest the terrorists under goonda act. It was well planned attack by Sangh parivar goondas/terrorists.

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6500 beds reserved for covid patients in Bengaluru's private medical college hospitals

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June 30,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 30: Private medical colleges in Bengaluru have agreed to join hands with the Karnataka government for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

The representatives from private medical colleges have promised the state government to provide 2000 beds immediately and another 4500 beds will be added within a week.

The development took place as Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday held a second round of meeting with representatives of private hospitals at Vidhana Soudha over COVID-19.

The Chief Minister and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar held separate meetings with the representatives from private colleges administration and all the private colleges have assured to extend their support to the government decision.

"There are 11 private and three government medical colleges in the city and we will get about 6500 beds from these for COVID treatment," Dr Sudhakar informed media after the meeting.

He further said, "These facilities including doctors and staff will be made available to the government within a week and the beds will be allocated to COVID patients through BBMP's centralised system. The insurance facility will be extended to the doctors and staff serving in these private hospitals also."

PG students in private medical colleges and other staff will be utilised in COVID Care Centres, the minister said.

"There will be some changes in the treatment protocols going forward. The decision regarding this will be taken in the meeting that will be held in the evening under the chairmanship of the CM," the minister explained.

According to him, symptomatic patients, persons aged above 60 years and those with comorbidities like diabetes, hypertension and serious kidney, liver, lungs and heart-related ailments will be admitted to hospitals.

Other asymptomatic persons will be monitored in COVID care centres. Detailed notification with these guidelines will be released tomorrow, the minister said.

The meeting was chaired by CM BS Yediyurappa and Deputy CM Ashwatnarayana, Ministers Basavaraj Bommai, R Ashoka and senior officials were also present.

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Mosque sets up covid-19 treatment facility, provides free oxygen

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June 26,2020

Mumbai, Jun 26: In a humanitarian gesture, a mosque in Bhiwandi town of adjoining Thane district has been converted by its administrators into a temporary COVID-19 facility, where oxygen is provided free of cost to patients.

The facility at Makkah Masjid in the Shanti Nagar area of the powerloom town has been set up by the local chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), Movement for Peace and Justice and the Shanti Nagar Trust, which runs the mosque.

Apart from putting up five beds equipped with oxygen cylinders, the JIH also delivers them for free to patients homes if required, an office-bearer of the JIH said, adding the makeshift facility is open to all communities.

So far, the Bhiwandi-Nizampur municipality has recorded over 1,332 COVID-19 cases and 88 casualties. It has a mortality rate of 5.26 per cent, a release stated.

"Bhiwandi-Nizampur has been hit hard by the pandemic as it is a congested city. It doesn't even have proper health infrastructure.

"The situation has only worsened during the pandemic as general medical practitioners have shut their clinics fearing the virus spread," said Ausaf Ahmed Falahi, president of the JIH's Bhiwandi chapter.

As a majority of people here lack awareness about the viral disease and are unable to afford treatment, a facility like this one was the need of the hour, he said.

Over 70 persons have benefited from this facility, which has two doctors, while 15 oxygen cylinders have been delivered to the homes of eight COVID-19 patients, Falahi said.

People irrespective of their religion have been availing treatment at the mosque, he added.

"Makkah Masjid has been shut for prayers since the lockdown. So, we decided to use a part of the premises to help those who can't avail treatment elsewhere," said Qaiser Mirza of the Shanti Nagar Trust.

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