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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NRI infected with coronavirus in UAE

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February 11,2020

Dubai, Feb 11: An Indian national has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in the UAE, bringing the total number of confirmed infection cases to eight, the country's health ministry has said.

The death toll in China's coronavirus outbreak has gone up to 1,016 while the confirmed cases of infection have soared to 42,638, Chinese health officials said on Tuesday.

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) said on Monday that the Indian national was infected after he interacted with a recently diagnosed person.

"The Ministry of Health and Prevention announced today the eighth confirmed case of new coronavirus in the UAE, which is an Indian national who had interacted with a recently diagnosed person," it said in a tweet.

On Sunday, the ministry said that the two new patients, a Chinese national and a Filipino, had been diagnosed with the disease and were receiving medical care as per the highest health standards available in the country.

It said that all health facilities will continue to report any new cases suspected to have coronavirus.

Last week, a family of four who arrived from Wuhan for a holiday in Dubai were diagnosed with coronavirus. A fifth patient, who also arrived from the Chinese city, was confirmed to have been infected with
the virus, but is reportedly in a stable condition.

China and countries around the world are scrambling to contain the spread of coronavirus which fiirst surfaced in Wuhan city in the Central Hubei province of China. Apart from China, two deaths have occurred in Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Besides Germany, Britain and Italy, other European nations with cases of the virus include France, Russia, Belgium, Sweden, Finland and Spain.

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3 arrested for spreading fake news on coronavirus in Kerala

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February 2,2020

Thrissur, Feb 2: The Kerala government on Saturday said the condition of the medical student, kept in an isolation ward in Thrissur after testing positive for the novel coronavirus is satisfactory and that three people have been arrested for spreading false information on social media about the disease.

The woman, who tested positive, is a student of Wuhan university and is undergoing treatment at the Thrissur Medical College Hospital.

"The health status of the student who tested positive for coronavirus remains satisfactory.

The hospital authorities have confirmed that the health condition of all symptomatic persons under isolation in hospitals are "stable", a bulletin said.

Health Minister K K Shailaja said Kerala has strengthened surveillance and control measures against the epidemic, which has been declared by WHO as a global emergency,

She told reporters here that three people have been arrested for spreading false information about those who had arrived in the state from coronavirusa affected countries and are under home surveillance.

Six others had forwarded the posts and the cyber cell was probing the matter, Shailaja said.

The minister had earlier warned that strong action would be taken against those putting out false news on the disease.

Police said Sabari was arrested on Friday and released on bail, while two others-- Shafi and Siraj were arrested on Saturday.

Two cases have been registered in two police stations in Thrissur in this connection, they said.

A medical bulletin said that till date, 1793 people who travelled from coronavirus affected countries have been identified and placed under surveillance.

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