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Water scarcity starts pinching in Bundelkhand; angry residents hurl shoe at officer
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Even as the winter season is not yet over, water scarcity has started assuming serious dimensions in Bundelkhand region and causing residents to lose their cool despite cold conditions.
In Chhatarpur district's Naugaon town, agitating people hurled shoe at chief municipal officer (CMO) during a demonstration against water shortage on Saturday, hitting a woman tehsildar instead.
The irate people also smashed the panes of a vehicle. Later the police was called to control the situation.
In Naugaon town, residents of wards 16, 17 and 18 are facing severe water crisis. On Saturday afternoon, the local residents reached the municipality office and asked CMO Pawan Kumar Sharma to resolve the issue. They asked the officer to ensure regular supply of water in their area. Not satisfied with the response of the CMO, the people started shouting slogans.
Local ward corporator and others entered into an argument with the CMO. The demonstrators then reached tehsil office. Tehsildar Zia Fatima listened to their problem and called CMO to discuss the issue.
People became agitated when they saw the CMO. Someone from the mob hurled a shoe at the CMO which hit the woman tehsidar. As the CMO escaped, someone hurled another shoe at him. However the CMO escaped again. Seeing the mood of the people, tehsildar did not take any action against the protesters.
Hate crime: Haj pilgrims abused, attacked, skullcaps forcibly thrown in Silchar
SILCHAR: In a shocking incident, three elderly Haj pilgrims were attacked in Silchar in Assam. The incident occurred on June 27.
The victims--Zamiruddin Laskar, Abdul Khaliq Chaudhary and Nazir Ahmad Laskar, were attacked by a group of unidentified persons who first took away their skullcaps.
Zamiruddin Laskar says that after snatching the skullcap, his face was covered with a piece of cloth and the same treatment was meted to two others.
The attackers allegedly threaten to cut them into pieces. Laskar said that they were abused, attacked and humiliated while the shopkeepers looked on and nobody intervened. The police have now registered a case in this regard and have assured that the attackers would be identified and nabbed soon. Photo courtesy--Barak Bulletin
UPDATE: Three accused--S Chakravarti, Jaideep Pal and Bappa Das have been arrested for the assault with the elderly Haj pilgrims.
[June 28, 2019 NewsBits.in]
Maoist terror attack kills 3 CRPF men, minor girl killed in cross-fire
RAIPUR: Four persons including three security personnel and a minor girl were killed in a Maoist ambush in Bijapur in Chhattisgarh.
The Maoists ambushed the 199 battallion of CRPF near Keskutul in Bijapur district. The security personnel who were caught off guard, later, retaliated and a minor girl who lived in a nearby village was killed in the cross-firing.
The three security personnel killed include Mahadev Patil, Madan Pal and OP Saji. The injured are being treated in the hospital. Chhattisgarh has witnessed several Naxal attacks in the last couple of months.
MP amends law to rein in cow vigilantes, cabinet approves amendment
BHOPAL: In a significant development, Madhya Pradesh government has amended the law to rein in the cow vigilantes who have been involved in violence and mob lynchings.
The cabinet has approved amendment to the Cattle Conservation Act, which now makes cow vigilantism punishable--up to five years' imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000.
The State government has said that the law has been amended in accordance with the Supreme Court's directive against the 'trend of mob justice and self-styled vigilantes taking law into their hands'.
There have been several incidents of cow vigilantism in MP in recent years. While a person was killed in Satna last year, three persons including a woman were brutally thrashed in Seoni recently. Earlier, there were lynching bids and violence in Mandsaur, Harda and Khandwa too.
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