Maharashtra
Navi Mumbai: At least 11 dead due to heatstroke at Maharashtra Bhushan award event, more than 120 hospitalised
Navi Mumbai: Eleven people died of sunstroke while many others were said to be critical, after attending the Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony held at Kharghar in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. More than 120 people suffered from dehydration, after being exposed to the scorching sun for a few hours because of the open-air seating arrangement at the venue.The number of fatalities is likely to go up.
Many of them were rushed to nearby hospitals like the ACTREC at Kharghar and the MGM Hospital at Kamothe, sources said. However, the hospital administration declined to comment.
More than three lakh people were believed to have gathered at the event, where social activist Dattatreya Narayan alias Appasaheb Dharmadhikari was conferred the Maharashtra Bhushan award, a government official said.
Temperature was 42° Celsius at the time of event
The temperature at that time of the day was 42° Celsius. The venue of the event was an open ground, with only VIP attendees having access toshade.Vehicles were stopped around one kilometre away from the venue, from where attendees had to trudge up to the venue and sit in the scorching heat.
Lakhs of followers of Dharmadhikari attended the grand function, held on a sprawling 306-acre ground in Kharghar. Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented the award, instituted by the Maharashtra government, to Dharmadhikari. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis were also present on the occasion.
The event, for which people had started gathering since morning, began around 11.30 am and went on till around 1 pm. Many of the attendees had arrived on Saturday. During the event, Shah said he had never seen such big gathering to honour a person for social service.
The ground was packed with people and equipped with audio/ video facilities for followers of Shree Sadasya (Dharmadhikari’s organisation) to witness the function. There was open-air seating, without any provision for an overhead canopy.
What do officials say about the situation?
“A total of 123 people complained of heat-related health ailments, like dehydration, during the event. They were immediately referred to the 30 medical booths set up at the venue. Thirteen of the patients, who needed further treatment, were shifted to different private hospitals,” said a revenue department official, who was on duty at the venue.
“A total of 30 doctors were deployed at the medical booths that had intensive care unit (ICU) facilities to treat people at the venue,” she said.
A Raigad district information officer confirmed that many followers were admitted to different hospitals including MGM Kamothe where CM Eknath Shinde visited around 9pm on Sunday.
“Eight people (initial figure) have died due to heat stroke and 24 are still under treatment at the hospital. We have announced Rs 5 lakh compensation to the families of the deceased and the government will bear all the medical expenses of those admitted to the hospital,” said Shinde.
Mumbai: Mumbai Economic Branch (EOW) has also started property seizure proceedings in the case of embezzlement of crores of rupees from New India Cooperative Bank. EOW said that after identifying the properties obtained from the embezzled amount, it has been attached and seized. 5 accused have been arrested in this case and 21 immovable properties of these accused have been found, which have been allowed to be confiscated.
This is the first action under 107 BNSS in Mumbai city in which the property of the accused has been seized. Mumbai AOW said that the amount recovered from the seized properties will also be estimated. After the bank scam in Mumbai, EOW has taken major action and details of other properties of the accused are also being investigated.
Crime
Mumbai Five members of Lawrence Bishnoi gang arrested, Mumbai Crime Branch gives a shock to Bishnoi gang
Mumbai: Mumbai Crime Branch has claimed to have arrested five shooters of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi gang in a major operation. 5 revolvers and 21 live cartridges have been recovered from the possession of these shooters. Mumbai Police is also interrogating these shooters. Police arrested the attackers before they could execute the incident and averted the incident. Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested these five from Andheri area. They had come here with the intention of carrying out a major vandalism incident, but the police foiled the incident before that.
The arrested accused include Vikas Thakur, Samit Dilawar, Devendra Rupesh Saxena, Shreya Suresh Yadav, Vivek Gupta. Vikas Thakur is a resident of Versova Andheri, Samit Mukesh Kumar Dilawar is a resident of Sonipat, Haryana, Devendra Rupesh Saxena is a resident of Madhya Pradesh, Shreya Suresh Yadav is a resident of Jagdishpur, Bihar and Vivek Kumar Gupta is a resident of Rampur, Rajasthan.
Weapons have been recovered from their possession and the Crime Branch has registered a case against them under Section 3 and 25 of the BNS, Section 55 and 61 (2) and Maharashtra Police Act. The Crime Branch is investigating where the accused brought the weapons from.
After the shooting of Salman Khan, Lawrence Bishnoi gang is trying to become active in Mumbai, but due to the strict action of Mumbai Crime Branch, the back of the gang has been broken and now the Crime Branch has given a big blow to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and arrested five of its members. The Crime Branch is further investigating the matter.
Maharashtra
It is unconstitutional to deprive SP MLA Raees Sheikh of his right to handle religious affairs under Article 26 of the Constitution
Mumbai: Maharashtra MLA Raees Sheikh has opposed the introduction of the Wakf Bill in the Lok Sabha. Raees Sheikh has strongly criticized the BJP for creating a false narrative and called the bill a misconception and unconstitutional bill which is harmful for the poor of the society.
Shaikh further said that Article 26 of the Constitution guarantees freedom to run religious institutions. It is unconstitutional to take away the right of a person to run his institution under Article 26 of the Constitution. MLA Shaikh said that this move is against the constitutional guarantee of dealing with religious matters.
Shaikh said that the BJP government is showing the UPA government that it is doing politics of appeasement of a particular community, while the BJP-led government is not doing so. This is an attempt to spread a lie that allows the community to seize any land under Waqf or claim it to be Waqf. The Waqf Board is not a private organisation of the Muslim community but a statutory body established under the Waqf Act. In the process of declaring a property as Waqf, a government surveyor conducts a survey and officially declares the property as Waqf. Sheikh remarked that it is completely wrong to present the idea that Muslims can arbitrarily declare any property as Waqf.
Shaikh further said that he strongly opposes the false image being created by the government and the government has not considered the suggestions given by Muslims or the opposition. All Waqf governing boards and trusts have been given the option to exit the Waqf framework. This has weakened the system. “This is an unimaginable and unimaginable bill that only harms the poor of the society,” Sheikh said.
He further said that some provisions, such as the condition that the person making the donation should have been a Muslim for five years, are strange. Earlier encroachment on wakf property was a non-bailable offence, but now it has been made a criminal offence
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