കോഴിക്കോട്‌ ജില്ലയില്‍ ഇന്നു ഹര്‍ത്താല്‍

Story Dated: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 02:07

 കോഴിക്കോട്‌:  കോഴിക്കോട്‌ ജില്ലയില്‍ ഇന്നു ഹര്‍ത്താലിന്‌ ആഹ്വാനം. യു.ഡി.എഫും ബി.ജെ.പി യും സംയുക്‌തമായാണു ഹര്‍ത്താലിന്‌ ആഹ്വാനം നല്‍കിയത്‌.  രാവിലെ ആറുമുതല്‍ വൈകിട്ട്‌  നാലുവരെയാണു  ഹര്‍ത്താല്‍. അവശ്യസര്‍വീസുകളെ ഹര്‍ത്താലില്‍നിന്ന്‌ ഒഴിവാക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്‌.  അഞ്ചു പൊതുപ്രവര്‍ത്തകര്‍ക്കെതിരേ വ്യാജ മാനഭംഗക്കേസ്‌ നല്‍കിയ സി.പി.എം. കൗണ്‍സിലര്‍  കെ. സിനിയെ  പുറത്താക്കണമെന്ന്‌  ആവശ്യപ്പെട്ട്‌  ആക്ഷന്‍ കമ്മിറ്റിയും  അഴിമതി വിരുദ്ധ ജനകീയ മുന്നണിയും നടക്കാവ്‌ വികസന സമിതിയും സംയുക്‌തമായി നടത്തിയ ധര്‍ണയ്‌ക്കുനേരെ ഡി.വൈ.എഫ്‌.ഐ. നടത്തിയ അക്രമത്തില്‍ പ്രതിഷേധിച്ചാണു ഹര്‍ത്താല്‍.

Anti-corruption activists get bail

 The Kozhikode Judicial First Class Magistrate Court on Wednesday dropped three non-bailable charges of sexual harassment in a case filed by K. Sini, CPI (M) councilor of the City Corporation, against five activists of the Azhimathi Virudha Janakeeya Munnani, an anti-corruption forum of residents.
The court also granted bail to the five respondents, K.P Vijayakumar, K.P. Sathyakrishnan, Andodi Anil Kumar, and  P. Valsarajan of the forum, and  Panayamparambil Lohithakshan of the East Nadakkavu Residents Association.
Earlier, the court had served notices on them based on a private complaint filed by Ms. Sini after the police had rejected her complaint terming it as a fabricated allegation.
The court posted the case to August 6 for further hearing.
Lawyers Saby Joseph, P.K. Bindhu, M.S. Saji and Jithin Pookkat appeared for the anti-corruption campaigners.
The charges dropped against them were Section 324 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code.
Ms. Sini, representing Eranhipalam (Ward 64), had filed a petition through her counsel P.V. Hari that the five activists had sexually harassed her at her house at East Nadakkavu on March 29, 2011. But the police found her complaint false as she had been out of town on that day.
Investigators had detected that the tower location of her mobile device was elsewhere on that day. They had also given a report to the court seeking to file a case against her. However, she approached the court praying for a reinvestigation into her complaint. But the court rejected her contention.

The 10-hour hartal called by the United Democratic Front (UDF) and BJP

7-1-2014

The 10-hour hartal called by the United Democratic Front (UDF) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday evoked mixed response in the city while isolated incidents of violence were reported from its rural belts.

Protest against Corruption

                        UDF-BJP hartal over attack on protest venue- 1-7-2014

KOZHIKODE: 1-7-2014

 UDF  and BJP  have called a hartal in the Kozhikode district on Tuesday to protest against the attack on BJP district president P Raghunath and others at a mass dharna  organized  jointly by the Campaign Committee against Corruption and Nadakkavu Vikasana Samithi at Mananchira here on Monday evening. The hartal that will begin from 6am will end by 4pm in view of fasting in the month of Ramadan.

Emergency services including distribution of newspaper, milk, medical shops and hospitals will be exempted from the hartal. While UDF leaders informed that vehicles will be allowed to ply, BJP activists maintained that they will block vehicles.

The joint mass dharna was organized demanding resignation of CPM councilor  K Sini who had filed a complaint against five members of the campaign committee.   According to Raghunath, around 100 DYFI members led by Varun Bhaskar, son of former mayor  M Bhaskaran  and  DYFI leader Jamsheer  barged into the shamiana erected for the dharna and unleashed violence.  Raghunath said he was addressing the dharna when the attack took place.  The assailants broke the chairs kept inside the shamiana and assaulted Raghunath with the mike stand.  Policemen, who were only in small numbers, could not prevent the DYFI men from unleashing violence. Five persons including Raghunath, K P Vijayakumar, leader of the Campaign Committee against Corruption and P M Premarajan have been admitted to the hospital after the attack.  Police have registered case against identifiable persons in connection with the incident.

The joint dharna was organized after the court issued summons against five members of the campaign committee following a private complaint filed by corporation councillor  K Sini.  She had alleged that that five persons - K P Vijayakumar, convener of the Campaign Committee against Corruption,  Panayamparambil  Lohithakshan, president of the East Nadakkavu Residents Association,  K P Sathyakrishnan, secretary of  Nadakkavu Vikasana Samithi  and Nadakkavu Vikasana samithi executive members Aandodi Anil kumar and  Vatsaraj had tried to molest her.  Though the councillor had earlier filed a complaint at the Nadakkavu police station it was rejected after it was found that the allegation was baseless.  Police have submitted a report in the court against the councillor  under IPC Section 211.  The councillor then filed a private complaint in the court against five members alleging rape.

District Congress Committee president K C Abu said a protest march will be held in the city on Tuesday demanding the arrest of those behind the attack. "By attacking the protesters, the DYFI has proved that there is a truth in the vigilance cases registered against the corporation authorities," he said.