Film shoot blast deaths: KFCC says there’s very little it can do

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April 2, 2019

Bengaluru, Apr 2: The Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce(KFCC) on Monday washed its hands of any responsibility towards Friday’s cylinder blast at a film shoot site, which left a 28-year-old woman and her four-year-old daughter dead.

“We can’t get involved in the matter. We can only arrange a meeting between the crew of the film Ranam and family members of the woman. But currently, their phones are switched off,” said KFCC president, SA Chinne Gowda.

Gowda’s statement comes after family members of Samina Banu and Ayesha Banu, who were killed in the blast, met KFCC office-bearers seeking justice. “It has been over four days since the incident took place but police and KFCC haven’t done anything to make the Ranam team accountable for the tragedy, which happened due to the crew’s negligence,” said Samina’s husband Tabrez Khan.

A tearful Tabrez said his wife and child meant the world to him and he was taking them to their aunt’s place when the tragedy occurred. “My younger daughter is traumatized and is longing for her mother. How do I handle this,” he asked.

Samina’s brother-in-law Munnavar Khan said since the incident, no one from the KFCC or film crew has shown sympathy to the family. “Not a single person from the Kannada film industry has spoken to us or consoled us,” rued Munnavar.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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