Taxi driver murder: DSS urges police to nab culprits

September 9, 2011

Mangalore, August 29: Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti has urged the police to speed up the investigation into the brutal murder of a city based taxi driver and identify the real culprits and bring them to book.

Addressing media persons here Shekhar Hejamadi, DK-Udupi Convenor of DSS, said the failure of the police in solving the murder case of 32 year old driver Govardhan, even after two weeks, has created a feeling of insecurity in the society.

If someone hire a car and murder its driver and police fail to arrest the real culprit even after weeks, how can a common man live safely in this society?, he questioned.

He said DSS was planning to stage a protest in the city to exert pressure on the police to arrest the culprits.

It can be recalled that Govardhan, son of S Narayan, a resident of Sootarpete Kankanady was vanished after he dropped four strangers, who hired his car to Karkala on the night of August 25.

It is said that four strangers had hired Govardhan's car from KSRTC bus stand in the city to reach Karkala. At around 7: 15 pm the strangers had approached Govardhan saying that their car had developed snags in Karkala and they wanted to bring it back. At around 9:30 pm Govardhan had called his family and informed that he was in Karkala and would be returning soon.

When Govardhan did not return home till next day morning his family members tried contact him over phone. However both of his cells were switched off. Later they decided to inform Urwa police station.

When Govardhan's friends and family members started to search for him they found his car abandoned near near the main gate of Suzlon Energy Ltd near Padubidri.

On August 29, the dead body of Govardhan was found in the bushes near Karkala-Belman Road.

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Block, district presidents in Karnataka will be changed soon: KPCC working president

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September 14,2024

Mangaluru: The block level and District Congress Committee presidents in the state will be changed in the next one month for better reach into society and bring in organisational fortification, said Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee working president G C Chandrasheker on Saturday.

The All India Congress Committee and KPCC have a vision for bringing a change in how the party works with the last man and woman in the state, he said at a press conference here.

"We are looking at bringing development models into the state with a new vision. We are a party that likes to work with the opposition in the developmental aspects and keep all other matters away that do not relate to the development of the state.

"We have a great respect for the people of the coast who are considered to be forward-looking and perceptible, but it is also true that we do not have the numbers in the upper house and in the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)," he said.

"Our endeavour is to not only create a strong pro-development workforce at the base level by strengthening the second and third level leadership in the state," he said.

Chandrasheker, who is also a Rajya Sabha member, said that he and his four colleagues of the rank of working presidents of the KPCC are going to every district to infuse the new thinking in our workers and leaders.

"This move will get a new surge considering the party is facing byelections in Shiggaon, Chennapatna and Sandhur segments and also vacant seats in the legislative council, followed by elections to the Urban Local Bodies and Panchayats" he said.

When asked about the reason for the changes, Chandrashekar said most of the people have already lived their tenures. The party wants to reward those who have not been given tickets to contest in the 2023 state assembly elections and 2024 Lok Sabha elections for political reasons.

There are quite good leaders and hard-working ground level workers who have great potential to lead the party in the coming years, he said.

"Women will get at least one top post in all District Congress Committees and block levels. There is also a move to give responsible positions for the workers and leaders coming from different strata of society, which are deliverable. The party will not shy away from it," he said.

The other two working presidents, Dr Manjunath Bhandary and Vasanth Kumar, were also present at the press conference.

Kumar said some of the regions in the state are dominated by the BJP. "We want to end this run and defeat the divisive models of the BJP." Bhandary said the Indian National Congress was aiming at a high development phase in the state and involve the opposition parties and their leaders in the development plans in the state.

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