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Indore Temple Tragedy: Days after 36 deaths, bulldozer roll in to demolish illegal structure
The move was initiated after several devotees were plunged into the water reservoir below during a Ram Navami celebration on Thursday
Days after 36 people were killed in the Indore temple tragedy, the Indore civic body deployed bulldozers to demolish the illegal structure on Monday. Five bulldozers rolled into the Beleshwar Mahadev Temple in Madhya Pradesh to demolish illegal construction.
During the crackdown, Deputy Municipal Commissioner, District Magistrate, and other officials were present at the spot.
The move was initiated after several devotees were plunged into the water reservoir below during a Ram Navami celebration on Thursday when the slab built on top of the bawdi (stepwell) at the Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal temple caved in.
The 200-year-old stepwell roof broke due to the weight of the crowds on Ram Navami. The incident took place when a havan was being conducted. The temple is in Sneh Nagar, one of Indore’s oldest residential neighbourhoods, and is run by a private trust.
The Indore Municipal Corporation had marked the cover of the stepwell for demolition last year because it was an illegal structure but they withdrew when the temple trust persuaded them that it would harm religious sentiments. The temple section that collapsed was an illegal structure.
A four-decade-old stepwell was supported by four iron girders, a thin layer of concrete, and tiles that could not bear the weight of the crowd that had arrived to perform puja on Ram Navami.
The Indore district administration has also issued an order under Section 144 of the CrPC to identify and free all step-wells from encroachment. A police case has also been filed against two officials of the temple trust.
The floor was surrounded by walls that had risen. The temple’s roof was constructed from a tin shed. Those gathering for a havan (ritual) at the Shri Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal temple were unaware that a deep hole was hidden beneath them behind rusted iron grills.
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Balochistan blast: Pakistan alleges India’s involvement in suicide attack, toll rises to 60
Sarfaraz Bugti told media that civil, military and all other institution will jointly strike against the elements involved in the Mastung suicide bombing.
Pakistan interior minister Sarfaraz Bugti in a shocking claim alleged India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) intelligence agency for the suicide blast in Balochistan. The blast that took place on Friday claimed the lives of nearly 60 people, leaving 60 others injured. The Indian government, on the other hand, is yet to make an official statement on Sarfaraz Bugti’s allegations.
The suicide bomb attack targeted a procession which gathered to celebrate Prophet Muhammad’s birthday near the Madina Masjid at a place called Mastung. The blast tore through the mosque in the southern province of Balochistan after the bomber denoted his explosive near a police vehicle where the people gathered for the procession.
Sarfaraz Bugti told media at Quetta that civil, military and all other institution will jointly strike against the elements involved in the Mastung suicide bombing. Without providing much details or evidence, the Pakistan minister claimed that RAW is involved in the suicide attack.
Wasim Baig, the spokesman for Balochistan’s health department, asserted that seven more people had died in hospital since Friday, which had caused the rise in the death toll. He added that more patients remained in critical condition.
In addition, a second attack on Friday at a mosque in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had killed nearly five people. Police on Saturday lodged a report to initiate an investigation, mentioning that they had sent DNA from the suicide bomb attacker to be analysed.
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for either attack. A surge in terror attacks in Pakistan’s western provinces has cast a shadow on preparations and public campaigning in the run-up to January’s general elections, but until now the attacks had mostly targeted security forces.
The Pakistani Taliban (TTP), which is responsible for some of the bloodiest attacks in Pakistan since the group’s formation in 2007, denied responsibility for Friday’s blasts. On Saturday, a statement from the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) said that an FIR with murder charges and terrorism offences has been registered against an unidentified attacker.
The caretaker government of Balochistan announced three days of mourning in the wake of the attack.
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PM Modi to announce projects worth Rs 13,500 crore in Telangana today
Both the BRS and the Congress, according to Prime Minister Modi, are dynastic parties that don’t care about the needs of the general public.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is today expected to hold a rally in Telangana, which is up for election. The Telangana people are bored of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s (BRS) lacklustre governance, and they are equally distrustful of the Congress, according to the Prime Minister, who announced his visit to the state.
Both the BRS and the Congress, according to Prime Minister Modi, are dynastic parties that don’t care about the needs of the general public.
Taking to X, formerly known Twitter, PM Modi tweeted on Saturday, he will be addressing a Telangana rally in Mahbubnagar tomorrow, October 1. The people of Telangana are tired of the lacklustre governance of BRS. They are equally distrustful of Congress.
During his visit to Telangana, Prime Minister Modi will also lay the cornerstones for numerous development projects worth more than Rs 13,500 crore and dedicate them to the country.
PM Modi wrote on X, he is looking forward to being in Mahbubnagar tomorrow, October 1 to launch and lay the foundation stones for development works worth over Rs. 13,500 crore.
According to him, these initiatives span a variety of industries, including roadways, connectivity, energy, railroads, and more.
The Prime Minister claimed that they will be very helpful to the people of Telangana.
The 108 km long four lane access controlled greenfield highway from Warangal to Khammam and the 90 km long four lane access controlled greenfield highway from Khammam to Vijayawada section of NH-163G will both have their foundation stones laid by PM Modi as part of the Nagpur-Vijayawada Economic Corridor.
The Prime Minister’s Office stated in a statement that the overall cost of these road improvements will be around Rs 6,400 crore.
The 59-kilometer-long portion of NH-365BB from Suryapet to Khammam will be four-laned, and Prime Minister Modi will dedicate this project to the nation.
The project, which was constructed for roughly Rs. 2,460 crore as part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana, runs along the Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam Corridor.
37 km of the Jaklair-Krishna New Railway Line will also be dedicated by the prime minister. The new rail line stretch, which was constructed at a cost of more than Rs 500 crore, officially places portions of the underdeveloped Narayanpet district on the railway’s map.
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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, Mahmood Qureshi held guilty in cipher case
The PTI leaders’ trial has been requested by the FIA, and it is expected that they would be sentenced in accordance with the law.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi were found guilty on Saturday by Pakistan’s top investigating agency in the cypher case, a case involving the alleged exposure of state secrets.
The charge sheet against Khan, the Tehreek-e-Insaf party chairman, and Qureshi, who are both presently being held in custody on judicial remand, was submitted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to a special court set up under the Official Secrets Act, according to the Pakistan Observer website.
Imran Khan, 70, was detained last month following the filing of a complaint against him for allegedly breaking the Official Secrets Act by revealing a covert diplomatic cable (cypher) issued by the nation’s embassy in Washington last year in March.
The PTI leaders’ trial has been requested by the FIA, and it is expected that they would be sentenced in accordance with the law.
The vice chairman of PTI is 75-year-old Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Asad Umar, the former general secretary of the PTI, is not on the FIA’s list of suspects, but former principal secretary Azam Khan has been portrayed as a key witness in the FIA’s case against Imran Khan, according to GeoTV, a well-known news outlet. The challan also contains Azam Khan’s statement recorded under sections 161 and 164.
The speeches by Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Imran Khan from March 27 are also included in the FIA’s attachment.
The Pakistan Observer further noted that the FIA had provided the court with a list of 28 witnesses in addition to the charge sheet. According to the report, the list of witnesses includes names such as current foreign secretary Asad Majid, previous foreign secretary Sohail Mahmood, and additional foreign secretary Faisal Niaz Tirmizi.
Imran Khan had been imprisoned on remand three times earlier on September 26. Along with Qureshi, his judicial remand was initially extended until September 13 and then again until September 26.
The former PM was transferred from Attock prison to the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on the same day, one day after the Islamabad High Court instructed authorities to do so.
