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Post-poll south Mumbai fishermen stare at homelessness: Congress MLC

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Mumbai | With the Lok Sabha elections over in Maharashtra, the BJP-led central and state governments have conspired to render “kolis” residing in south Mumbai’s “gaothans” homeless citing threat to the Navy, a Congress legislator alleged on Wednesday.

Mumbai voted on April 29 in the Lok Sabha elections.

Congress MLC Bhai Jagtap told reporters that the Geeta Nagar, Sundar Nagar and Azad Nagar “gaothans” (old settlements) are located on the naval base here and that the question of their shifting has been raised.

“But the naval base came afterwards. The koli (local fishermen) brothers have been living here since earlier times.

The BJP and Shiv Sena are now raising doubts that the slum may pose a threat to the Navy,” Jagtap alleged.

The MLC said before the elections, the locals were promised their homes would not be touched to seek their votes.

“But with the elections over, the government has conspired and taken steps to drive the people out,” Jagtap charged.

The legislator said Union minister Nitin Gadkari had at an event said people in the BPT area here would not be shifted elsewhere.

“But residents living in BPT (port trust) buildings were issued notices a day later,” Jagtap alleged.

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130-170 killed in Balakot Air Strikes: Italian journalist

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New Delhi | An Italian journalist named Francesca Marino in a recently published report has pointed out that as many as 130 to 170 militants have been killed in the Balakot Air Strikes.

This revelation comes amid the increasing political speculation and demand for evidence of the air strikes.

The IAF air strikes in Balakot came days after the deadly Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, in which 40 jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were martyred.

Pakistan based JeM had claimed responsibility for the attack.

The air strikes were carried out early dawn on February 26, in what is termed as a “retaliation” for the Pulwama attacks.

According to a report by Italian journalist Francesca Marino on stringerasia.it, the airstrike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Balakot led to the death of 130-170 JeM recruits.

The journalist reports quoting sources that while the Indian Air Force bombed the JeM camp at 3.30 AM on February 26, 2019, a unit of the Pakistan Army reached the spot at around 6 AM.

The Pakistan Army unit quickly evacuated the injured to the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) camp in Shinkiari, where Pakistan Army doctors were brought in for treatment.

She claims that 20 had died during the treatment, while some 45 are still undergoing one.

The ones who have recovered are in custody of the Pakistan Army, according to her report.

“The numbers estimated have ranged from 130-170, including those who have died during treatment. Those killed included 11 trainers, ranging from bomb makers to those imparting weapons training,” she wrote.

The report further goes on to mention that massive efforts have been carried out to keep the information as veiled as possible.

A group of JeM members have visited the wounded and the dead’s families.

Cash compensation was paid to them to not reveal the information.

Even local police are not allowed to access the road leading to the training camp, she said in her report.

The Pakistani Army is now in control of the camp, where the traces of all the terrorist activities have been removed.

Just a few days ago, Pulwama mastermind and JeM chief Masood Azhar was listed as a global terrorist by the United Nations.

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