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Maratha Leader Vinayak Mete Died In Car Crash

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A vehicle hit Mr.Vinayk Mete’s car near the Madap tunnel, resulting in injuries to all the occupants of the car, an official was quoted saying by the news agency PTI.

Mumbai: Maratha community leader and chief of Shiv Sangam, Vinayak Mete died in an accident on the Mumbai-Pune expressway in the Raigad district of Maharashtra this morning. Visuals from the accident spot showed his car in a severely damaged condition.

A vehicle hit Mr.Vinayk Mete’s car near the Madap tunnel, resulting in injuries to all the occupants of the car, an official was quoted saying by the news agency PTI.

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The chief of Shiv Sangram, an ally of the BJP, was taken to a private hospital in Navi Mumbai following the accident where he succumbed to his injuries and died.

A policeman deployed for his security was severely injured in the crash. The injured cop, Ram Doble, is undergoing treatment.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis reached the MGM hospital in Navi Mumbai on being informed about the incident.

“He was genuinely following up the issue of Maratha reservation. It is a huge loss for us and the Maratha community,” said Chandrakant Patil, minister of state.

NCP supremo Sharad Pawar said, “His focus was more on social issues than political ones. He was more of a social activist than a political leader,” the NCP chief told a TV channel. “It is a huge shock for us. He was earlier also part of the NCP. He pursued the demand of reservation, for Marathas in education and government jobs.”

 

 

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Mr. Salman Rushdie was stabbed, in the neck and abdomen around 10 times, prosecutors said during the arraignment of Hadi Matar in a New York court.  A preliminary review of Matar’s social media showed him to be sympathetic to “Shia extremism” and the causes of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC).

New York: After being stabbed at a literary event in New York, Author Salman Rushdie was taken off the ventilator last night as he remained hospitalized with serious injuries, cites reports.

According to the Washington Post reports, the president of Chautauqua Institution, where the author, was attacked, said in a tweet that Salman Rushdie has been taken off the ventilator and was talking. Mr. Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, also confirmed the development.

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Mr. Salman Rushdie was stabbed, in the neck and abdomen around 10 times, prosecutors said during the arraignment of Hadi Matar in a New York court.  A preliminary review of Matar’s social media showed him to be sympathetic to “Shia extremism” and the causes of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC).

According to Witnesses, Mr. Rushdie was about to speak at the event when the suspect rushed onstage and stabbed him before being wrestled to the ground by staff and other people in the audience. The interviewer, Ralph Henry Reese, also suffered a facial injury in the attack but has been released from the hospital, the police stated.

Mr. Rushdie had to be airlifted to the hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. He might lose an eye and the nerves in one of his arms were severed and his liver was damaged, his agent said.

US President Joe Biden condemned the “vicious attack” and said the writer stands for essential and universal ideals — truth, courage, and resilience. “I am grateful to the first responders and the brave individuals who jumped into action to render aid to Rushdie and subdue the attacker.”

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “appalled,” while Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the attack “reprehensible” and “cowardly.”

The 75-year-old author was propelled into the spotlight with his second novel “Midnight’s Children” in 1981, which won international praise and Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize.

His 1988 book “The Satanic Verses” was considered by some Muslims as disrespectful of Islam and the Prophet Mohammad. The novel led to a fatwa, a religious decree, by Iran’s first supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The threat forced him into hiding for several years, reported NDTV.

 

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