100 participants took part in the body building championship on Sunday
Surat: On the second day of the state-level bodybuilding and powerlifting championship, a preliminary round of selection in bodybuilding competition was held at the City Plus multiplex. Of the contestants, 40 were selected in eight weight categories for the final rounds that were held on Sunday evening in Police Parade Ground, Athwalines.
Altogether 100 participants took part in the body building championship of whom, five were police personnel. The participants have come from 13 districts across the state.
On Saturday, 248 participants took part in preliminary rounds of powerlifting at Dayalji Ashram. City police is organizing both the events in association with National Powerlifting Federation and State Body Building Association (SBBA).
Shankersinh Vaghela
Surat: Former chief minister of Gujarat, Shankersinh Vaghela, on Sunday met the family of late Lok Sabha MP from Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DNH) in Silvassa and demanded immediate arrest of those allegedly mentioned in the suicide left behind by Mohan Delkar.
“Mohan Delkar was a courageous man and he can t commit suicide. One can imagine the torture the union territory administration would have subjected him to that led him to the extreme step. Those named in the the suicide note should be arrested immediately,” Vaghela told reporters after the meeting.
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh submitted a zero hour notice in the Rajya Sabha to discuss the seven-time Parliamentarian’s suicide.
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SURAT: A Surat court on Saturday acquitted 122 persons accused of participating in a meeting organised by banned outfit Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in December 2001, for lack of evidence. Initially, there were 127 accused booked under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Five of them died during the course of the trial.
Chief judicial magistrate Amit Dave acquitted all the accused who were arrested for being members of SIMI and attending a meeting at Rajeshree Hall in Navsari Bazaar area of Surat on December 27, 2001.
The Centre had through its notification dated September 27, 2001 banned SIMI. The accused belonged to different parts of Gujarat as well as from Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Tabassum Gohil in action in Surat on Saturday
Surat: The atmosphere inside the dome at Dayalji Ashram was sizzling with power, competitiveness and an all-pervasive wave of excitement.
It had to be so with as many as 248 participants from across the state converged under it to take part in a powerlifting competition on Saturday. The event, a first of its kind initiative by the city police, aims to divert youth from drugs to sports activities. Of these participants, 18 are female cops, while 15 are male cops.
The event, held just before the International Women’s Day, became even more special with the participation of total 75 women, including the cops, from different parts of the state. “It is an opportunity for us to test our strength and compare how good we are in comparison to professional weight lifters,” said a participating female cop.