Samajotsav: Police will be given free hand to take action against trouble mongers, says Rai

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February 28, 2015

Mangaluru, Feb 27: District in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai asked the police to be tough and take action as per the law if there were any speeches hurting religious sentiments in the Hindu Samajotsav on March 1. The police will be given a free hand to take action against those disturbing peace, however powerful s/he might be.

Mr. Rai said this at a peace committee meeting held at the office of Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim on Friday. The meeting was held in light of Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Hindu Samajotsav scheduled on March 1.

Former BJP MLA N. Yogish Bhat said police should be impartial in taking action against persons disturbing peace. “There have been occasions where innocents have been arrested and real perpetrators have been let free. Though the (district in-charge) Minister says he is not interfering in police action, does he touch his heart and say it,” Mr. Bhat said.

Irked by this, Mr. Rai said, “Persons commenting against me should review their own actions when they were in power.” Mr. Rai reiterated that police will be tough against those violating conditions imposed on the conduct of the event. “However powerful he or she might be, action will be taken. There will be no interference from us,” he said and added that in the past he had been questioned over reluctance in taking action against a leader.

In-charge president of Dakshina Kannada Pradesh Congress Committee Ibrahim Kodijal asked the event organisers not to make speeches that hurt sentiments of other communities. Democratic Youth Federation of India Dakshina Kannada unit president Dayanand Shetty asked people not be carried away by speeches made at the event. Activist Suresh Shetty asked organisers to remove banners hurting religious sentiments.

Vishwa Hindu Parishad South Region Unit president M.B. Puranik said the event would discuss about issues and concerns of Hindus. Mr. Puranik said while speaking on such issues, some might be provocative, which, he said, was difficult to screen. Mr. Puranik said they intend to conduct the event in peace.

Mangaluru Police Commissioner S. Murugan said arrangements had been made to ensure peaceful conduct of the event. He said the police were prepared to respond within 10 minutes of trouble, if any, reported in the city and district. Arrangements have been made to provide security for all the places of worship in the city.

Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim, Superintendent of Police Sharanappa S.D., MLAs J.R. Lobo and Mohiudin Bava and MLC Ivan D’Souza were present.

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March 26,2024

Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained two suspects in connection with the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case in Bengaluru, sources confirmed on Tuesday.

The preliminary probe has revealed that the two suspects were in direct contact with the suspected bomber.

The NIA sleuths have picked up the suspects from an area in the state capital. However, a statement is yet to be made by the NIA in this regard.

Even as the investigating agencies, both NIA and state special wing CCB teams have launched an extensive search operation in various states, the bomber has remained elusive. The authorities had obtained the bomber’s images and videos from CCTV footage on March 1, soon after the incident.

Sources said that the sleuths were suspecting that the bomber had come from Tamil Nadu and was staying in a neighbouring state for two months before carrying out the blast.

The hair samples of the accused were gathered from the hat of the accused which he abandoned in Bengaluru near a religious place. The authorities have sent the samples for the DNA testing and were hoping for a breakthrough.

The Rameshwaram Cafe bomb blast took place on March 1 on the International Technology Park Limited (ITPL) road in the Brookfield area. Low intensity Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was used to carry out the blast and nine persons were injured in the incident.

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March 28,2024

An Indian expatriate, hailing from Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, who was detained in Jeddah jail in an alleged cyber case, was set free recently. He is allowed to continue his work in the same company. 

The 49-year-old Mangalurean, has been working for a Maintenance company in Jeddah for more than 13 years. He is known for his efficiency and sincerity in the company with good experience in his field of work. 

His company usually assigned him on duty in Jeddah sea port to take the delivery of the goods consigned to his company. As a part of his duty, he normally takes pictures of the goods before the transportation. He did the same in February 2023 too. 

The security personnel informed the police about his act that amounts to be a violation of the port security rule. He was unaware of the rule as he was doing it normally in the port during the release of the goods. Since then, he was detained by the police on the charge of photographing inside the port premises. After more than 6 months detention, he was released and allowed to work in the same company. 

The detainee’s brother based in Jeddah was constantly pursuing the case.

P A Hameed Padubidri, a pro-bono NRI lawyer and social worker based in Riyadh, extended his socio-humanitarian help in this case upon the request of his family and relatives. 

He actively involved trying to set him free from the jail on humanitarian grounds with the coordination and help of the Consulate General of India (CGI) Jeddah. The CGI keenly followed up the case with the concerned Saudi authorities. He was released from the jail recently and shared his happiness with his family and thanked good samaritans. 

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March 27,2024

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At least seven people have been killed when Israeli warplanes bombed an emergency center in southern Lebanon near the border with the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories with air-to-surface missiles, according to Lebanese security sources.

Two sources, speaking on condition of anonymity said early on Wednesday that the strike targeted the Islamic Group’s emergency and relief center in Lebanon’s southern village of Habbariyeh.

Jamaa Islamiya, a Lebanese group closely linked to the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, said in a statement that “a number” of people had been killed, and called the strike a “heinous crime.”

An official from the group said “seven rescuers” were killed in the aerial assault.

Another Jamaa Islamiya official, also requesting anonymity, said a dozen medical staff were in the emergency center at the time of the strike, adding that bodies were being pulled from the rubble.

Lebanese lawmaker Hassan Mrad said “the Israeli aggression on Habbariyeh adds to the long list of Israeli crimes.”

Israel has been launching air strikes against Lebanon since the beginning of its onslaught against the Gaza Strip in early October.

An Israeli strike knocked down part of a building in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on February 14, killing seven members of the same family, including a child, Lebanon’s official National News Agency said. A boy initially reported missing was found alive under the rubble.

In a separate Israeli attack, a woman and her two children were killed in the village of as-Sawana in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli regime launched its devastating hostilities in the Gaza Strip on October 7 after the territory’s Hamas-led Palestinian resistance groups carried out a surprise retaliatory attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, against the occupying entity.

Israel's raids have resulted in retaliatory strikes from Hezbollah in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

The movement has vowed to keep up its retaliatory operations as long as the Tel Aviv regime continues its onslaught on Gaza.

The Israeli campaign in Gaza has killed at least 32,414 people, most of them women and children. Another 74,787 individuals have also been wounded.

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