Mangaluru, May 28: Holding “goons” of Muslim community responsible for the recent violence at Kalladka in Bantwal taluk, RSS veteran Prabhakar Bhat accused the police of implicating “innocent” Hindu youths in false communal cases.
Addressing media persons in the city on Sunday, Mr Bhat, who is infamous for communally provocative speeches, advised the politicians, media and people not to give communal tinge to the Friday’s incident wherein a Muslim youth was stabbed by three alleged saffron activists.
The victim, Mohammad Hashir, son of Yusuf, a resident of Kalladka, has identified the assailants as Mithun, Amit and Yathin, all said to be saffron activist. Many local residents also had witnessed the attack which took place on the road in broad daylight.
However, bringing in a new angle, Mr Bhat said that a few Muslim youths had waylaid Yathin’s vehicle and abused him when he was on his way to Puttur on Friday which led to clash between two groups belonging to different communities.
“The local police know this ‘truth’. However, they have registered false cases against Mithun and his two friends based on the complaint of Hashir,” he said adding that innocent youths of Hindu community are being targeted by the police under the Congress rule in Karnataka.
Dubbing Saturday’s Kalladka bandh against violence as ‘forced shut down’, Mr Bhat said that police have failed to maintain law and order in the district.
“People with criminal background imposed bandh in Kalladka. Local residents Jaffer, Jaleel, Nasir are among those who forced people to shut down their shops. However, instead of providing protection to people and taking action against ‘goons’, the police imposed week-long prohibitory orders under Section 144 in entire Bantwal taluk,” he groused.
Communal tinge to attack on doctor
Soon after requesting not to give communal tinge to Kalladka clash, Mr Bhat blamed Muslim community for recent attack on a doctor at Yenepoya hospital by the relatives of a patient who died there. It could be recalled here that medical fraternity had boycotted work and staged massive protest in the in the city earlier this week in protest against the attack.
Mr Bhat also said that ‘Muslim’ goons had recently pelted stones at city police commissioner’s office and also attacked policeman in Ladyhill area. “It is not possible to establish communal harmony in the society if “those” (Muslim) goons continue to indulge in anti-social activities,” he warned.
BJP leader Padmanabha Kottari and Bajrang Dal leader Sharan Pumpwell were present among others at the press meet.
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