Mangaluru: Road rage sparks clash after PM Modi rally; stones pelted at bus; 7 arrested

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April 14, 2019

Mangaluru, Apr 14: A minor accident at Kuthar on the outskirts of the city led to a group clash thanks the involvement of BJP activists who were returning in a bus after attending the rally of PM Narendra Modi at Nehru Maidan in the heart of the city last night. 

According to sources, an altercation broke out after collision between a car and a motorbike at Madani Nagar in Kuthar. Meanwhile, BJP workers returning from Nehru Maidan stopped their bus to support one of the two groups. Meanwhile, unidentified miscreants pelted stones at the bus. 

Some of those who injured in the clash have been identified as Ajmal, a resident of Madani Nagar, Sujan and Nahush, both residents of Kumpala.

Following this, a large number of BJP workers staged a protest outside Konaje police station. The police have assured all the protesters gathered at the station that strong action will be taken against the accused.

City police commissioner Sandeep Patil, DCP (Law and Order) Hanumantharaya, and DCP (Crime and Traffic) Uma Prashanth visited spot. 

The police commissioner said that an FIR has been registered. “We have taken the incident seriously. So far seven persons have been arrested by the police. We will arrest other accused soon,” he said. 

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Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao reminded that V D Savarkar was not against cow slaughter as he himself was non-veg eater, PTI reported on Thursday.

"As a Brahmin he was eating meat, and he was openly propagating eating meat," said the minister at an event in Bengaluru.

Reacting to Gundu Rao's claim, BJP MP Anurag Thakur called Congress a "factory of lies" as he warned that India won't tolerate any disrespect towards Savarkar.

"By disrespecting Veer Savarkar they have shown that they don't respect freedom fighters. During the Congress government, Sardar Bhagat Singh was termed a separatist in textbooks...By making those who want to break the nation join the congress party, Rahul Gandhi is taking forward the ideology of 'tukde tukde' and he is a 'modern Jinnah' who speaks ill of the country abroad...," he said.

Meanwhile, a court in Maharashtra's Nashik district summoned Congress MP Rahul Gandhi earlier this week in a defamation case filed against him for his alleged objectionable remarks against the Hindutva ideologue.

The complainant, who is the director of an NGO, claimed he watched a press conference addressed by Gandhi in Hingoli and also a speech made by the Congress leader in November 2022.

He alleged that Gandhi, on the two occasions, by his words and visual representations knowingly harmed the reputation of Veer Savarkar and also tried to defame the latter's image in the society.

According to the complainant, Gandhi said "Savarkar is BJP and RSS jin" which was defamatory in nature.

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