Katipalla mosque controversy: Writer's house vandalized by miscreants

September 6, 2011

Mangalore, Sep 6: A group of miscreants allegedly instigated by the President of the Katipalla Block-II mosque, ransacked the house of a Kannada writer and made away with cash and gold ornaments.

Abdul Jabbar Katipalla, a colunminst with local Kannada newspapers, said that a group of around 50 people surrounded his house on Monday night, while six among them entered into the house by breaking open the front door.

“As there was no one inside the house, the miscreants intentionally damaged the furniture, refrigerator etc before escaping with a cash amount of Rs 15,000 and two and a half pawan gold” said Mr Katipalla, who who was apparently at his relative's placee when the incident took place.

He alleged that Salim Rafi, the President of Katipalla Block-II mosque, provoked the miscreants to vandalize his house.

In his complaint to Suratkal Police, Mr Katipalla mentioned the names of six miscreants as Iqbal, Siddiq, Yaseen, Bindas Ibrahim, NMPT Bava and Mohammad Shareef, all local residents.

The incident occurred in the backdrop of a controversy that has gripped the mosque. A city based Kannada eveninger in its debate column had recently carried an article criticizing the practice of “special classes for women,” by Mohammad Shareef Baqavi, who was recently reappointed as the Mudarris of the mosque by its president Salim Rafi.

Enraged by this article, Salim Rafi after Isha mass prayer in the mosque on Monday night, allegedly provoked the youth to 'teach a lesson' to those who tried to “tarnish the image of the mosque and its Mudarris”.

Abdullah (name changed), a local resident, who was present at the Isha prayer, said that soon after the prayer, Salim Rafi stood up and “advised” the youth not to tolerate any attempt to undermine the image of this mosque and its leaders.

Abdullah said, Salim declared that six persons including Jabbar Katipalla, Illyas, Husain and Siraj were behind this article and people need to teach a lesson to them.

A case has been registered at Suratkal police station based on Jabbar Katipalla's complaint.

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No relief for Siddaramaiah in MUDA case as HC junks plea against Governor's sanction

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September 24,2024

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against Governor Thawarchand Gehlot's decision to sanction the complaint and investigation against him in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam case.

Justice M Nagaprasanna said the facts narrated in the petition would undoubtedly require an investigation.

The court has also said that the Governor's order approving sanction to investigate against Siddaramaiah under section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act does not suffer from application of mind, instead has abundance of application of mind.

Meanwhile, the court rejected the request made by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi to stay the order of the court. The court has vacated the interim order passed on August 19. In the interim order the trial court was directed not to take any precipitative action against Siddaramaiah. On August 17, Governor had approved sanction under section 17 A of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 218 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS), citing three applications.

The court said the private complainants were justified in registering the complaint and seeking approval from the governor.

Insofar as private complainants seeking sanction under section 17A, the court said the provision nowhere requires only a police officer to seek sanction from a competent authority. The court further said it is in fact the duty of the private complainants to seek such approval.

Earlier, The High Court had completed its hearing in the case on September 12, and reserved its orders. It had also directed a special court in Bengaluru to defer further proceedings and not to take any precipitative action against the Chief Minister.

The case pertains to allegations that compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah's wife B M Parvathi in an upmarket area in Mysuru that had higher property value as compared to the location of her land that had been "acquired" by MUDA.

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