Shiroor seer death: AC accepts closure report; no objection from brother

coastaldigest.com web desk

September 29, 2018

Udupi, Sept 29: The Assistant Commissioner of Kundapur sub-division has accepted the closure report filed by the district police on the suspicious death of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami of Shiroor Mutt.

Speaking to media persons, Laxman Nimbargi, Superintendent of Police, said that the medical report had stated that the Shiroor seer had died a natural death.

There were no objections from his younger brother on the closure report filed by the district police, he said.

The Shiroor seer died at the Kasturba Hospital in Manipal on July 19. A controversy broke out after a press statement by the Kasturba Hospital said that there was “suspicion of poisoning” and the toxicological samples had been sent for testing.

However, the FSL report, which was received by the police in August, had stated that there were no traces of poison or heavy metals in the Shiroor seer’s body.

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Brahmin Savarkar was non-veg eater; wasn't against cow slaughter: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

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October 3,2024

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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