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October 28, 2016

Bengaluru, Oct 28: RSS worker Rudresh R, 35, was allegedly hacked to death by four of his long-time acquaintances who were upset with his meteoric rise as a leader in Shivajinagar and the neighbourhood, police have claimed.

rudreshAnnouncing the arrest of the quartet at a news conference here on Thursday, city police commissioner NS Megharikhsaid that the accused confessed to their crime. They told police "Rudresh was harassing people from our community". The arrested were identified as Mohammed Sadiq alias Mohammed Mazhar, 35, of JC Nagar; Mohammed Mujibulla alias Moula alias Mujeeb, 44, of RT Nagar; Wasim Ahmed, 30, of Austin Town, and Irfan Pasha, 30, of Govindapura. Police seized two motorcycles from the accused. While Irfan Pasha is an AC mechanic, the other three accused are automobile mechanics, police said.

Rudresh was hacked to death on Kamaraj Road around 11.30am on October 16.He was standing with three friends and fellow RSS activ ists when two men on a black Bajaj Pulsar approached him, and the pillion rider swung a machete at Rudresh's neck.

According to police sources, Mazhar was riding the bike and Wasim was the pillion.

The accused and Rudresh knew each other for a few years, police said. Mazhar's automobile workshop was next to Rudresh's residence near Milkman's Colony.

"Rudresh would send his friends' motorbikes and cars to the three accused for repairs and other purposes. The accused had taken Rudresh's help many times to arrange entertainment programmes and pandal material during their festivals," police said.

But the quartet saw red over Rudresh's growth as an RSS leader, Megharikhsaid."Rudresh was becoming popular by the day in his area, and the accused decided to kill him. We have to interrogate them for details like how did they plan, and did somebody finance them," Megharikh said, adding, "We are also checking whether the accused belong to any organization or are associates."

The murder threatened to snowball into a huge law and order issue with RSS andBJP workers hitting the roads, demanding swift arrest of the accused.

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Bopanna
 - 
Friday, 28 Oct 2016

where there is trouble there are Muslims. No Muslims no trouble

Ahmed
 - 
Friday, 28 Oct 2016

Very bad .time has come to ban terrorist organisations like kfd ,PFI and CFI ..they are getting funded by Islamic jihadist groups. They are spoiling peaceful atmosphere

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July 31,2020

Hassan, July 31: A police sub-inspector (PSI) reportedly hanged himself at his official quarters in Channarayapatna town today morning.

The deceased has been identified as Kiran Kumar, 34, who was in charge of Channarayapatna rural police station.

Sources said that he was upset after two murder cases were reported in the last 24 hours in his limits. Kiran reportedly told colleagues an hour before the extreme step that he feared he would be suspended.  

According to locals, the SI was upset after news of the two murders due to alleged negligence of the police spread on social media. He killed himself before a visit by senior officials. IGP, southern range, and SP Srinivasagowda was planning to visit the town and the spots where the murders took place on Friday.

Kiran, a native of Lalanakere village in Arsikere taluk, was known for his rapport with local people. He was alone when the incident took place. His wife and children had gone to Lalanakere for the Varamahalakashmi festival on Thursday night. The body was shifted to the mortuary for a postmortem.

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July 22,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 22: As many as 184 people from Karnataka stranded in UAE arrived at Mangalore International Airport.

According to sources, the chartered flight, which landed on Tuesday night, was arranged by the UAE Karnataka Cultural Foundation and Beary Cultural Foundation for Kannadigas who had been stranded following the lockdown and also those who had lost their employment.

A team of officials with Puttur Assistant Commissioner Yathish Ullal and Horticulture Department Assistant Director Praveen who were in charge of quarantine facilities for international passengers verified the documents and sent them for institutional quarantine.

Of the 184 passengers, 141 had remained quarantined in Mangaluru while 42 left for Udupi and one to Honnavara in Uttara Kannada, said sources.

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June 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 5: An FIR has been filed against former journalist and human rights activist Aakar Anil Patel in Bengaluru here over his comments on social media under charges pertaining to provocation with intent to cause riots.

The FIR was registered under Section 117 (abetting commission of an offence by the public or by more than ten persons), 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot), and 505-1-B (intent to cause, or which is likely to cause, fear or alarm to the public, or to any section of the public) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the JC Nagar police station.

According to the FIR filed on June 2, Patel had tweeted that protests like the ones in the US over George Floyd's death are needed in India by the marginalised communities.

Patel, former chief of Amnesty International India, had on May 31 posted from his Twitter account, which is not verified.

On May 25, Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following which protests against police brutality and racism erupted in various cities in the United States. The protests were later replaced by incidents of violence across the country.

India also has witnessed several cases of mob lynchings and custodial deaths in recent years. In most cases victims belong to down trodden communities such as Muslims and Dalits.

Responding to the development, Amnesty International India has said that FIR against Patel is another example of how the right to dissent is being "increasingly" criminalised.

"The Bengaluru police must stop abusing its authority and put an end to the intimidation and harassment of Aakar Patel for exercising his constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression. People of this country have the right to agree or disagree with those in power, and to express these opinions in peaceful protests - without fear or unlawful interference," Amnesty International India Executive Director Avinash Kumar said.

He said that peacefully protesting against the government is not a crime and added that not agreeing with the policies of those in power does not make you a traitor.

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