Cattle trader’s murder: Arrest of saffron chauvinists hurts Shobha, says it was ‘needless’

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June 4, 2018

Udupi, Jun 4: The arrest of policemen and saffron activists in connection with the murder of a Muslim cattle trader in Udupi district has deeply hurt BJP leader and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje.

Husainabba, 62-year-old a cattle trader from Jokatte, was attacked by a gang of Bajrang Dal members last week near Perdoor in Udupi in front of the policemen and then stuffed him into a police jeep. Husainabba had breathed his last in the jeep. The policemen and Bajrang Dal activists had dumped his body to cover up the case. However, the top cop managed to crack the case and 10 persons including three policemen were arrested in the case.

When people hailed the competence of Udupi Superintendent of Police Laxman Nimbargi, who did not hesitate to arrest the men in khaki for assisting Bajrang Dal activists to cover up the murder case, Shobha along with a BJP delegation met him and urged him not to arrest members of Hindu organisations needlessly.

Lalaji R. Mendon, B.M. Sukumar Shetty, Raghupati Bhat, MLAs, Dinakar Babu, President of Zilla Panchayat, Udaykumar Shetty, Mattar Ratnakar Hegde, T.V. Hegde, Gurme Suresh Shetty, BJP leaders, were part of the delegation.

Shobha said that there was rampant theft of cattle and their illegal transportation in the villages coming under the Perdoor-Hiriyadka belt and hence police should not go tough on Bajrang Dal activists, who according to her are protectors of cows.

“Even in the present Husianabba case, 13 head of cattle, 12 calves and one cow, were being transported in a multi-utility vehicle. Hence, the police should first take steps to check cattle theft and their illegal transportation,” she said.

The MP said that the saffron activists had first given information to the Hiriyadka police. It was the responsibility of the police to have seen that the activists did not gather at Shenarbettu near Perdoor. Even if they had gathered, the police should have dispersed them.

The police should have ensured that there was no assault on cattle transporters. Instead, the police had used the Hindutva activist, Suresh Mendon, for their own purpose. And, now, Mendon had been made an accused in the case, she said.

Shobha said that Sub-Inspector of Police Rafiq should be removed from the police investigation team in this case and also such other communally sensitive cases as there were allegations that he behaved rudely with people. The police should stop linking Hindutva activists with this case unnecessarily. It should not resort to frightening activists of Hindu organisations. The party would hold a protest over this issue here on Wednesday, she said.

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Disrespect to women
 - 
Tuesday, 5 Jun 2018

i said in my last message...one of the baveR***  women in our beloved country...we must throw her to........make money but not in this way shoba ..you should be ashamed of your self when you reach the last stage of your life 

Well Wisher
 - 
Tuesday, 5 Jun 2018

Now no value for her barking. It was ended up with last defeat in Karnataka. Just ignore her.

sam
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Tuesday, 5 Jun 2018

what a shame, murder of man being justified and comunalised... cattle theft has to be stoped no doubt, but if you protect such murders this kind of murders will increase...people like your mentality anywhere in the world and any religion are the actual problem......what a ugly face you have showed being a..  your thoughts to your self..but again thankyou also for showing your true colors as always..

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April 17,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 17: Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, married Revathi, grand-niece of former Congress Minister for Housing, M Krishnappa, on Friday.

According to sources, more than 100 people participated in the marriage ceremony held at Kumaraswamy's farmhouse in Kethaganahally, Ramanagara.

There were around 50-60 members from former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's family and more than 30 people participated from Revathi's family, sources added.

This comes in the middle of a nationwide lockdown which has been imposed to deal with the coronavirus threat.

Earlier, HD Kumaraswamy had said that the marriage ceremony would be held behind closed doors in the presence of family members.

Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who contested the Lok Sabha election from Mandya, is also the national youth wing president of Janata Dal-Secular.

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March 25,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 25: In what is suspected to be the second COVID-19 death in Karnataka, a 70-year-old woman from Gouribidanuru, who was under house quarantine for the last one week has died at Rajiv Gandhi Hospital for Chest Diseases.

The woman, who had recently returned from the Mecca pilgrimage developed fever on Tuesday afternoon. She was rushed to hospital, where she died on Wednesday morning.

Health and Family Welfare officials said that the throat swab sample of the woman had been sent to the laboratory for testing and the result was expected to come by afternoon.

Since last week, at least three cases of COVID-19 positive had been reported in Gouribidanuru in Chikkaballpura district, about 80 kms from Bengaluru.

Most of the suspects and confirmed cases had returned from Makkah pilgrimage. Even the deceased woman was one of them and had been advised house quarantine.

On Tuesday morning, she developed fever and was shifted to Gouribidanur hospital and later to Chikkaballapura hospital. By evening, she was moved to Rajiv Gandhi hospital, where she died on Wednesday morning.

The Chikkaballapura district administration has proclaimed prohibitory orders in the locality. They have also taken the woman's family members for testing.

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May 25,2020

Ernakulam, May 25: Miscreants belonging to self-proclaimed Hindutva outfits have demolished a church set erected for the shoot of a Malayalam film at Kalady in Kerala’s Ernakulam district.

The set was erected to shoot the climax scene of the super hero film Minnal Murali, directed by Basil Joseph and starring Tovino Thomas and newcomer actor Femina.

The incident took place on Sunday. Members of the Antharashtra Hindu Parishad claimed that with the help of their sister outfit Antarashtra Bajrang Dal, they demolished the church set, erected on an island on the Periyar river in Kalady.

Hari Palode, the General Secretary of AHP, an organisation founded by Praveen Togadia, boasted on Facebook that they were not used to pleading to anyone, and decided to demolish the church set that was constructed near the Adi Sankaracharya mutt. 

“When they built such a structure in front of the Mahadeva shrine in Kalady, we said no. We had also submitted several complaints. We do not have the habit of pleading. We decided to demolish it. Our self respect must be protected at all cost,” AHP’s General Secretary Hari Palode wrote on his Facebook post along with pictures of members demolishing the set. 

The post also credited members of the Anrarashtra Bajrang Dal and its Ernakulam Division President Malayatoor Ratheesh for participating in the ‘service work’ of razing the church set. 

Mini Biju, member of Kalady Town panchayat confirmed that the film unit had indeed secured permission from the department before going ahead with the construction of the set.

“They had submitted a letter seeking permission to raise a temporary set. This was back in February before construction began. The panchayat committee had approved this request,” Mini said.

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