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‘Hacking Muslim FB account, posting pro-Pak slogan and protest by BJP were pre-planned’

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March 6, 2019

Belagavi, Mar 6: Posting pro-Pakistan slogans Facebook wall of a Muslim man after hacking his account and subsequent protests by BJP and right-wing outfits in Ramdurg town were pre-planned according to former Ramdurg MLA Ashok Pattan.

On Sunday night, police arrested Nagaraj Mali for hacking the Facebook account of Pattan’s supporter Mohammad Shafi Benne and posting pro-Pakistan slogans on Friday. Before the arrest, BJP staged a massive protest in Ramdurg on Saturday and MP Suresh Angadi at SP’s office on Sunday demanding Shafi’s arrest.

Addressing media persons here on Tuesday, senior Congressman Pattan alleged that it was a conspiracy to defame him. How did over 500 workers gather within a few minutes of the Facebook post and shout slogans against him and Shafi, he asked.

Pattan alleged that BJP MLA Mahadevappa Yadawad and his workers had caused a communal disturbance in Ramdurg on Saturday and urged police to take action against them. He said he and Benne would file separate complaints against the MLA and other workers who called them anti-nationals. “My father and mother were freedom fighters. I don’t need to take lessons of patriotism from BJP leaders,” he said.

Ashok Pattan said following his initiative, a 78-foot statue of Lord Shiva on the outskirts of Ramdurg town was inaugurated last year. It’s the second tallest in Karnataka after the one at Murudeshwar and the place is gradually growing as a tourist spot. Last year, over 1 lakh people visited the spot and this had irked his opponents.

Pattan said the statue is Shafi’s brainchild and he manages the arrangements at the spot during Shivaratri. “My opponents targeted Shafi and me to ruin Shivaratri celebrations,” he said.

Former Belagavi MLA Firoz Sait said it was an old trick of the BJP to raise communal issues during elections. Police should look into the motive for such actions. District Congress (rural) president Vinay Navalagatti and city block president Raju Sait were also present at the press meet.

Also Read: Nagaraj arrested for hacking his Muslim friend’s FB account, posting pro-Pak messages

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June 21,2020

Mangaluru, June 21: The first ever repatriation flight from Saudi Arabia’s Dammam Karnataka’s Mangaluru under Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) today brought home around 165 stranded passengers. 

The IndiGo flight took off from Dammam International Airport at 11 a.m. (Saudi time) and landed at Mangaluru International Airport at 6:30 p.m.

The stranded passengers included pregnant women, senior citizens and those who are in need of emergency medical treatment are on board.

The passengers were screened at the Airport before being despatched for institutional quarantine in special buses. 

Even though a few charter flights arranged by a couple of NRI entrepreneurs have already repatriated hundreds of stranded people from Dammam to Mangaluru, the government of India had not operated any repatriation flight under VBM on this sector so far. 

Saudi Kannadigas Humanity Forum (SKHF), an NGO which came into existence to help the stranded Kannadigas in Saudi Arabia during covid-19 lockdown had been successful in persuading the government of India operate a flight on Dammam-Mangaluru sector under VBM. 

SKHF has also set up an online portal for those who were in need of emergency repatriation. In today’s flight around 100 passengers have obtained seats through SKHF.

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Tuesday, 23 Jun 2020

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July 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 2: Mangaluru BJP Corporator Manohar Shetty, who entered a manhole to clean a drain, said that he did it to avoid waterlogging ahead of monsoon as people were facing several problems for the past few years.

"In my ward, there is a rainwater drain at Kadri Kambla junction and for the past few years, there was a waterlogging problem due to trash water used to collect and vehicles used to find it difficult to pass in that area," Shetty said.

"Since there was a lot of trash it had to be cleared to avoid waterlogging. We changed our dresses, and then I along with my three party workers entered manhole and cleared the trash," he said.

The Mangaluru BJP Corporator further said that it was not a publicity stunt, and he cleaned the drain to solve the problem of people. "During elections, I had promised people to get the drain cleaned. Since monsoon was coming; something had to be done; we did not do it for publicity but to solve a problem," he said.

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February 9,2020

Uppinangady, Feb 9: Two members of a family were killed after the car collided with a tanker on the NH 75 at Bedrody near Uppinangady last night.

Police said on Sunday that the deceased have been identified as Jainy Saji (30) and her elder brother Jeeson (40).

Jainy and Jeeson were going to Uppinangady when a tanker, coming from the opposite direction, rammed into their car.
 

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