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Lie Jihad: Mumbai police arrest Mangaluru Bajrang Dal leader for abducting woman

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January 18, 2018

Mangaluru, Jan 18: Another case of so called ‘love jihad’ has turned out to be a typical ‘lie jihad’. A team of police from Mumbai has arrested a Bajrang Dal leader from Mangaluru on charges of kidnapping a married woman and then accusing her husband of indulging in love jihad.

The arrested has been identified as Sunil Kumar, a resident of Pumpwell and a known face of Bajrang Dal in Mangaluru.

The development comes days after Hindutva chauvinists in Mangaluru urged Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to exert pressure on Mumbai police to arrest woman’s husband Mohammed Iqbal on charge of love jihad.

The woman is the daughter of a smalltime Hindutva leader in coastal Karnataka. When she was studying at SDM Law college in Mangaluru she fell in love with her Facebook friend Iqbal and later married him in spite of her family’s opposition. The couple settled in Mumbai.

Recently, a group of Hindutva activists kidnapped her in Mumbai in a car and forcefully brought her back. After keeping the woman in house arrest, the Hindutva groups started protesting against so called love jihad and demanded Iqbal’s arrest.

Meanwhile, Iqbal lodged a kidnap complaint with Mumbai police and also filed a habeas corpus petition with a local court in Mumbai. Thereafter, a team of Mumbai police came to Mangaluru as part of investigation and found that the woman was kidnapped.

However, Hindutva chauvinists in coastal Karnataka have launched a social media campaign to portray Iqbal’s marriage as a case of forcible conversion and forcible marriage. In a Facebook post, a Bajrang Dal activist has threatened to chop off Iqbal’s head.

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July 23,2020

Mandya, Jul 23: Upset over contracting Covid 19, a 55-year-old man, ended his life by hanging himself, at the designated Covid hospital, in Mandya, on Wednesday night.

The deceased patient is from Kandegala village, Malvalli taluk, Mandya district. He was ailing from renal problems and was under treatment. 

However, he contracted the virus and tested positive for Covid-19. Upset over this, he ended his life by hanging himself on the window grill, in the hospital bathroom, midnight. The incident came to light when other patients went to the toilet.

His last rites were conducted as per the designated Covid-19 protocol, on Thursday, said District Health Officer Dr H P Manchegowda.

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March 6,2020

Udupi, Mar 6: District Health Officer Sudheer Chandra said that health department had compiled a list of foreigners visiting the Temple town Udupi and ensure that they are not infected with Coronavirus.

Addressing media persons at District Government Hospital in Ajjarkad on Friday, he said the Isolation Unit set up with five beds to treat the new Coronavirus infection includes two beds with Ventilator facility. Isolation wards with three beds were set up in Kundapur and Karkala taluks to treat the affected.

In order to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, Committees were formed at District and Taluk level, he added.

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July 12,2020

Tumakuru, Jul 12: A four-year-old boy was killed by a leopard at Rajendrapur hamlet at Hasige Hobli village near Huliyurdurga in Kunigal taluk.

Police said on Sunday that this was the third such attack by big cats in the district in a span of six months.

Forest officials said that the boy had gone with his mother to wash clothes at a tank and the animal attacked him while playing there on Saturday late evening. 

A passerby who witnessed the incident scared the animal, it escaped leaving the boy’s body behind.

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