VHP demands CoD probe to find out truth behind 'Church desecration'

November 5, 2011

Mangalore, November 5: Brushing aside the allegations of the role of Hindutva outfits in the desecration of St Alphonsa Catholic Church in the city, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal on Saturday demanded a CoD probe to find out the truth behind the Thursday night's incident.

Addressing the media persons at VHP office here, Jagadish Shenava, vice-president of the city unit of VHP, lamented that there has been a conspiracy to tarnish the image of Hindutva organisations by holding them responsible for any kind of untoward incidents in Churches.

Referring to a local Kannada eveninger's report which claims that one of the sisters in the church had illicit relationship with the man who was arrested on charges of vandalizing the Church property, Mr Shenava said that the evninger's version seems to be truth.

“It is very unfortunate that there has been an effort to cover up the fact by blaming VHP and Bajrang Dal for this incident. The attitude of city police too arises suspicion as far as this case is concerned”, he said.

“We hereby demand the government to order a CoD probe to lay bare the truth behind this incident”, he reiterated.

Mr Shenava also demanded that the allegations of the illicit activity in Church proved true, police should not hesitate to take legal action against the concerned people.

He also said that M Shibu, the person accused in the incident of desecration of Church, was not a Hindu. “He was a converted Christian and also was a regular visitor to the same Church”, he said.

Mr Shenava said that he received a bad information from someone that Mangalore East Police have taken aVHP activist identified as Dinesh on Saturday into custody for questioning in connection with the same case. “I urge the police to find out the fact, instead of arresting innocent Hindus”, he said.

Manohar Tulajaram, President, VHP, Mangalore, and Gopal Kuttar, General Secretary were also present in the press meet.

Police Custody

Meanwhile, the second judicial magistrate first class court here on Saturday remanded Shibu to three days of police custody.

City Police earlier produced the accused before the magistrate at the latter's residence late on Friday and he was remanded to judicial custody. Police moved an application seeking his custody in open court on Saturday.

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March 5,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 5: Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal's wife Priya Bansal has filed a dowry harassment case against the entrepreneur at Kormangala police station in Bengaluru, sources said.

Priya alleged that ahead of their wedding, her father had spent Rs 50 lakh for the arrangements and given Rs 11 lakh in cash to Sachin instead of a car. Further, she has also alleged that Sachin has been pressurising her to transfer all the properties that were in her name to him. However, after refusing to do so her in-laws started harassing her.

A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against Sachin and three others at Kormangala police station in Bengaluru.

The police are investigating the matter.

Further details awaited.

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July 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 5: A 50-year-old woman with breathing difficulties died on Saturday after a shortage of beds forced 12 hospitals to refuse admission.

Her husband Babu said the family had approached 12 hospitals in three days, including Victoria Hospital and other private facilities, who all slammed their doors on them, citing a shortage of beds. The woman died on Saturday, a few minutes into her admission at KC General Hospital.

Second death 

A 35-year-old man, Manjunath, also died on Saturday after enduring fever for three days and being refused admission at several hospitals due to a shortage of beds.

As his condition worsened, his wife admitted him to a private hospital on Saturday after hours of ordeal. But the man died less than 15 minutes after getting admitted. Hospital authorities took swab samples from the deceased and said the body would be handed over after the test results.

BBMP personnel also failed to shift the body of a Covid-19 patient in Kalasipalya almost a day after the death.

Despite civic workers disinfecting the place, the neighbours were in a state of panic after the body was kept at home.

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May 23,2020

Mangaluru, May 23: In order to ensure that students do not miss out on their studies due to educational institutions being shut owing to the coronavirus lockdown, Dakshina Kannada Pre-university College Principles Association (DKPUCPA) is conducting online classes on YouTube for pre-university students.

The online lessons are shot by lecturers at St Aloysius College and the lectures are then uploaded on YouTube enabling students to watch them online.

"The whole world is currently in a crucial situation because of COVID-19, and because of the lockdown, all are forced to stay indoors. Usually, we used to conduct lectures in a class full of students, but now it is a new experience that we are providing the same information to students in their absence," Rajaram Rao, a lecturer said while speaking to news agency.

He said at present these classes are being conducted for second year pre-university students.

If any student has a doubt on any concept, he said they can contact the teachers. "At present, students also are getting information about the teachers who have uploaded the videos. All the information about the teachers is already being uploaded on the system so that they can contact the teacher," he said.

Dhanya, a student, hailed the DKPUCPA for the setting up of the online classes despite the prevailing situation.

"The teachers who have taught in these classes have taught very well, as if they are teaching right in front of us. It has been very useful for me during this time," she said.

The nationwide lockdown imposed to combat the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic has been extended to May 31.

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