Police torture victims still wait for compensation

June 8, 2012

Mangalore, June 8: Engineering student Joel Vaz said on Thursday that he and his father are still waiting for the compensation ordered by the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) from two policemen found guilty of treating them in an inhuman manner.

The Mangalore Police Commissionerate is yet to realise the compensation amount from the two policemen and take disciplinary action as directed by the Commission. The case is related to the incident involving engineering student Joel Vaz, his father Justine Vaz and Gangadhara Shetty. The then police sub-inspector of Mangalore Rural Police station K. Prakash and constable David D'Souza were accused of making the three stand naked in the police station and then making one of them remove the pubic hair of the other in June 2010.

The KSHRC took sou motu notice of the incident and had directed the then Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Ramesh to submit a report. Mr. Ramesh found the allegations to be true. In his report, Mr. Ramesh termed the act of the two policemen as “unfortunate, inhuman, and undesirable”.

Accepting his report, the SHRC on August 6, 2011 directed the two policemen to pay compensation of Rs. 25,000 to each of the three victims. The Commission directed the Police Commissioner to recover the compensation amount in three months and also take disciplinary action against the two policemen.

Mr. Joel Vaz told presspersons on Thursday that they had not yet received compensation amount announced by the SHRC.

The Mangalore Police Commissioner was yet to initiate any disciplinary action as recommended by the SHRC. “I have submitted a representation in this regard to the Police Commissioner few days ago. I have not received any reply so far,” Mr. Joel said. Just a few days ago, he received intimation from the High Court about appeal filed by Mr. Prakash against the SHRC order, he added.

Mr. Joel and two others said in the statement that the disciplinary inquiry, which started in 2010, had not concluded yet. They accused Police Commissioner of instituting the inquiry in order to favour Mr. Prakash.

P.B. D'Sa from Peoples Union for Civic Liberties, who spoke on behalf of the three victims, said directions of SHRC holds good as the High Court had not stayed the SHRC order.

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Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said following the SHRC order he did issue orders for recovery of the compensation. The process stopped following objection raised by Mr. Prakash.

“As the officer no longer works under me, the file has been moved to the unit officer under whom Prakash is now working,” he said.

Mr. Singh said the inquiry was still going on. When pointed out to the long time taken for concluding the inquiry, Mr. Singh said “there cannot be a long or short inquiry”.

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Twitter briefly blocks Karnataka BJP’s official account over provocative tweets

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February 12,2020

Social media giant Twitter briefly blocked the Karnataka BJP's account after it posted several provocative tweets and taunted Muslim women.

Ironically, the BJP called its unhygienic tweets as "liberal views". "It is unfortunate that our handle was locked out by Twitter for speaking the truth about liberals," it said.

"A big thanks for your support and encouragement. Satymeva Jayate. Jai Hind," the political party said to its supporters.

However, it did not specify for how long Twitter blocked its account but tweeted again on Wednesday after Monday.

Last week Karnataka BJP drew flak on Twitter for taking a swipe at Muslim women who appear to be standing in a line to vote in Delhi's assembly polls. ""Kaagaz Nahi Dikayenge Hum" ! ! ! Keep the documents safe, you will need to show them again during NPR exercise (sic)," the party's Karnataka Twitter handle posted using the hashtag #DelhiPolls2020.

It tweeted on Monday, accusing Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Vijay Bahuguna for "cheating" Dalits.

Karnataka BJP spokesperson G. Madhusudhan said that he had no idea about the account being blocked and then unblocked by Twitter.

"What has happened? I don't know," said Madhusudhana.

Reacting to the drubbing BJP suffered in the Delhi Assembly polls, the party tweeted that there is no need to lose heart.

"Now is the time to go back to voters to win their hearts and minds. Let us plan for 2025 from today. We are with you," tweeted Karnataka BJP on Wednesday.

Though BJP congratulated Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for winning the Delhi polls, the party highlighted that it managed to increase it vote share by six per cent compared to 2015.

Also Read: Karnataka BJP taunts Muslim women, asks them to keep document safe for NPR

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No need to block them. What else can we expect from a bunch of idiots? Especially from "bada goatala kiya saar"

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Karnataka govt permits bakeries to function amid coronavirus lockdown

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April 7,2020

Bengaluru, April 7: Karnataka government on Monday allowed bakeries and related product food units in the state to open and function with minimum staff amid a coronavirus nation-wide lockdown.

A circular issued by Rajendar Kumar Kataria, Secretary to the government said, "The Central government has permitted the functioning of food units engaged in bakery and biscuit, condiments, confectionery and sweet for manufacturing, supply and operating retail outlets with minimum staff/labour."

The circular said these units shall strictly follow the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Department of Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka government with regard to the preventive measures to be ensured for combating COVID-19.

"It is stated that all employers shall ensure that these units maintain high standard of health, hygiene, sanitation and social distancing. The units shall not permit serving/dining in the premises and only parcel/takeaways are permitted," the circular added.

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If declared constitutional by SC, it will be problematic for states to oppose CAA: Kapil Sibal

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January 19,2020

New Delhi, Jan 19: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday asserted that every state assembly has the constitutional right to pass a resolution and seek the amended Citizenship Act's withdrawal, but if the law is declared constitutional by the Supreme Court then it will be problematic to oppose it.

His remarks came a day after he had said there is no way a state can deny the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) when it is already passed by the Parliament.

"I believe the CAA is unconstitutional. Every State Assembly has the constitutional right to pass a resolution and seek its withdrawal. When and if the law is declared to be constitutional by the Supreme Court then it will be problematic to oppose it. The fight must go on!" Sibal said in a tweet.

His remarks on the CAA at the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) on Saturday had caused a flutter as several non-BJP governments, including Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra, have voiced their disagreement with the CAA as well as National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR).

"If the CAA is passed no state can say 'I will not implement it'. It is not possible and is unconstitutional. You can oppose it, you can pass a resolution in the Assembly and ask the central government to withdraw it.

"But constitutionally saying that I won't implement, it is going to be problematic and going to create more difficulties," said the former minister of law and justice.

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