Bhatkal, October 1: A delegation from the Majlis-e-Islah-o-Tanzeem met MLA J D Naik urging him to raise in the Assembly the issue of Bhatkal's name being defamed by a Kannada daily through faulty reports of terror-related activities.
Mohiddin Althaf Kharoori, Chief Secretary of the Tanzeem, brought to the notice of the MLA the articles published in the daily showing the town of Bhatkal in negative light and carrying baseless reports pertaining to terror-related activities in the town.
Although an appeal in this regard was submitted to the district SP and the Deputy Commissioner of the district in Karwar, no action has been taken against the daily so far, he said, and appealed to Mr. Naik to raise the matter in the state Assembly in his capacity as a member of the opposition.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Naik said that people have been losing faith in media of late owing to their faulty reports. Media are not carrying out their responsibility in the right spirit, he said, suggesting that cases should be booked against such media and drag them to court, or file a complaint with the Press Council of India.
Syed Mohiddin Barmavar, Former President of the Tanzeem, said that in the next three days, cases will be booked against the daily and its reporter.
'Bhatkal Bundh'
Demanding action against the newspaper and its reporter for publishing false reports about the Muslim community of Bhatkal, the Tanzeem has called for a 'Bhatkal Bundh' in the first week of October, Mr. Kharoori said.
Mr. Naik has already expressed his support for the 'Bundh' besides Bhatkala Nagarika Hitarakshana Samithi. Other leaders from the Hindu community must also join hands in making the bundh successful, he appealed.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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