People click selfies as tribal man beaten to death in Kerala

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February 23, 2018

Palakkad, Feb 23: A 35-year-old tribal man was beaten to death by local people for allegedly stealing articles from some shops at Agali here, police said.

The deceased, suspected to be mentally unsound, was identified as Madhu, hailing from Kadukumanna settlement of Attappady, one of the largest and backward tribal hamlets in the state.

The shabbily dressed man, who was living in the forest near Mukkali here for some months, used to be seen wandering in the area, police said.

He was beaten up by the local people, who accused him of stealing articles from some shops in the town, and later handed him over to the police yesterday.

Some television channels aired visuals purportedly showing people taking selfies with Madhu with his hands tied up.

Though, the police tried to rush him to the nearby Agali government hospital, he vomited, collapsed and died in the jeep itself and was declared by dead by the hospital, police said.

Agali police has registered a case and some persons have been taken into custody, they said.

"They are being interrogated and the arrest will be recorded after verification," a senior police officer told PTI.
Police said the post mortem would be conducted at the Thrissur Medical College hospital later, only after which the exact cause of the death will be known.

However, Madhu's relatives told Malayalam channels that he was suffering from a mental breakdown and was staying away from home for some months.

They also wanted exemplary punishment to the guilty.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi VIjayan condemned the incident and said stringent action would be taken against the accused.

Directions in this regard have been given to the director general of police, he said.

"Such violence cannot be accepted in a civilised society.

It cannot be accepted in anyway," Vijayan said in a Facebook post.

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Rich people Take money and run to other Countries for Hifi Life but Public is Quite, One poor man stole items just for Hunger and people Killed Him. Very Sad :( RIP Madhu

really very sad , people have no mercy to the poor. its bad name for the people who have done this cruel act

He was hungry. he took for eating. Dont call him thief, because we, our society made him poor, straving, begging man and at last a thief

Such a cruel act. Seven people beating one man by tying hands.. How can men do like that..

Shocking.. #Tribals_are _also_human_beings..

It's too dangerous...If the suspicion is correct also, people dont have right to kill or harm other people. This mentality will end up in total anarchy. Should Punish them properly and warn others

This is not the right way. should stop "crowd punishment". they dont have the right to punish anybody. hang the goons

Poor Madhu... so sad

Brutal.. Should punish them equally

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Bengaluru: Anti-CAA protesters to intensify street, door-to-door campaigns

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January 12,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 12: Protesters plan to intensify their anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act movement from sit-down satyagrahas and rallies to street and door-to-door campaigns in different parts of the city.

The street campaigns began on January 1 with 20-30 volunteers of Hum Bharat Ke Log, reaching out to people in Koramangala and Whitefield and explaining the CAA, National Population Register (NPR), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and related issues. They have organised four campaigns.

According to Zia Nomani, member of Hum Bharat Ke Log, the campaign will intensify soon. “Over 200-400 volunteers will organise nukkad sabhas and other activities around JP Nagar and Banashankari,” Nomani said.

She added that though protests began as a medium for people to vent their concerns, more needs to be done.

“We have realised that many people have begun working on their personal documents and want to help them understand what CAA is all about,” Nomani said.

Volunteers will talk to people at street junctions, discuss issues and run signature campaigns. They say: “Our movement is focussed on reaching out to people. Pro-CAA workers too started a door-to-door campaign last week.”

Avani Chokshi, an advocate who participated in a campaign, said though people had a cursory idea about these issues, they didn’t know the details. “It through such campaigns that we can reach more people. It’s important to talk to people who haven’t made up their mind about the issues or are even pro-CAA,” said Avani, adding, “It hard to combat hatred in a short span of time. The movement needs to be sustained.”

Activist Geeta Menon, who has been at the forefront of the street campaign, says they were heckled at some places.

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Congress creating confusion among Muslim over CAA, claims BSY

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January 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 5: BJP leader and Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa once again blamed the Congress of creating 'confusion' among the Muslim community over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act-2019 while launching a door to door campaign to dispel such rumors.

Yediyurappa was on a door-to-door campaign to make people aware of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and to allay their fears.

"Unnecessarily, the members of Congress are creating confusion among the Muslim community. I assure you that not a single Muslim will be affected because of CAA," said B. S. Yediyurappa.

"Almost all previous Prime Ministers have supported it, now Congress is creating a problem so as to create confusion among Muslims. That's why we are out on the door-to-door campaign," he said.

The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, seeks to grant Indian citizenship to Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and who entered India on or before December 31, 2014.

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U may confuse people with such statements but WE MUSLIMS, DALITS and some of our other HINDU Brothers are not in any Confusion on the chronology of NPR, CAA and NCR.. WE are firm that we will never allow you to go ahead with these discriminatining laws

People are NOT FOOLS to believe all your JUMLAS

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God will help you only if you put all your efforts: Siddaramaiah on Sriramulu's comment

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July 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday hit out at state Health Minister B Sriramulu for stating that "only God can save Karnataka" from COVID-19 and asked him to resign from his post.

Speaking to media here in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah said, "The government cannot say that we are helpless. Why is the government in power? You have power and you have money. It is your primary duty to serve the citizens of the state."

On being asked about Karnataka Health Minister's statement, the Congress leader said: "Let him resign and go out. God will help you only if you will put all your efforts."

Meanwhile, President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee DK Shivakumar tweeted "Karnataka's Health Minister saying 'Only God can save Karnataka' reflects poorly on @BSYBJP govt's ability to handle the Covid crisis. Why do we need such a government if they cannot tackle the pandemic?"

Sriramulu had said on Wednesday that either people should inculcate awareness or only God can save them from COVID-19.

"Who can save us at this time? It's either God or people should inculcate awareness in them. Congress leaders are involved in political mudslinging at this time. This is not fine and it will not help them in any way," the Minister had said.

"It is a crucial time, in the interest of the general public. I request all the Congress leaders not to indulge in loose talk regarding the issue, it leads to more panic situation among the general public. We are ready to adhere to any punishment if we did any wrong thing," he had added.

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