Priest booked under SC/ST Act for assaulting student, insulting his caste

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November 14, 2016

Mangaluru, Nov 14: Police have booked Fr Vishal Monis, the principal of St Anne English Medium High School, Kelrai in Neermarga village here, under the Scheduled Caste and Tribe (prevention of atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting a Hindu student and insulting his caste.

1princiHowever, Fr Monis, who is also an assistant parish priest, has denied the allegations and said that miscreants have used the student in question to target him. Even though the incident occurred on November 5, the student's mother Prema M lodged the complaint at Mangaluru Rural Police Station only on Friday.

In her complaint, Prema, has claimed that her son was hit with a cable wire for having failed to do his homework. She also accused the principal of deliberately insulting their caste. She also stated that the boy was asked to join a Kannada medium school, if he could not cope with English.

Fr Monis said that some miscreants who are not happy with him created thisdrama'. “I have been looking into a land dispute involving the church. Some people are not happy about this. They have used the student as a bait, and registered a fake complaint," he claimed.

He said that the student had been studying at a Kannada medium school earlier. "We admitted into the English medium school, free of cost, since he had a good academic record. However, he couldn't cope with the change in the medium of instruction. He also came late to class often," he said.

Fr Vishal pointed out that the school authorities had also counselled the boy on many occasions, when he had been absent for more than 15 days. "He was also not attending to his school work. When I spoke to him in this regard, he told me that he wanted to return to Kannada medium. So, I asked to seek admission at a Kannada medium school, which was close," he added.

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Rashid
 - 
Monday, 14 Nov 2016

We can not judge anybody false , without knowing truth behind... who knows , whether priest is right... ?!

analyst
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Monday, 14 Nov 2016

Thank God he didnt slap him.

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March 26,2020

New Delhi, Mar 26: While the humans are on lockdown and spending time with their families, animals are free and without any fear roaming around on the otherwise busy roads. From Malabar civets to large Indian bisons, animals are enjoying this time.

Indian Forest Officer Susanta Nanda recently shared a video with the caption, "Indian bison( the gaur) goes for a street walk. The largest extant Bovine, is native to South and Southeast Asia. It can be very aggressive. Rare to see in markets."

The 8-second video shows the large animal freely walking in the market area of Chikmagalur district, Karnataka, while the few onlookers on the road get aside and watch the Bison with utmost amazement.

The videos of animals having a gala time on the roads have become common. After the video was posted online, it became a hit. The clip garnered over 3.1k views and over 100 retweets.

Twitter is amazed at the video. Have a look at the comments.

One user wrote, "Oh! We should vacate this place for them. Guess humans have stayed for too long."

Another Twitter user wrote, "That’s one thing people would follow social distancing with!"

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March 23,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 23: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai had warned those who chose to defy the lockdown order clamped in nine districts, to prevent the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 virus in the state. 

Speaking to newsmen, he said, "We have ordered for a lockdown in nine districts in the state to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and issued guidelines to follow it."

The nine COVID-19-affected districts are Bengaluru, Bengaluru Rural, Mysuru, Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada (Mangaluru), Dharwad, Belagavi, Kalaburgi and Chikkablapur.

According to Mr. Bommai, the State government will put in place further measures next week depending on how the situation will unfold in the State and the neighbouring States.

"Government offices will be operational in the State, including in the nine COVID 19-affected districts. As per the current schedule, the legislature sessions will also continue. Pourakarmikas will be working at 50% strength," he added.

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May 20,2020

Bengaluru, May 20: An owner of a hair cutting training salon in the city has given shelter to the jobless IT professionals and migrant workers hailing from north-eastern states and Nepal, in his salon.

Rahul Rai, the owner said, "The moment the lockdown started then I received many complaints from different corners that several persons became jobless and they were thrown out of their rented accommodations."

"They are from different states of the North-east and some of them are from Nepal also. I converted my hair-cutting training salon into a shelter home for them," he added.

A person who got shelter at the salon said, "I lost my job after the lockdown started. I was facing a lot of issues after my landlord had evicted me from my rented accommodation. I spent about a week nearby a lake. I managed to contact Rahul Rai through Facebook and he rescued me along with many others."

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