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Surathkal limping back to normalcy; people hail cops’ presence of mind

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January 5, 2018

Mangaluru, Jan 5: Thanks to the presence of mind exhibited by the police on Thursday when the saffron outfits had planned to take out a funeral procession of Deepak Rao in the city amidst prohibitory orders the communally sensitive Surathkal-Katipalla region is slowly limping back to the normalcy.

The police aborted the planned procession by secretly shifting the dead body of Deepak in an ambulance from AJ Hospital in the city to his home in Katipalla, around 15 kilometers from here. Funeral processions of murder victims had exacerbated communal tensions in region in the past.

Local residents took to the social media to thank the police for not providing an opportunity to the riot mongers to disrupt peace in the region. The opined that if the police had failed to stop the procession in the city, the trouble mongers would have tried to create a communal riot.

It may be recalled untoward incidents were reported during funeral RSS member Sharath Madivala, who was hacked to death in July. This led to arrest of several leaders of right-wing organization. Even in 2006, the funeral procession of murdered BJP leader Sukhananda Shetty (38) had sparked off violence in Mulki town and two people were killed and a couple injured when police open fired to quell the mob attacking the Mulki police station.

On Thursday, the VHP, Bajrang Dal, Hindu Jagaran Vedike and BJP leaders were planning a similar funeral procession for Deepak Rao from A J Hospital to Surathkal. But before they could arrive, the police shifted Rao's body to his residence from the rear entrance of the hospital.

Soon, all the leaders rushed to Rao's residence at Janata Colony in Surathkal and demanded the body be taken back to the hospital and brought home in a procession. The protesters demanded Rs 50 lakh compensation to Rao's kin. They also wanted a ban on PFI and SDPI and refused to take Rao's body from the ambulance till their demands were met. However, Deputy Commissioner C Sasikanth Senthil managed to convince the aggrieved family members and saffron outfits to conduct the funeral rites peacefully.

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Hello Mr. Yogesh, Did u knw that the funeral was supposed to taken by procession from kuntikana to surathkal? meanwhile police dept has done good job by not allowing to take thru procession, you people are always trouble maker in the society by pelting stones, chanting anti nationals, damaging shops and govt properties etc.....you are deserve to be in behind bars always...

Ganesh
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Friday, 5 Jan 2018

People will forget easily. Back to normalcy. But for the family it's huge loss.

Yogesh
 - 
Friday, 5 Jan 2018

See how funeral procession should be. We kept calm. SDPI worker always trying to break communal harmoney

 

 

Peace lovers, what about you people.. You muslim people tried to spoil our Sharath Madivala's funeral procession by pelting stones and that also you put everything upon our head

 

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January 9,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 9: Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar on Thursday said that the Education Department would launch a helpline by March 2020 to address the complaints.

Speaking to reporters here, he said, the helpline is not only for children but also for teachers.

"Entire department including teachers and parents can make use of the opportunity”, the minister said.

“The helpline can be called for any complaint related to the Education Department. Our objective is to resolve problems within a stipulated time,” the Minister said.

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March 6,2020

Mysuru, Mar 6: A BJP worker was stabbed to death by unidentified persons at his apartment in Mysore in the early hours of Friday, police said.

Anand in his early thirties, was reportedly attacked with a broken beer bottle shortly after he returned home following his late night birthday party, police added.

Following information from neighbours in the apartment, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body.

"The murder took place between 3 am and 4 am. We are investigating who was with him at the time and what was the motive behind the killing," Mysuru police Commissioner Dr Chandragupta told reporters.

Police said further investigations are on to ascertain the motive and people behind the killing.

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: Several state Congress leaders, including its President D K Shivakumar, among others, were detained by police as they tried to march towards Raj Bhavan here against the alleged attempts by BJP to topple the party's government in Rajasthan.

Shivakumar, along with Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah, state Congress Working President Eshwar Khandre, Salim Ahmed among others were stopped by the police midway as they marched from KPCC office towards Raj Bhavan.

Congress leaders then staged a dharna at the place where they were stopped. Addressing the gathering, Shivakumar accused the BJP of trying to "murder" democracy by destabilizing and removing elected governments.

"We wanted to protest against it and submit a memorandum to the President through the Governor," but the Karnataka government by using police was not letting them proceed towards Raj Bhavan, he said. "Despite our being a peaceful protest, the police stopped us," he said.

Siddaramaiah, echoing similar views, said peaceful protests against injustice was the right of every citizen. Alleging that the BJP was attempting to destabilise and remove the elected government in Rajasthan as it did in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, he said the Governor's office there (Rajasthan) was being 'misused'.

The Governor was working like an agent of the central government, he charged. He said, despite repeated appeals by the Rajasthan cabinet, the Governor there had not convened the assembly session, for the floor test to take place and for Congress to prove its majority. Police subsequently detained Shivakumar and some other Congress leaders and took them to a nearby police station.

They were later released. Meanwhile, as the Congress' protest amid Covid19 pandemic did not follow social distancing norms, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar hit out at that party's leaders. In a tweet Sudhakar said, for Congress leaders getting publicity was more important than social concerns.

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