HC orders CBI probe into Naushad Kashimji murder, brother calls it a 'victory'

July 15, 2011

Bangalore/Bhatkal, July 15: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into the murder of Mangalore-based human rights advocate Naushad Kashimji.

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Naushad Kashimji

Justice Mohan Shantangowder ordered the probe after hearing a petition seeking a CBI probe into the murder and the alleged involvement of four police officers in the two-year old case.

Naushad, who was shot dead outside his apartment in Mangalore on Apr 9, 2009, was allegedly warned by four police officers as he was appearing in court defending the alleged aide of Chota Shakeel, Rasheed Malbari.

Naushad's senior, Purushottam Pujary, had lodged a complaint with Pandeshwar police station accusing the hand of four police officers in the killing of Naushad the same evening after he was allegedly warned by the officers on April 9, 2010.

When the probe did not make a headway, the wife of the accused filed a writ petition seeking a CBI probe into the matter.

When the matter came up for hearing, the State Government submitted that the CID is already probing into the matter.

However, the petitioner submitted that since there is involvement of four police officers namely police inspector Venkatesh Prasanna, DYSP Jayantha Shetty, Ullal sub-inspector Shivaprakash and Panambur Circle Inspector Valentine D'Souza, she wanted the investigation to be conducted by an independent agency like the CBI.

Justice Mohan Shantangowder who heard the matter, directed the matter be referred to CBI for further investigation.

'Victory'

Meanwhile, the family members of Naushad Kashimji have welcomed the High Court's decision to hand over the probe to the CBI.

Parvez

Parvez Kashimji

Victim's brother Parvez Kashimji, who is the president of Majlis-e-Islah-wa-Tanzeem, addressing a press meet in Bhatkal, termed the court order as a victory to the legal battle waged by the family members for justice.

“It is, probably, for the first time in the history of Karnataka, the High Court has decided to handover a murder case to CBI,” he remarked.

Expressing hope that the CBI probe will find out the real culprits behind the brutal murder, Mr Parvez said that the true colour of the officials and politicians would be exposed soon.

The arrested

It may be recalled that the police had arrested six persons in connection with the murder of advocate within 15 days of the incident. They were Dinesh (24), a resident of Belthangady; Rithesh (20), a resident of Kodikal; Prathap (26), a resident of Kavoor; Ganesh (28) of Kodikal; Subrahmanya (24) of Kadri and Shivaprakash (30) of Urwa Store. The police had also seized three 9 mm pistols, 8 rounds of ammunition, Rs 3,53,060 in cash, three mobile phones, Maruthi 800 car and 4 pistol-magazines.

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Katakana: RSS suspends its programme over COVID-19

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March 14,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 14: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday suspended its proposed Akil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) meeting scheduled to be held in the outskirts of the city, in the wake of the outbreak of Coronavirus in the state.

'In view of the seriousness of the pandemic COVID-19 and in the light of instructions and advisories thereof issues by the Union and the state governments, the Akil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha meeting scheduled in Bengaluru has been suspended', Sarakaryavah Suresh Joshi tweeted.

All Swayamsevaks should cooperate with the administrations to create awareness among the public and to face this successfully, he said.

It may be recalled that Karnataka State Government had ordered shut down of pubs, malls, theatres, and ban mass gatherings over the Coronavirus scare, on Friday.

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"Brahmins-Only" Toilet's Signage Removed From Kerala Temple after Outrage

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March 7,2020

Thrissur, Mar 7: A local temple in Kerala is at the centre of a social media storm after the picture of a ''Brahmins-only toilet'' outside its main campus went viral on online platforms, prompting the management to remove the signboard.

The picture of three toilets, with signboards showing "Men", "Women" and "Brahmins", at the Kuttumukku Mahadeva Temple in Thrissur, has gone viral with many social media users viewing it as an unethical practise that can portray the progressive state in a bad light.

However, temple officials said the toilets were located outside the main campus and the board was brought to their notice only now.

Kannan, an official of the temple committee, said the board was placed nearly two decades ago and nobody raised any complaint against it so far.

"That particular toilet was being used by priests and other temple employees. We didn't even notice that board... As soon as we came to know about it, we removed it and affixed a staff-only board," he told PTI.

Also a CPI-M functionary and ward councillor, Kannan said the shrine and it's management was against all kinds of unethical customs.

The temple official said they were planning to pursue legal measures against the man who posted the photo of the toilets on social media.

"We suspect that he did it deliberately to create issues during the time of the festival and to tarnish the shrine's reputation. Not only that, the photo he shared was an old one though he claimed that it was taken during the time of the festival, " he said.

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All-women post office inaugurated in Kalaburagi

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March 9,2020

Kalaburagi, Mar 9: As the International Women's Day was celebrated all across the globe, the Department of Post inaugurated the first-ever all-women-employees operating post office here in Kalaburagi.

"Today, we have declared the Jagat Post Office under the Kalaburagi district as women's post office. From today onwards, women staff is going to work here exclusively," CG Kamble, Assistant Superintendent, Post Office, told media.

One of the employees of the post office inaugurated on Monday said: "We are happy that we can work freely as all the employees here are women. Similarly, the government must also take steps to identify one of the offices in the state as only women employees' office."

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