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Katipalla mosque controversy: Writer's house vandalized by miscreants

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September 6, 2011

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Mangalore, Sep 6: A group of miscreants allegedly instigated by the President of the Katipalla Block-II mosque, ransacked the house of a Kannada writer and made away with cash and gold ornaments.

Abdul Jabbar Katipalla, a colunminst with local Kannada newspapers, said that a group of around 50 people surrounded his house on Monday night, while six among them entered into the house by breaking open the front door.

“As there was no one inside the house, the miscreants intentionally damaged the furniture, refrigerator etc before escaping with a cash amount of Rs 15,000 and two and a half pawan gold” said Mr Katipalla, who who was apparently at his relative's placee when the incident took place.

He alleged that Salim Rafi, the President of Katipalla Block-II mosque, provoked the miscreants to vandalize his house.

In his complaint to Suratkal Police, Mr Katipalla mentioned the names of six miscreants as Iqbal, Siddiq, Yaseen, Bindas Ibrahim, NMPT Bava and Mohammad Shareef, all local residents.

The incident occurred in the backdrop of a controversy that has gripped the mosque. A city based Kannada eveninger in its debate column had recently carried an article criticizing the practice of “special classes for women,” by Mohammad Shareef Baqavi, who was recently reappointed as the Mudarris of the mosque by its president Salim Rafi.

Enraged by this article, Salim Rafi after Isha mass prayer in the mosque on Monday night, allegedly provoked the youth to 'teach a lesson' to those who tried to “tarnish the image of the mosque and its Mudarris”.

Abdullah (name changed), a local resident, who was present at the Isha prayer, said that soon after the prayer, Salim Rafi stood up and “advised” the youth not to tolerate any attempt to undermine the image of this mosque and its leaders.

Abdullah said, Salim declared that six persons including Jabbar Katipalla, Illyas, Husain and Siraj were behind this article and people need to teach a lesson to them.

A case has been registered at Suratkal police station based on Jabbar Katipalla's complaint.

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January 12,2020

Hubballi, Jan 11: Karnataka Industries Minister Jagadeesh Shatter's mother Basvennamma Shivappa Shetter passed away here on Friday evening.

She was 86. She is survived by three sons and a daughter.

The final rituals was held on Saturday, family sources said.

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Tumakuru, Jul 12: A four-year-old boy was killed by a leopard at Rajendrapur hamlet at Hasige Hobli village near Huliyurdurga in Kunigal taluk.

Police said on Sunday that this was the third such attack by big cats in the district in a span of six months.

Forest officials said that the boy had gone with his mother to wash clothes at a tank and the animal attacked him while playing there on Saturday late evening. 

A passerby who witnessed the incident scared the animal, it escaped leaving the boy’s body behind.

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June 12,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 12: The Central government has identified Karnataka's Udupi and Yadgir among the "emerging districts of concern" for COVID-19 in the country. Confirming the development, a top official of the state health department said, "they (centre) had reviewed these two districts a few days back...there was a sudden spurt of cases due to Maharashtra returnees turning positive." Sources said union cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba, during a recent video conference with state chief secretaries and health secretaries, had shared his thoughts on the issue.

According to the information shared, districts with more than 400 cases, half of which was reported post-May 18 lockdown relaxation, have been identified as "emerging districts of concern." They are concentrated in the seven states/union territories of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana. "Udupi and Yadgir from Karnataka, along with Gurugram in Haryana and Kolhapur in Maharashtra have 90 per cent of the cases recorded after May 18," they said.

As on June 11 evening, Udupi had a total of 969 positive cases, out of which 619 are active, while 735 positive cases have been reported in Yadgir, out of which 626 are active. The two districts had reported a total of only 11 cases each as on May 18. While Udupi till last evening had seen 349 discharges, it was 108 in Yadgir.

Both districts have reported one COVID related fatality so far. As of June 11 evening, cumulatively 6,245 COVID-19 positive cases were confirmed in the state, which included 72 deaths and 2,976 discharges.

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