NRI gets 10 years jail in Saudi for abusive tweets against the Prophet

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January 29, 2019

Kasaragod, Jan 29: A non-resident Indian hailing from Kerala has been sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a series of abusive tweets against Prophet Mohammed.

The convict is Vishnu Dev son of Radhakrishnan Nair. Though initially he was sentenced to 5 years of jail term recently the quantum of punishment was increased.

According to a letter received by the family of Vishnu from the Consular, Passport and Visa Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, he was arrested for “cybercrime pertaining to blasphemy and spreading messages against the Kingdom through social media.”

He was arrested on June 7, 2018. On September 13, he was given a five-year jail term and a penalty of 1.5 lakh Saudi Riyal. His sentence was increased to 10 years on January 24,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mr Nair, who resides in Alappuzha, said that he had sought the help of several politicians to get his son released from jail, but to no avail.

Vishnu was working as an engineer at Nasser S Al-Hajri Corporation, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, before his arrest.

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sahil , khobar…
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Wednesday, 30 Jan 2019

just sentence him to death.. this kind of morons are evil for society. he was earning handsome salary of 40k+ riyals and braking against muslims/islam. if he work in india as engineer he wont get even10k indian rupees. whoever do this kind of hatred againt other religion whether muslim, hindu or christian he deserve death only.

 

kumar
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Tuesday, 29 Jan 2019

Its every one's duty to respect the laws of the country where we live.   Being expatriate in Saudi Arabia we should be more careful on the issue.   You might be follower of enemies of islam in India, but you cannot do it in Saudi Arabia or Gulf countries.  You mihgt have been brainwashed in india but anti national and anti muslim political parties, who are trying to make use of you to spread hate among different communities for their political benefit.  At last you will be the one to suffer.  No political for whom you are working will not come to support you and they will say you are not related to their party and there is no connection between you and the party.   dont get fooled by these hate political parties.  I am sorry for the fate of this unfortunate person and hope he will be freed at the earliest possible.  This is good lesson for all hate mongers in Saudi Arabia.   Dont bring your dirty politics to saudi arab ia.   People from all religion are living peacefully here.  They eat together and live together as one family.   

Nair
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Tuesday, 29 Jan 2019

Maron is arrested, let him learn his mistake for his hatrate,

indian political people make innocent people to reach and this is what the end result but the political people are living happly with all facility only ch**tya citizen of india is fooled all time.

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July 20,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 20: Karnataka on Monday reported 3,648 COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 67,420, informed the state health department.

According to a bulletin issued by the department, the state recorded 72 more deaths due to COVID-19 with the toll at 1,403 while six patients who tested positive for the infection have died due to non-COVID causes, as of Monday.

There are 42,216 active cases in the state.
As many as 730 patients were discharged today, taking the total discharged patients to 23,795.
Bengaluru recorded the highest number of cases and deaths today at 1,452 and 31, respectively, informed the state health department.

India's COVID-19 case tally crossed the 11-lakh mark with the highest single-day spike of 40,425 new cases and 681 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Monday.

The total cases in the country now stand at 1,118,043 while the death toll is 27,497.

The ministry said the total number of cases include 390,459 active cases and 700,087 cured/discharged/migrated.

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February 5,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 5: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that he has demanded a report on the Shaheen School incident after reports emerged that children were allegedly interrogated by the police for hours at a stretch, while not allowing parents to be present.

Terming the incident a very sensitive matter as it involves children, Basavaraj Bommai said, "I have asked for a report on the Shaheen School incident. As it is a very sensitive and serious issue, I have asked the police to handle it carefully."

"I have asked the police to take the help of the women and child protection committee at the district level. However, I have been told that the police had visited the area where the play was done and no interrogation of children in isolation took place. Nevertheless, I have asked the police to handle the issue with care and do everything within the law," Basavaraj added.

The matter pertains to a programme organised as a part of the Republic day celebrations where the children in Shaheen School in Bidar had staged a play against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) had protested alleging that the play at Shaheen School in Bidar was derogatory. In the play, the participants were shown staging an anti-CAA sequence where there were dialogues encouraging non-cooperation with anyone asking for documents. A case was registered against the school management.

Meanwhile, CEO of Shaheen Education Institute, Bidar, Tauseef Madikeri had said, "Police have invoked Sections 124A, 505 and 504 of the IPC against the institution, over a play staged against CAA and NRC. It is beyond anyone's imagination. Deputy SP visited the classroom and interrogated the students."

Karnataka police had sealed the offices of the school after its students participated in the play. Meanwhile, the police had questioned students of Shaheen School after a play against the CAA and NRC was staged during the Republic Day celebrations.

The child rights groups, teachers and educationists had issued a statement condemning the police interrogation in the incident.

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June 30,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 30: The judicial, non-judicial and administrative functions of the Karnataka High Court has been suspended for Tuesday, for sanitisation of the entire court complex due to "unavoidable circumstances".

The High Court in a notice informed about the decision on Monday.

"It is hereby notified to the litigant public/learned advocates/party-in-person/officers and staff of the High Court of Karnataka, Principal Bench, Bengaluru that, the judicial/non-judicial/administrative functions of the High Court is hereby suspended for one day -- on June 30, 2020, for sanitisation of entire High Court complex, due to unavoidable circumstances," the notice read.

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