Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Congress Committee today filed a complaint with Mangaluru Police Commissioner seeking action against those who distorted the video in which Congress workers are celebrating; and projected it as they are provoking communal violence.

One Samarth Bhatt has given the complaint in favor of Congress workers. While celebrating the formation of Congress-JDS government on May 19 at 5:30 pm, Congress workers lead by former MLA JR Lobo had raised the slogans praising the party. But the video was distorted and in place of ‘Congress ki Jai’, ‘Pakistan ki Jai’ has been added. Later, one Rupesh Shett of Mangaluru uploaded the distorted video on Facebook. Then, the distorted video was posted on a website Manglaluru Mirror and wrote sentences hurting communal sentiments.

The complaint demands an immediate legal action as the video has been viral on various social networking sites.

Former MLA JR Lobo, Mayor Bhaskar K, Deputy Mayor K Mohammed, Taranath Shetty, Shashidhar Hegde, Purushottam Chitrapura, Uppi, Sabita Miskit, Kavita Vasu, Praveen Chandra were part of the delegation that gave the complaint.

Suo-Motu complaint registered

A case has been registered in Kadri police station in connection with the case. “The distorted video has been noticed and is being reviewed. There is also a possibility of editing the video. After identifying the culprits behind editing this video will take legal action against them;” DCP Hanumantharaya said.

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ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.

“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.

The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.

Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.

There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.