Disgraceful speech: Case against VHP leader Manjunath Swamy
Udupi, Dec 5: City police filed a case against VHP South region leader Manjunath Swamy on charges of giving derogatory speech against Islam during Janaagraha convention organized by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad at Sri Krishna Mutt Rajangana parking place in the city on December 2, demanding construction of Sri Ram Mandir at Ayodhya.
Following a complaint from Ansar Ahmed from Udupi that action should be taken against Manjunath Swamy as his statement was intended to disturb the law and order in the society, the police registered a case against him on Wednesday.
In his complaint, Ahmed said that Manjunath Swamy had said that ‘Islam was not a religion and Quran was not a sacred book of Islam and Islam has been promoting terrorism’. Thus Manjunath Swamy has given a wrong message to the society against the Islam. It was a great insult to the Islam and hurt the sentiments of Muslims, he said.
Ahmed also said in his complaint that Manjunath Swamy had said Muslims don’t require masjid for prayer and they could do their prayer even at toilets. Ahmed also produced a CD of Manjunath Swamy’s speech to the police.
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Migrant worker from Bengal beaten to death over bidi in Odisha: Police
Sambalpur/ Kolkata (PTI): A 30-year-old migrant worker from West Bengal was allegedly killed in Odisha's Sambalpur district following an altercation over a bidi, police said on Thursday.
Juel Sheikh was working, along with a few others from West Bengal, in the construction of a building in Shanti Nagar in the Ainthapalli police station area, they said.
On Wednesday night, when they were returning from work, a group of six men stopped them and asked for a bidi. An altercation broke out, leading to a scuffle between the two sides, police said.
Juel was thrashed severely, and he died while undergoing treatment at the Sambalpur hospital, police said.
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"We have arrested all six accused persons. We are investigating the case," IGP (Northern Range) Himanshu Kumar Lal told PTI.
West Bengal's ruling TMC claimed that Juel was beaten to death over suspicion that he was an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant.
"The lynching of a Bengali migrant worker in Sambalpur is the direct outcome of @BJP4India’s sustained campaign against Bengalis. A citizen of India was beaten to death because a mob believed the lie that Bengalis are infiltrators who must constantly prove their right to exist," the TMC alleged in a post on X.
"For years, BJP leaders have deliberately branded Bengali-speaking Indians as infiltrators, outsiders, and suspects. That poisonous narrative has now reached the streets, where anyone feels empowered to act as immigration officers and executioners," it claimed.
Asked about the allegation, the IGP said the murder has nothing to do with whether the "victim was a Bengali or Bangladeshi".
