Karkala: Two arrested for inflammatory banner against Muslims
Karkala: Karkala police have arrested two individuals for putting up a defamatory banner against Muslims at Murathangady near Sanoor on Tuesday.
The accused are identified as Satish Devadiga, a local who had put up the banner, and Pushpalatha, the owner of 'Amulya Graphics' at Market Road, Karkala where the banner was printed. Karkala police who investigated the matter arrested the accused and presented them before the Karkala court. Releasing the printing press owner Pushpalatha on conditional bail, the court handed over Sathish to judicial custody.
The controversial banner had appeared at Kamalaksha Nagara near Murathangady on Monday. It used abusive language against the local Muslim community and warned them not to 'lay hands on Hindu girls'. Accused Satish had printed his name and photo in the banner, calling himself 'one of the freedom fighter'. Locals say that the accused is a 50-year old daily wager who was suffering from mental illness from last 5-6 years.
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Accused Sathish was currently residing with his younger brothers, as his wife and children had abandoned him. Few residents alleged that as he was mentally unstable, certain anti-social elements could have used his name to publish the banner so as to cause unrest in the society. Kamalaksha Nagara is a place of communal harmony and such attempts to instigate communal discord must be nipped in the bud, the locals demanded.
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Over half a dozen passenger trains cancelled for three days due to elephant movements
Jamshedpur (PTI): Over half a dozen passenger trains will remain cancelled for three days from December 22 under the Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway due to the movement of elephants, a railway statement said on Sunday.
The Memu train services will remain cancelled between December 22 to 24, a South Eastern Railway statement said.
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Movement of a herd of elephants has been noticed near rail tracks between Chakradharpur (Jharkhand's Singhbhum)-Jharsuguda (Odisha) section of the division, especially Bandamuna during night, said Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Chakradharpur division of S E Railway, Aditya Choudhary.
The train services are being slowed down, causing traffic congestion and subsequently delaying train movements, he said.
The trains which will remain cancelled due to elephant movements in the section include 68025/68026(Ckp-Rou-Ckp), 68043/68044 (Tata-Rou-Tata), 18175/18176(Hte-Jsg-Hte), 68029/68030 (Rou-Jsg-Rou), 58151/58152 (Brmp-Bxf-Brmp) PASS, 68125/68126 (Tata-Bbn-Tata) MEMU, 68019/68020 (Tata-Gua-Tata) Memu, 68010/68009/68006 (Ckp-Tata-Kgp-Ckp) Memu, it added.
