Man arrested in Mangaluru for threatening women, extorting money from them
Mangaluru: Kadri Police officers have arrested a 36-year-old man who has been accused of obtaining the mobile phone numbers of young women through social media and extorting money by threatening the women using pornographic videos.
The accused arrested is identified as Satish Hosamaru, a resident of Idu village of Karkala. He had allegedly obtained the phone numbers of the women through their Instagram and Facebook IDs and blackmailed them, claiming he had their pornographic videos and demanding money from them.
One of the women threatened by the arrested man filed a police complaint. She had also informed the police that she had been warned that the videos would be made viral on social media if she did not give him the money.
Kadri Police, who registered a case based on her complaint, probed the matter and arrested Hosamaru. They have also confiscated the arrested man’s mobile phone and are learned to have found documents related to the case on the phone.
Police have said that cases of theft and rape and defamation of a woman were booked against the arrested man in Karkala Town and Rural Police Stations. Hosamaru had also served a jail sentence in a theft case filed in Karkala Town Police Station one year ago, they added.
The investigation team included Kadri Inspector Somashekhar JC, Assistant Inspector Manohar Prasad and Criminal Investigation Department personnel.
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'Aurangzebi govt': BJP slams Cong-led Karnataka dispensation over saffron shawl ban in schools
New Delhi (PTI): A political row erupted on Friday over the Congress-led Karnataka government's clarification that saffron shawls would not be allowed in educational institutions, with the BJP alleging that it is pursuing "appeasement and vote-bank politics".
The controversy flared up after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Thursday that saffron shawls would not be allowed in educational institutions under the state government's order on religious symbols, while practices already in existence such as hijab, turbans, rudraksha beads and sacred threads (janeu) would continue to be permitted.
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla alleged that the Congress government is pursuing appeasement politics and termed it an "Aurangzebi government".
"This government allows the wearing of hijab inside institutions, which the Supreme Court and high court had not allowed. But you cannot wear a 'bhagwa' (saffron) shawl or 'bhagwa' angavastram. This is the mindset of the Siddaramaiah government," Poonawalla said in a video post on X.
He alleged that the Congress government can go to any extent for appeasement politics and accused the party of "abusing Sanatan" in the past as well.
"They have shown Hindu hatred, from terms like 'bhagwa terror' and 'Hindu terror' to abusing Sanatan.
"We have seen how Congress leaders in Tamil Nadu have abused Sanatan. In Telangana, they said Congress means Muslims. They seek Muslim reservation in the name of vote-bank politics and appeasement," he alleged.
Poonawalla further alleged that the Siddaramaiah government has adopted a discriminatory policy and claimed that it had earlier announced a "Muslim-only budget" and "Muslim colonies".
Speaking to reporters in Mysuru, the chief minister clarified that those religious attire which are in practice will be allowed.
The Karnataka government on Wednesday passed an order allowing students to wear the hijab, sacred thread, Shivadhara and rudraksha in schools.
The order scrapped the BJP government's 2022 order, banning Hijab in government schools following the hijab versus saffron shawl controversy.
"Saffron shawls are not allowed. Those shawls cannot be worn. Turbans, sacred thread, Shivadhara, rudraksha and hijab can also be worn," Siddaramaiah told reporters.
"See, it is not just the hijab. People can also wear sacred threads; Shivadhara rudraksha beads everyone can wear, things according to their beliefs.
"This is allowed up to Class 12, whether it is high school, college or primary school. It applies to all," he added.
Asked whether saffron turbans representing saffron identity would be permitted, the chief minister said only practices already in existence would be allowed and no new practices could be introduced.
