Udupi: Hindutva activist Pradeep Poojari arrested again in rape case after bail release
Udupi: Police from the Udupi Women’s Police Station have arrested a Hindu Jagarana Vedike activist in connection with a rape case involving a young woman who was assaulted in an isolated area.
The accused has been identified as Pradeep Poojary (26), a member of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike’s Nayarkodu unit in Perdur. He had allegedly been harassing a woman to marry him, and after she refused, she filed a complaint at the Hiriyadka Police Station. He was arrested earlier in this connection but was later released on bail.
According to the complaint, fuelled by the same hostility, on November 29, Pradeep intercepted the woman while she was walking through an isolated location and again pressured her to marry him. When she refused, he allegedly strangled her in a threatening manner and committed rape.
The woman informed her family, who subsequently filed a complaint with the Udupi Women’s Police Station. Police registered the case, arrested the accused, and produced him before the court. The court has remanded him to judicial custody.
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Allahabad HC orders FIR against Rahul Gandhi in alleged dual citizenship case
Lucknow (PTI): The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday directed the registration of an FIR against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in connection with an alleged dual citizenship controversy.
The court also observed that after the registration of the FIR, the state government may seek the assistance of a central agency to investigate the matter.
The order was passed by a bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi on a petition filed by S Vignesh Shishir, who had challenged a January 28, 2026 order of a special MP/MLA court rejecting his plea for an FIR against Gandhi, who is also the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
The special court had earlier held that it was not competent to adjudicate on issues related to citizenship.
The petitioner, a BJP worker from Karnataka, had sought registration of an FIR and a detailed probe into the matter, levelling allegations against Gandhi under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Official Secrets Act, the Foreigners Act and the Passport Act.
The complaint was initially filed before the special MP/MLA court in Rae Bareli. However, on the petitioner's request, the high court transferred the case to Lucknow on December 17, 2025.
The MP/MLA court in Lucknow subsequently dismissed the plea on January 28, 2026, prompting the petitioner to approach the high court, which has now ordered registration of an FIR.
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