Dharmasthala forum to stage protests in 60 places of state against illegal activities in temple town
Bengaluru: The Dharmasthala Dourjanya Virodhi Vedike is organizing a series of protests, ‘Nyayakkagi Janagraha 2025’ at 60 places across Karnataka on Thursday, October 9, in opposition of various illegal activities in Dharmasthala.
The organization is carrying out the protest series on the occasion of 13 years since the rape and murder of Sowjanya. The protest is said to be against rape, murder, illegal acquisition of land reserved for Dalits and microfinance interest racket that is allegedly going on in the temple town.
People have been fighting since 1980 against cases of unnatural death, murder, rape and land acquisition in Dharmasthala. This is, however, the first instance that the Vedike is organizing protests in villages all over the state for these issues on a single day.
The events will include meetings, submission of memoranda, protest, display of posters and candle-lit procession in various villages.
The Vedike is holding protests in Bengaluru district in Vijinapura (6 pm), Chinnappanahalli (6 pm), B Chinnasanda (6 pm), Nagarabhavi Village (6 pm), Hosur Bande, Kannur (6 pm), Bhairaveshwara Nagar (6:30 pm), Chikkadevasandra (5 pm), Kapila Nagar (5 pm), Srinivasa Nagar (5 pm), Shivananda Nagar (5 pm), Hoysala Nagar (5 pm), Shantinagar (5 pm), Tyagaraja Nagar (5:30 pm), and Srigandha Nagar (4 pm).
In Bengaluru South, the protests are being held outside the tahsildar’s office in Anekal taluk (12 pm), while in Maddur taluk of Mandya, it is being held outside the Dodda Arasikere Gram Panchayat office at (10 am).
In Malavalli taluk of Mandya district, the Vedike is staging protests at 10 am outside Bijipura, Panditahalli, Banduru, Duggananhalli, Talagavadi, Hittanahalli Koppalu, Thorekadanahalli, Nidlaghatta and Kandegala gram panchayat offices.
A mega procession will be taken out from the ‘Shramika Bhavan’ till Puneeth Rajkumar’s idol in Hoskote in Vijayanagara district at 10 am.
The Vedike will stage protests at 11 am outside the Kodagu Deputy Commissioner’s office in Madikeri, Tumakuru DC’s office in Tumakuru city and Kolar DC’s office in Kolar and at 11:30 am outside the Kalaburagi DC’s office.
In Bidar district, the organization will protest outside the Bidar DC office at 11 am, and at 11:30 am in Basavakalyana and Humnabad taluks.
In Mysuru, the protest will be held at Gandhi Chowk at 11 am, while in Haveri, the protest will be outside the tahsildar’s office at 11 am.
In Raichur, there will be protests outside the DC’s office in Raichur town at 11:30 am, and outside the Sindhnur, Devdurg and Lingasugur taluk offices at 11 am.
In Ballari, a meeting will be held at 11 am at the Gandhi Bhavan while in Hassan, a mega public meeting, book release and candle-lit procession will be carried out at the Hassan Mahavira Circle at 6 pm.
In Dakshina Kannada, there will be a meeting at the Ambedkar Bhavan, Belthangady, at 10:30 am, a protest outside the ‘Vikas’ State Bank of India office in Mangaluru at 5 pm, at the Kurnadu Junction in Mudipu at 5:30 pm, outside the DYFI office in Harekala at 7:30 pm, near Tevula in Kuttar at 7 pm, at Pakkaladka Junction in Bajal at 7:30 pm, at Sunkadakatte in Urwa Stores at 7:30 pm, at PG Point of Bengre Kasaba at 5:30 pm, near City Press in Bunder at 8:30 pm, near Angaragundi of Baikampady at 7:30 pm, at Kana Junction in Surathkal at 7:30 pm, at Yeyyadi in Konchady at 6:30 pm, at Vidyanagara in Panjimogaru at 7:30 pm, and at Thiruvail in Vamanjoor at 7:30 pm.
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Mangaluru: Teacher booked for allegedly beating student in school
Vittla (Dakshina Kannada): A case has been registered at the Vittla Police Station against a school teacher on charges of seriously assaulting a student with a cane at an English-medium school in Idkidu village here near Vittla in Dakshina Kannada district.
According to the complaint, the student, who attends the school regularly, had gone to school as usual. Around 2 pm, the child’s parents received a call from the school office stating that their child had allegedly disturbed other students. The school informed them that when the teacher scolded the student over the issue, the child became frightened and urinated, and the parents were asked to come and take the child home.
The parents reportedly told the school staff that no one was at home at the time and requested that the child be sent home in an autorickshaw.
After returning home, the student told the parents that a teacher identified as Istikaar had beaten him severely on the hand with a cane. The child also said that he urinated out of fear while the assault was taking place.
When the parents contacted the teacher over the phone to question him about the incident, he allegedly responded in a dismissive manner.
Following this, the parents lodged complaints with the Vittla Police Station and the Child Development Project Office, seeking justice and strict action against the teacher for allegedly assaulting the child without any valid reason.
Police have registered a case against the teacher and have taken up further investigation.
