Gauri Lankesh murder: Basavaraj Sulibhavi demands arrest of Pramod Mutalik
‘Act against saffron terrorism’
Bengaluru/Gadag, June 22: Leader of Committee Against Murder of Rationalists, Basavaraj Sulibhavi said that with the arrest of the accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder, it is proved that the saffron terrorism is active in the country and both centre and state government should act to curb the saffron terrorism in the country.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Basavaraj said that the SIT officials have already arrested Parashuram Waghmore of Sri Rama Sene and others in connection with the Gauri Lankesh murder and investigating it. But Pramod Mutalik gave a statement that the Sri Rama Sene has no connection with these murders and all the arrested belonged to RSS. Meanwhile, Sri Rama Sene Vijayapura district president Rakesh Mata posted a request in the social media seeking financial assistance to Parashuram Waghmore and his family. BJP leader Manchaleshwari posted a message in the social media saying that each house will have Parashuram and thus supporting the murder accused. In reality, the SIT officials should identify who is the real culprit in the murder of Gauri Lankesh and other rationalists. So, the SIT should arrest Pramod Mutalik immediately and interrogate him to know the truth, he demanded.
Congratulating the SIT officials for arresting the accused in Gauri Lankesh murder case, Basavaraj urged the government to handover the investigation of scholar Dr MM Kalburgi murder case to SIT instead of CoD. The SIT should disclose about the whereabouts of those behind the accused. It should arrest the leaders of BJP, RSS and Sri Rama Sene and interrogate them, he demanded.
Sharief, Basavaraj Eranna, Yallappa, Vinod and others of the Committee were present at the press conference.
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Amit Shah to hold key meeting on Manipur
New Delhi (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Monday hold a key meeting to review the security situation in Manipur and is expected to chalk out a strategy to handle the "volatile" situation in the northeastern state, sources said.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan and Intelligence Bureau Director Tapan Deka, among other top officials, are expected to attend the meeting, they said.
Shah also took stock of the security situation in Manipur on Sunday after cancelling his election rallies in Maharashtra.
The situation in Manipur, which has been reeling from ethnic strife since May last year, has been volatile following protests and violence after the recovery of bodies of women and children.
Shah will hold a key meeting and review the situation in Manipur on Monday. He is likely to give directions for handling the current "volatile" situation in the state, the sources said.
Irate mobs set fire to the residences of three more BJP legislators, one of whom is a senior minister, and a Congress MLA in various districts of Imphal Valley on Saturday night even as security forces foiled an attempt by agitators to storm the ancestral residence of Chief Minister N Biren Singh.
These incidents took place even as an indefinite curfew was clamped after people, agitated by the killing of three women and three children by militants in Jiribam district, attacked the residences of three state ministers and six MLAs earlier on Saturday.
Enraged people torched the houses of PWD Minister Govindas Konthoujam at Ningthoukhong, Hiyanglam's BJP MLA Y Radheshyam at Langmeidong Bazar, Wangjing Tentha's BJP MLA Paonam Brojen in Thoubal district and Khundrakpam's Congress MLA Th Lokeshwar in Imphal East district.
The legislators and their family members were not at home when the mobs stormed their residential compounds, vandalised properties and set the houses on fire, police said, adding the houses were partially burnt in the incidents.
On November 11, Manipur Police said 10 suspected militants were killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces after insurgents in camouflage uniforms and armed with sophisticated weapons fired indiscriminately at Borobekra police station and an adjacent CRPF camp at Jakuradhor in Jiribam.
Hours later, suspected militants allegedly abducted six civilians, including women and children from the same district, police said.
On Saturday, the Union home ministry said all security forces deployed in Manipur have been directed to take necessary steps to restore order and peace in the state.
It said armed miscreants from both communities in conflict have been indulging in violence leading to unfortunate loss of lives and disruption in public order.
The home ministry said strict action would be initiated against anyone trying to indulge in violent and disruptive activities. Seeing the fragile situation, the Centre on Thursday reimposed the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Manipur's six police station areas, including the violence-hit Jiribam.
More than 220 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining hills-based Kuki-Zo groups since May last year.
It started after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
The ethnically diverse Jiribam, which was largely untouched by the clashes, witnessed violence after the mutilated body of a farmer was found in a field in June this year.
