HC dismisses Krishna Naik’s petition in Parashurama statue installation case, orders investigation
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition filed by Krishna Naik, accused in the illegal installation of a bronze statue of Parashurama on Umikal Hill in Karkala, Udupi district. The petition sought the quashing of the FIR and complaint lodged against him at the Udupi Town Police Station.
A single-judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna, while hearing the case, observed that there was prima facie evidence of illegal activity and that an investigation must proceed. During the hearing, senior advocate Arun Shyam, representing the petitioner, argued that the allegations against Krishna Naik were baseless and politically motivated. He further contended that the statue, now part of the Parashurama Theme Park, had been relocated, and Congress leaders had harassed Naik at his residence in Bengaluru.
However, the court rejected these arguments and issued a order, dismissing Krishna Naik's petition.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
