Karnataka Home Minister rebuts BJP claims regarding murders of Sangh Parivar activists
Bengaluru : "The BJP leaders are raising a clamour that 22 Sangh Parivar activists have been murdered in the state. But eight of them were killed owing to personal enmity," said State Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy.
Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Saudha on January 1, Monday the Home Minister said the BJP leaders are always silent about the killings over personal enmity.
He stated that the Congress government will be providing full co-operation to the CBI probe into the Paresh Mestha case of Uttara Kannada district.
No untoward incident : On the New Year celebrations in Bengaluru, the Minister said there has been no untoward incidents and that the police had discharged their duties efficiently. Young men had gathered in large numbers this time, he said adding action has been taken against some people for liquor consumption. Some women who too were under the influence of alcohol were dropped home, he added.
The Minister said a case has already been filed against BJP workers on charges of attempting assault on Mahadayi activist Veeresh Sobaradmutta.
On the Hindutva rants of the BJP and Sangh Parivar, the Home Minister said it was done only for the sake of politics. " We too are practising Hindu Dharma with dedication," the minister said.
On Shobha Karandalje's comment that "Let the CM arrest me if he has courage," the Minister said no one is above law. "Neither me nor the CM can go to arrest her. The Police will act as per the law," he added.
State DGP Neelamani Raju, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Sunil Kumar, DGP Praveen Sood, Senior officials A M Prasad, M N Reddy and others conveyed their New Year wishes to the Home Minister by offering bouquets.
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Kerala HC gives interim protection from arrest to Rahul Mamkootathil in rape case
Kochi (PTI): The Kerala High Court on Saturday gave interim protection from arrest to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a case of rape and forced abortion against him.
Justice K Babu said that it will hear Mamkootathil's anticipatory bail plea on December 15 and till then he should not be arrested.
"Petitioner shall not be arrested during the pendency. Post on December 15, 2025," the court said.
Advocate S Rajeev, appearing for the expelled Congress MLA confirmed the order.
However, Mamkootathil is accused in a second case of sexual assault.
A sessions court in Thiruvananthapuram had on Thursday rejected his plea for anticipatory bail in the first case of rape and forced abortion registered against him last week.
A second rape case was lodged against him on Wednesday based on the complaint of a second woman, a resident of Bengaluru.
Mamkootathil, who has been absconding since the registration of the first rape case against him, has claimed in his plea in the High Court that he was innocent and his custodial interrogation was not required.
He has also contended that the relationship between him and the first complainant was consensual and when it became strained, a complaint was lodged against him.
The MLA has further claimed that the woman was married, but separated from her husband, and in order to "save her own skin" she disowned their relationship.
In his plea, Mamkootathil has said that he was prepared to explain each and every circumstance of the offences alleged against him and will also cooperate with the probe if he would get an opportunity to appear before the investigating officer without any fear of arrest.
He has also alleged that there is an attempt by the investigation agency to "mislead the facts" and he has got ample documents to establish the same.
