“Mistake owing to communication gap,” MLA Yatnal clarifies over alleged derogatory speech on Prophet
Vijayapura: Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has denied making any derogatory statement about Prophet Muhammad, clarifying that there was a misstatement during his speech at a Ram Navami event in Hubballi. "I did not speak about Prophet Muhammad. I meant to refer to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, but there was a mistake in the speed of speech," he said addressing reporters on Monday.
He alleged that members of the Congress, frustrated by their hooliganism and failure to collect their hafta (extortion) in Vijayapura are using the Prophet as an excuse to speak against me. “There is no culture of denigrating another religion in Hinduism. Our gurus and elders have not taught us that,” he said.
Responding to another controversy involving an audio clip in which he was allegedly threatened, Yatnal said the police are investigating the matter and that those behind it will soon be exposed. “No one can finish me. The Hindus of Karnataka are with me. If someone tries to finish me, the whole state will rise in protest,” he warned.
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Spiritual organisation functionary loses Rs 2.5 cr in 'digital arrest' fraud; six held
Ujjain/Gwalior (MP), Apr 20 (PTI): Two employees of a private bank and four others were nabbed from Ujjain district after a functionary of a spiritual body was allegedly "digitally arrested" by cyber crooks for "money laundering" and forced to transfer Rs 2.5 crore over 26 days, police said.
Swami Supradiptananda, secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Ashram in Gwalior, on April 16 lodged a complaint stating that he was made to transfer the money in tranches after he was "digitally arrested", an official said.
During the investigation, Gwalior crime branch officials arrested six persons after raiding places in Nagda and Ujjain, a police officer said.
Nagda police station in-charge AL Gawri said, apart from committing online frauds, the accused were also allegedly involved in renting out bank accounts, distributing fake SIM cards, and using gaming apps to cheat people.
Gwalior's Superintendent of Police Dharmveer Singh said crime branch teams raided places in Ujjain and Nagda following a tip-off.
The arrested persons are identified as Rahul Kahar, Tushar Gome, Karan Vinagya, Shubham Rathod, Vishwajeet Barman, and Kajal Jaiswal.
The probe revealed that a huge amount had been fraudulently transferred to an account of a private bank in Nagda and immediately withdrawn through a cheque, he said.
The role of the assistant manager and a female cashier of the bank surfaced during the probe, he said.
He said several accounts in the private bank are also under scanner.
