BJP trying to divide people on basis of language, says Uddhav; accuses it of indulging in conspiracy
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday lashed out at the ruling BJP, accusing it of trying to divide people on the basis of language.
Addressing party workers here, he also described the BJP as a party that indulges in conspiracy and machinations.
"Their balloon of Hindutva has burst," Thackeray alleged.
"The BJP is resorting to a linguistic divide. It is not our demand that people should be killed on the basis of language," Thackeray said.
He was referring to the incident in which 19-year-old student, Arnav Khaire, committed suicide in Thane district after a group of people allegedly assaulted him on a local train following an argument over not speaking in Marathi.
The first-year science student hanged himself at his apartment in Kalyan East on Tuesday evening.
Thackeray said no language should do injustice to another.
"BJP and RSS are spreading the venom and blaming us," he alleged.
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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
