Case against woman for 2-yr-old "deleted" facebook post on beef eating
Guwahati, Aug 15: Assam Police on Wednesday registered a suo motu case against a woman, a research scholar of the Gauhati University, for a two-year-old Facebook post on beef eating, which was claimed to have been deleted long back.
The police also arrested another person from Kokrajhar district on the charge of posting objectionable pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on social media.
A senior official of the Guwahati Police said they came to know about the post of the research scholar, Rehna Sultana, after a local news portal published it on Wednesday, and registered a case against her under the Information Technology Act.
"I do not know why the news portal published the news now. The portal claimed that Sultana posted it during the Eid on Monday. But that is wrong, it is an old post," the senior official said on condition of anonymity.
He said Sultana is unlikely to be arrested and only a routine investigation will be carried out as cognizance cannot be taken for such an old incident.
The original post was published in June, 2017 and it was related to eating beef.
When contacted, Sultana said, "It was posted on the day of India-Pakistan cricket match in June 2017. Virat Kohli was out for zero on that day. I am a cricket fan and was very sad. I had uploaded the post out of frustration on the performance of Indian team.
"However, I accept that I should not have given that post. That is why I had deleted the post within minutes of uploading it," she said.
Sultana said she suspects that the issue was dug up since she helps people of the minority community in their work related to the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
"I work for the genuine people for their inclusion in the NRC. Recently I helped them during hearing. I suspect this issue has been raked up to demoralise me for my stand in NRC," she claimed.
Meanwhile, the police arrested one person from Kokrajhar district on Tuesday night for allegedly posting objectionable and derogatory pictures of the Prime Minister and the Union home minister.
Kokrajhar SP Rajen Singh said he was arrested from Singimari village under Fakiragram police station limits.
Police seized one mobile phone and two SIM cards from his possession.
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Mangaluru court sentences man to life for 2022 murder
Mangaluru (Karnataka) (PTI): A court in Mangaluru on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the murder of a 47-year-old man in Dakshina Kannada district in 2022.
The II Additional District and Sessions Court Judge, Jagadish V N, convicted the accused, Murugan, under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced him to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 10,000.
According to the police, the case relates to the murder of Harish Salyan, a resident of Ullanje in Mangaluru city.
The incident occurred on March 19, 2022, near a tourist car parking area at Mulki Pete in Bappanadu village of Mulki town in Dakshina Kannada district.
Investigations revealed that the accused attacked Salyan with a red laterite stone embedded in cement concrete, repeatedly striking his face and killing him on the spot.
Police said the murder was allegedly committed due to financial enmity between the accused and the victim.
Following the incident, a case was registered at the Mulki police station, and the matter was later taken up for trial in the Sessions Court.
The investigation in the case was carried out by Police Inspector Kusumadhar, who filed the charge sheet before the court. Assistant Sub-Inspector Sanjeev assisted in the investigation.
During the trial, the prosecution was represented by Public Prosecutor Jyothi Pramod Nayak, who argued the case on behalf of the state.
Based on the evidence and arguments presented, the court pronounced the verdict convicting the accused and awarding life imprisonment.
