Dharmasthala: Mandya YouTuber alleges paid campaign against Dharmasthala, seeks SIT probe
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Mandya: A local YouTuber has alleged that some content creators were offered money to produce videos targeting Dharmasthala under the guise of campaigns seeking justice for Sowjanya.
According to a report by Deccan Herald, Sumanth, a resident of Thoppanahalli in Maddur taluk, claimed he too was approached with such an offer but refused. “A conspiracy was hatched two years ago. YouTubers were funded to promote it. I was offered money as well, but I rejected it,” he said. Sumanth demanded a Special Investigation Team (SIT) inquiry into those “luring YouTubers with money” to post defamatory content.
The remarks come against the backdrop of recent cases involving YouTubers and activists over their comments on the Dharmasthala issue.
Meanwhile, Srirangapatna MLA Ramesh Bandisiddegowda praised the state government’s handling of the matter. He said the SIT probe had “upheld the glory and tradition” of the kshetra and protected the reputation of Lord Manjunatha and Annappa Swamy.
“The government has acted rightly. If the SIT probe had not been ordered, critics would have accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of being ‘secularist’ and targeted Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar despite his faith,” the MLA said in the report by DH, dismissing the opposition’s demand to hand the case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
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23-year-old woman found dead at Delhi home; suicide suspected
New Delhi (PTI): A 23-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Delhi's Prem Nagar area, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, an official said on Tuesday.
The deceased, identified as Anjali Singh, was found motionless in her room on Monday by her sister and her neighbour.
Police said her father, Vinod Kumar Singh (51), told them that he and his wife were away at work at the time of the incident, while their son and the other daughter were also not at home at the time of the incident.
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According to the family, the room in which Anjali was found was locked from the inside. The door was later forcibly opened by a neighbour and her sister with the help of a crowbar.
Her body was found lying on the bed inside the room, police said.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Anjali had allegedly hanged herself using a piece of cloth tied to the ceiling fan.
It is suspected that the noose eventually might have loosened or torn off, resulting in her being found lying on the bed.
Family members informed the police that Anjali was a final-year student of a librarian science course from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). About a week ago, her final-year examination results were declared, and she had failed, following which she had been under depression, they said.
The family has not raised any allegation of foul play, police said, adding that no suicide note or external injury marks were found on the body during the initial inspection.
Inquest proceedings have been initiated in the matter as per the law. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death, and further investigation is underway, police added.
