Accused Gurudev Pai apologizes over viral audio against Dr. Kakkilaya, Prof. Narendra Nayak
Mangaluru: A man named Gurudev Pai has reportedly confessed and apologized for making the viral derogatory audio clip against Dr. Kakkilaya and Prof. Narendra Nayak. The audio had recently gone viral across social media platforms in the wake of Dr. Kakkilaya’s altercation with a supermarket owner about wearing a mask.
Gurudev Pai reportedly confessed and apologized at the police station about the audio wherein he had used foul language and derogatory remarks against Dr. Kakkilaya and Prof. Nayak.
Prof. Narendra Nayak had registered a complaint at the Urva Police station on May 21st citing that the accused had mentioned the names of Prof. Nayak and Dr. Srinivas Kakkilaya, and used derogatory words against them whilst making a statement of incitement to violence against both. He had earlier demanded that the person in the audio should be identified and necessary legal actions must be taken against him.
After investigating the claims around the complaint, the police caught a man named Gurudev Pai whose voice was recorded in the audio making derogatory remarks against Prof. Nayak and Dr. Kakkilaya, along with incitement to violence against both of them. The police produced the accused Gurudev Pai in front of Prof. Nayak at the police station and reportedly conducted an inquiry.
The accused Gurudev Pai, who was heard talking obscene things in the audio reportedly stood before Prof. Narendra Nayak and sought his apology that he had made a mistake. Urva Station Inspector informed that the accused was made to write a statement promising that he would not indulge in similar activities and was fined for the crime.
Narendra Nayak, who spoke to ‘VarthaBharathi’ about the incident that unfolded said, “Concerning the complaint, I made against the obscene audio recording which explicitly mentioned my name in a defamatory language, a man named Gurudev Pai was called into the station. That individual has apologized to me”, he confirmed.
“This is not the first time that such defamatory statements, threats to life are being made against Narendra Nayak. Apart from receiving threatening phone calls, he has also been subjected to life-threatening attacks. In this case, the accused has apologized. Therefore, under the Karnataka Police Act, he has been made to write down a statement and issued a fine. However, since Narendra Nayak has been repeatedly subjected to similar defamatory attacks, we are thinking about pursuing a case against Libel”, lawyer and wife of Narendra Nayak, Asha Nayak said.
Transcript of the Viral Audio:
“In your supermarket’s video, the person who is seen is Dr. Srinivas Kakkilya, right? He is a rascal, you should have slapped him on the cheek. You should have registered a complaint against him with the District Commissioner and City Police Commissioner. If you need any legal aid, I will arrange and give it. Put him behind the bars man. Kakkilaya, he is a Commi... Communist guy. Take legal action against him, you will get 100% support for sure. Your Jimmy’s Supermarket name will come up in the market, I am sure of that.”
“He is a confirmed Communist. Nobody likes him. Should see to it that he is locked behind the bara for 7 years. He is a Brahmin. There is another Konkani supporting him. His name is Narendra Nayak. This rascal also supports that man.”
In this manner, Dr. Srinivas Kakkilaya and rationalist Prof. Narendra Nayak were insulted and defamed in derogatory audio that became viral on social media sites in recent times. Both Prof. Nayak and Dr. Kakkilaya had registered a complaint against this with the police.
Let the accused apologize publicly, take lawful action against him: Netizens Demand
Prof. Narendra Nayak has published a Facebook post revealing that the accused who was waylaid by the police had apologized to him for speaking in a derogatory and defamatory manner in the viral audio against him and Dr. Kakkilaya. Netizens who responded to his post demanded that the accused must be made to apologize in public.
The accused made incitement to violence and uttered hateful speech against Dr. Srinivas Kakkilaya and Pro. Narendra Nayak, he has insulted them publicly. Therefore, he must apologize to them publicly as well, Netizens demanded.
The investigation of the complaint registered by Dr. Srinivas Kakkilaya on the same case is ongoing.
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NEET aspirant from Haryana hangs self in Kota; parents suspect murder, demand fair probe
Kota (Rajasthan), Apr 29: A 20-year-old NEET aspirant was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his hostel room in Kunhari area here, with his parents suspecting he was murdered, police said on Monday.
This is the eighth case of suicide by a coaching student in Kota since January. The number of student suicides in Kota stood at 26 in 2023.
Sumit Panchal, who hailed from Haryana's Rohtak, had been preparing for NEET at a coaching institute here for over a year, the police said.
His parents have demanded the registration of a murder case against unidentified persons and an impartial investigation into the matter.
On demand of the student's parents, a medical board was constituted to perform the autopsy, said Assistant Sub-Inspector Kaptan, who is investigating the case.
The body was handed over to the family after the post-mortem, they said.
The student had allegedly hanged himself around 9 hours before his body was spotted by the hostel staff, the ASI said.
Panchal's body was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his room at the hostel in Landmark City under the Kunhari police station limits on Sunday night, they said.
However, his parents suspected Panchal was murdered, citing that the injury on his neck from the rope was too deep to be caused by hanging, the police said.
A case of unnatural death under section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code has been lodged for initial investigation in the matter, they said.
No suicide note was recovered from the student's hostel room and the reason behind his extreme step is yet to be ascertained, Arvind Bhardwaj, Circle Inspector (CI) at Kunhari police station, said on Monday.
Panchal was supposed to take the NEET-UG exam next month, the police said.
He allegedly hanged himself sometime on Sunday noon but the matter came to light only around 9.30 pm when the warden spotted the body and informed the police, the CI said.
A police team rushed to the spot and recovered the body and shifted it to the mortuary of MBS Hospital for postmortem, he added.
In gross violation of safety norms, the hostel room did not have an anti-suicide device installed with the ceiling fan, which could have averted the tragedy, the officer added.
Meanwhile, the deceased's father, uncle and grandfather who reached Kota on Monday morning to claim the body suspected foul play and claimed Panchal did not commit suicide but was murdered.
"Sumit was good at studies and would always assure us of securing a rank among the top ten. He cannot commit suicide," his uncle Surendra Panchal told PTI outside the mortuary.
The wound on his neck is so deep that it couldn't have been caused by hanging, he claimed and demanded autopsy by medical board.
The student's family has also demanded the formation of a SIT for investigation in the matter, CI Bhardwaj said.
