Ashraf Salettur incident: Bunder station ASI suspended
Mangaluru, November 6: City Police Commissioner TR Suresh suspended Bunder police station ASI Chandrashekar in related to assaulting Ashraf Salettur accusing him of posting insulting article in Facebook.
Against a Facebook post of some people that ‘Kerala was flooded as the Supreme Court has allowed woman in her menstruation period to enter Sabarimala temple’, Ashraf had asked ‘who is responsible for floods in Tulu Nadu, the creation of Parashurama?’ This has attracted comments favouring his stand and opposing him. Based on this, Bunder police station police have booked suo moto case against Ashraf under Section 153 and 505(2) and produced him before the court on August 22. The court has remanded him to judicial custody. After one week in jail, he came out on bail. Even after his release, he was questioning the injustice he meted out from the police. But the police served him a notice on September 4 saying that you have criticized the same issue in Facebook during the bail period and asked him to appear before the investigating officer. Otherwise, the police would file a petition before the court for cancellation of bail, it was said in the notice.
Considering this issue seriously, DYFI organization appealed the City Police Commissioner and the District Minister. Following the internal enquiry, the Commissioner has suspended the ASI.
DYFI district president BK Imtiyaz said that ‘the police department has tried to cover-up the case. As the court has allowed Ashraf to appoint his advocate, the police department has suspended the ASI. But it has not taken any action against DCP crime branch and CCB police for torturing Ashraf behind the bars, which is condemnable. The investigation method of the police officers has reduced the confidence on the department, he said.
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Communal hate speech case: Bail granted to Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat
Mangaluru: RSS leader Dr. Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat has been granted bail by the Puttur Fifth Additional District and Sessions Court in a case related to alleged communal hate speech.
The case pertains to a complaint filed against Bhat for delivering a speech during a Deepotsava event that was allegedly communal, derogatory towards women, and capable of disturbing public order. The incident took place on October 22 at Uppalige in Puttur taluk during the Deepotsava and Gopuja programme, where Bhat was present.
Following the complaint filed by Eshwari Padmunja at the Puttur Rural Police Station, the police had issued a notice directing Bhat to appear for inquiry. Subsequently, Bhat filed an anticipatory bail petition before the court.
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During the hearing on October 27, the court issued an interim order restraining coercive action and adjourned the matter to October 29 for complete hearing. On October 29, the counsel representing complainant Eshwari Padmunja sought permission to argue under Sections 338 and 339 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The court adjourned the matter several times post that.
On Wednesday, the court granted bail to Prabhakar Bhat.
Advocate Mahesh Kaje represented him in the proceedings.
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