Bakrid: Group attacks students who visited friend’s home; Five held
Puttur: Puttur rural police have arrested five persons for allegedly assaulting students, including girls, who were on the way to visit their classmate’s residence.
The incident took place on Wednesday at Renja near Bettampady in Puttur taluk.
A student at Sahyadri College in Mangaluru Abdul Shamir, son of Ibrahim, had invited his classmates to his house on the festival. Five girls and five boys arrived at Renja by bus and hired a rickshaw to reach Shamir’s home.
During the journey, when the rickshaw driver asked about their purpose of going, they said that they were going to Shamir’s home to have bakrid lunch. After learning this, the rickshaw driver, who not only refused to drop them at the address, also informed this to Sangh Parivar organisations allegedly. At the same time, Abdul Shamir, who was waiting to pick up his friends, had reportedly been abused and beaten up by a gang. The injured Shamir has been admitted to the Puttur Government Hospital.
A case was registered against residents Rukma, Satish Kurnappadi, Sheshappa Pittar, Rickshaw driver Ganesh, Kunhi, Duggappa, and Purushottama, who allegedly attacked and blocked the students, attempted to hurt communal sentiments and tried to spark communal violence.
The residents have expressed their anger and distrust against the attack on the students who were arrived to accept the invitation of Bakrid lunch.
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Kantara mimicking case: HC extends interim relief given to actor Ranveer Singh till March 9
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Monday extended the interim relief given to Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh till March 9, in a case related to mimicking a character from the movie, 'Kantara Chapter-1', and allegedly mocking a deity.
The actor had approached the High Court seeking the quashing of the FIR against him for mimicking Rishab Shetty's role as 'Chavunda' deity in the movie.
While mimicking, Singh had called the deity a "ghost". The actor was asked to appear before the court in person on Monday.
Appearing on behalf of the actor, his counsel Sajjan Poovayya said Singh was stuck in London and was unable to reach Bengaluru due to the conflict in West Asia.
The complainant, who is a lawyer, alleged that his religious sentiments were hurt by calling the deity a ghost. On the directions of a local Court, the police registered a case against the actor.
The High Court on February 24 granted interim relief to the actor with directions to the police not to take any coercive steps against him.
