Belthangady: Belthangady Police on Wednesday arrested two people in connection with illegal and violent smuggling of cattle in a car which met accident on June 7 here in Belthangady.

The arrested have been identified as Anwar (27) and Zubair (26) both residents of Moodbidri. According to the police the car in which the cattle was being transported belongs to Anwar. Police also said that a fake registration number plate was used on car while the cattle were being transported.

On June 7, when the cattle were being illegally transported the car met an accident killing five cattle on the spot, while one cattle was injured seriously. After the accident the accused had fled the accident spot.

The accident resulted in a widespread outrage among local over the conditions in which the cattle were being transported illegally in car. Several social and religious personalities including Qazi condemned the incident and the cruelty with which the animal were being transported. They had demanded immediate arrest of the accused and to initiate action against them.

Working on the case the Belthangady Police laid a trap to arrest the accused and arrested two including the car owner on Wednesday. Police said that two more accused in the case are absconding and they are working on tracing them.

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New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Culture allegedly spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print advertisements marking the 100-year celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), according to a Right to Information (RTI) reply.

The information was sought by RTI activist Ajay Basudev Bose, who filed an application seeking details on expenditure incurred by the ministry for advertisements commemorating the RSS centenary.

Bose shared a picture of the reply from the ministry on his official ‘X’ handle.

“It is informed that an amount of Rs 76,13,129 has been spent on advertisement given in various print media by the Ministry of Culture on the occasion of the completion of 100 years of RSS,” the government’s reply stated.

Bose questioned the expenditure in the post X, “when Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??”

Reacting to the development, Karnataka’s IT-BT and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge also criticised the spending.

In a post on X, he asked why public money was being used for what he described as a “private ideological project.”

"Modi Sarkar spent Rs 76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS. Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to celebrate their centenary?," he added. 

According to reports, the RSS describes itself as a volunteer-based organisation and has stated that it functions as a body of individuals rather than a registered entity.

Founded by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in 1925, the organisation is marking its centenary year beginning from Vijaydashami in 2025, with the milestone observed on October 2.