Bhaskar Shetty murder case: Witnesses get threat calls
Udupi, August 17: The witnesses in the businessman Bhaskar Shetty murder case have received threatening calls. A complaint against this was registered at the town police station.
Two witnesses Arun Kumar (43) and Sathish Poojary of Nandalike in Karkala taluk had gone to Pancharatna hotel for lunch after finishing their statements in the hearing of the Bhaskar Shetty murder case at the principal district and sessions court on August 16. At this time, a stranger who called Arun Kumar spoke in Hindi language and threatened of killing his mother Leelavathi within ten minutes for giving statements against the accused in the court. This phone call was recorded by Sathish Poojary. Later, the stranger called Sathish Poojary also. But Sathish did not receive the call, stated in the complaint lodged by Arun Kumar.
Both of them are the neighbours of the main accused in the case Nandalike Niranjan Bhat. Arun Kumar has given a statement that he has seen burning of the body of Bhaskar Shetty at the house of Niranjan Bhat and Sathish Poojary said that Niranjan Bhat had asked pistol in him. Following the threatening calls, police have been verifying on providing security to the houses of Arun Kumar and Sathish Poojary. The accused Rajeshwari Shetty, Navaneeth Shetty and Niranjan Bhat are in Bengaluru Parappana Agrahara jail.
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SGPC writes to Mann, seeks ban on 'Emergency' in Punjab a day before release
Amritsar, Jan 16 (PTI): The SGPC on Thursday wrote to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, seeking a ban on the release of Kangana Ranaut's movie 'Emergency' saying it "tarnishes" the image of Sikhs and "misrepresents" history.
Actor and BJP MP Ranaut's 'Emergency' is slated to release in cinemas on January 17.
In the letter to Mann, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Harjinder Singh Dhami expressed strong objection to Ranaut's film.
Dhami said that if the film is released in Punjab, it will spark "outrage and anger" in the Sikh community and therefore it is the responsibility of the government to ban its release in the state.
The SGPC, an apex gurdwara body, had earlier also protested the film.
"It has come to our attention that the movie 'Emergency' produced by BJP MP Kangana Ranaut is going to be released on 17th January 2025 in cinemas in different cities of Punjab and the tickets have also started to be booked," its letter to Mann read.
Dhami said the SGPC had also protested the release of the movie in a letter to the Punjab Chief Secretary on November 14 last year.
"But it is sad that the Punjab government has not taken any step till now. If this film is released on January 17, 2025, then it is natural to create outrage and anger in the Sikh world," the current letter read.
Dhami said the SGPC will submit a letter also to all the deputy commissioners in Punjab, seeking a ban on the film in the state.
The SGPC denounced the "character assassination" of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the Khalistani militant killed in 1984 in a military operation.
"If this film is released in Punjab, we will be forced to strongly oppose it at the state level," Dhami said.
In August last year, the SGPC sent a legal notice to the producers of the 'Emergency' film, alleging that it "misrepresented" the character and history of Sikhs, and asked them to remove the objectionable scenes depicting "anti-Sikh" sentiments.
In the notice, the producers of the film, including Kangana Ranaut, were asked to remove the trailer released on August 14 from all public and social media platforms and tender a written apology to the Sikh community.
The SGPC objected to film writing separate letters to the Minister of Information and Broadcasting and the Central Board of Film Certification.
