Court orders case against 3 for releasing defamatory clips against Dr. Srinivas Kakkilaya
Three include two owners of Mangaluru's supermarket
Mangaluru: A Mangaluru Court on February 23, ordered registration of criminal case against the owners of Jimmy's supermarket and one more individual for releasing the CCTV footage and spreading defamatory audio clips against reputed Mangaluru doctor, Dr Srinivas Kakkilaya and his father and freedom fighter Late B V Kakkillaya and his teacher.
The case dates back to May 19, 2021 when government had imposed several COVID restrictions. Dr. Srinivas Kakkilaya had opposed mandatory wearing of face masks in the supermarket calling it unscientific.
The issue had prompted attention of national media with CCTV footage from Jimmy's supermarket where Dr. Kakkilaya had refused to wear face mask, going viral.
The police had later filed a case against Dr Kakkilya and in about a month, they had filed the charge sheet in the case.
Dr. Kakkilaya had filed a writ petition in the High Court of Karnataka seeking quashing of the chargesheet and the High Court ordered interim stay on further proceedings on August 31, 2021, which continues to be in force.
Dr. Kakkilaya had filed a complaint at the JMFC VI court in Mangaluru against Ryan Rozario and Donald Rozario, the owners of Jimmy's supermarket and against one Gurudev Pai, for conspiring and releasing and spreading the video along with audio clips containing defamatory remarks against him, his father BV Kakkilaya, a freedom fighter and Prof. Narendra Nayak who Dr. Kakkilaya regards as his teacher.
The court after hearing the complaint has ordered registration of criminal case against the three accused and have also ordered issuance of summons to them.
"It’s the politically motivated conspiracy and arrogant and fake self-righteousness of medical organisations that resulted in the perverted attacks to vilify me and to hoist false cases against me for scientifically questioning or criticising the unscientific, wrong, anti-people decisions of the government, and I shall continue to fight until justice is obtained, said Dr Kakkilaya in a release.
All the questions and concerns that I had raised and the suggestions that I had made regarding the management of the new Coronavirus have since been vindicated and proven to be correct and scientific by the many studies and reports published in the last 3 years." Dr. Kakkilaya said in a press release.
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
