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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23-year-old woman found dead at Delhi home; suicide suspected
New Delhi (PTI): A 23-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Delhi's Prem Nagar area, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, an official said on Tuesday.
The deceased, identified as Anjali Singh, was found motionless in her room on Monday by her sister and her neighbour.
Police said her father, Vinod Kumar Singh (51), told them that he and his wife were away at work at the time of the incident, while their son and the other daughter were also not at home at the time of the incident.
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According to the family, the room in which Anjali was found was locked from the inside. The door was later forcibly opened by a neighbour and her sister with the help of a crowbar.
Her body was found lying on the bed inside the room, police said.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Anjali had allegedly hanged herself using a piece of cloth tied to the ceiling fan.
It is suspected that the noose eventually might have loosened or torn off, resulting in her being found lying on the bed.
Family members informed the police that Anjali was a final-year student of a librarian science course from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). About a week ago, her final-year examination results were declared, and she had failed, following which she had been under depression, they said.
The family has not raised any allegation of foul play, police said, adding that no suicide note or external injury marks were found on the body during the initial inspection.
Inquest proceedings have been initiated in the matter as per the law. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death, and further investigation is underway, police added.
