Dharmasthala Case: Second complaint filed by Jayant T at Dharmasthala Police Station
Belthangady: In a new development in the ongoing Dharmasthala case, a second complainant, Jayant T, has officially filed a complaint at the Dharmasthala police station, stating that he had witnessed a dead body of a young woman being buried illegally in the Dharmasthala village.
Jayant had first appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) office on Saturday, where he had told the media about his claims regarding the burial of dead bodies in violation of the law. On Monday, he again arrived at the SIT office in Belthangady to submit a formal complaint.
However, SIT officers reportedly directed Jayant T to file his complaint at the Dharmasthala police station. Following their advice, he went to the local station and registered his complaint officially.
According to the Superintendent of Police, the Dharmasthala police have registered a case under number 200/DPS/2025 based on Jayant T’s complaint. Officials have also confirmed that a formal investigation into this will be made.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
