Instagrammer shares post celebrating Nejaru murder, heroize accused as ‘world record breaker'
Udupi: A viral social media post shared in the instant image sharing platform, Instagram, celebrating the chilling quadruple murder in Nejaru has garnered widespread outrage from netizens. The viral Instagram story is seen portraying the accused as a ‘world-record breaker.’
The story in circulation was shared from an Instagram account identified as (Hindu_Mantra_) with a caption which stated "He killed 4 Muslims within 15 minutes and created a world record". In the post, the accused Praveen Chowgale was seen glorified with his photos being edited with a crown placed on his head. The malicious account holder, justifying his/her actions also mentioned that “No one has come to the issue of Udupi girls, therefore, we will not come to this issue either.''
At a time when the society is recovering from the brutal killing of four of the same family that has sent shockwaves across the entire state, this malicious post has now triggered massive outrage.
Upon running a scan on the platform, we found that this is not the first such malicious attempt, the account with around 1,585 followers has around 54 posts uploaded and most of them were found to be having hateful content, especially loathing and denigrating the Muslim community.
Meanwhile a case has been lodged against the Instagram user at the Udupi CEN (Cyber, Economics and Narcotics) station.
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M'luru: School physical education teacher’s body found under mysterious circumstances in well
Ullal: The body of a 51-year-old physical education teacher was found in a well at his residence in Kondana, under the limits of Kotekar town, on Friday evening.
The deceased has been identified as Prabhakar Jogi, who was serving as a physical education teacher at the Government School in Kallarakodi, Naringana village. Police suspect that he may have died by suicide, allegedly due to health-related issues.
According to police, Prabhakar had dropped his daughter at Uchila School earlier in the day for the school anniversary programme and returned home.
He was later preparing to attend the same event along with his wife and son, when he suddenly went missing. A search was launched by family members, following which his body was found in the well located at his house.
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Police said that Prabhakar Jogi was reportedly suffering from a neurological disorder. He had served in several schools across Ullal taluk and was actively involved in organisations of physical education teachers.
Ullal police visited the spot, conducted an inspection and sent the body for post-mortem examination.
In his complaint to the police, Prabhakar’s son, Sai Tejas, stated that his father had jumped into the well and that there was no suspicion surrounding the death.
Based on the complaint, a case has been registered and further investigation is underway.
