Bantwal: Punjlakatte Police has arrested one person for allegedly sharing obscene pictures of a woman on social media with whom he was in a relationship for last three years.

The accused identified as Jeethesh Sapalya, was reportedly irked by the woman’s family rejecting his wedding proposal to the woman after which he allegedly uploaded her images on social media platoforms.

According to the reports Jeethesh had captured images of the woman in complicated positions when he had reportedly visited her house when she was alone. A case in this regard was registered at Punjlakatte Police Station on September 18.

The accused was reportedly arrested on September 19 from Manjeshwar by Punjlakatte Sub-Inspector led team. He was later produced before magistrate who has sent the accused to judicial custody.

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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.