Mangaluru Airport hoax bomb threat call was publicity stunt by accused: Police Commissioner
Mangaluru: City Police Commissioner Vikash Kumar on Friday said the accused arrested in the Mangaluru Airport hoax bomb threat call wanted publicity and his actions were a publicity stunt.
Giving out more details about the accused, the top cop said the 33-year-old Vasanth is a resident of Mudrady in Karkala Taluk. He added that he had worked in a hotel in Bengaluru and was working in a hotel in Udupi until the COVID lockdown, after which he was staying at his house in Karkala.
Adding that Vasanth was an active mobile internet user, Vikash Kumar said that the accused found the number of former director of the airport on internet and called him informing about the bomb at the airport. He also added that the actions of the accused were inspired the incident that took place in January and to gather attention of people, he called the former director of the airport.
Answering a question over the mental health status of the accused, the commissioner added that he would not comment on the matter before having a medical certification and clarification for the same.
He added that Vasanth was booked under various sections of the IPC and UAPA after his arrests which were non-bailable in nature.
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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.
