Mangaluru Court issues non-bailable warrant against former cop Jayanth Shetty in 14-year-old case
Mangaluru: A court on Monday issued non-bailable warrant against retired police officer Jayanth Shetty in a 14-year-old case for repeatedly skipping appearing in court despite summons.
The case pertains to a private complaint filed by activist Kabeer Ullal in 2008 when the officer was serving as the head of anti-rowdy squad.
Kabeer alleged Jayanth Shetty and other police personnel used to target innocent people from Ullal.
"Since I was fighting a legal battle against the harassment, Shetty arrested me during the 2008 communal riots that took place in Ullal.I was sent to the Bellary jail at the time. After being in judicial custody for one week, I was able to secure bail and during that time I filed a private complaint in the court against Inspector Jayanth Shetty and S.I. Shivaprakash. The case had even reached the High Court. Amid this, the Mangaluru Court dismissed my complaint. However, I was relentless and continued my battle. As a result of this, Shivaprakash had to secure bail, while Jayanth Shetty kept dodging court hearings and remained absent. Now the court issued a non-bailable warrant against Shetty on June 20”, Kabir Ullal said.
Kabeer's lawyer SS Qazi said the court has issued notice to Mangaluru Police Commissioner to arrest Shetty and present him before the court.
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BJP claims some Muslim bodies asking community to vote for INDIA bloc
asks EC, SC to take strict action
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Saturday alleged that some Muslim bodies are trying to vitiate the poll atmosphere in Maharashtra and Jharkhand by appealing to their community members to vote for the INDIA bloc on the lines of religion, and urged the Election Commission and the Supreme Court to take action in the matter.
Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, party national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said All India Muslim Personal Law Board's functionary Maulana Sajjad Nomani has said that the outfit has decided to support Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on 269 seats and other non-BJP parties on a few seats in Maharashtra Assembly polls.
He said that Nomani has appealed to the Muslims to vote for the MVA, saying the outcome of the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections will have an impact not only on the future of the state but also on the future of the entire country.
Earlier the Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind's Lohardaga unit appealed to the Muslims to vote en bloc for the Congress-JMM-RJD-CPI (ML) Liberation combine in Jharkhand, Bhatia claimed.
"This is called vote jihad," he said, adding, "This is the height of appeasement politics" by the MVA in Maharashtra and Congress-JMM in Jharkhand.
Bhatia said that an appeal for votes made on the basis of religion amounts to corrupt practices.
"It can not be tolerated in a democracy like ours where elections have to be as pure as Mother Ganges. It's a very worrisome trend that we have seen that for the lust of power, the Congress, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray are ready to appease, adopt infiltrators and say 'I love you' to illegal immigrants," he said.
He said illegal immigrants can be a threat to national security but it doesn't matter to the INDIA bloc parties.
Bhatia said when Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a "positive slogan" for national unity, saying "ek rahoge toh, safe rahoge", the INDIA bloc raised objections even though "a wise person, even a child would say this is the mool mantra for the progress of the country".
"When Ulema, All India Muslim Personal Law Board and other (Muslim) outfits come out in the open and appeal to all Muslims to come together, it's our appeal to the Election Commission and the Supreme Court to ensure that no political party vitiates the elections. Take cognisance of the matter and take strict action against them," the BJP spokesperson added.
