Mangaluru: SSF, SYS stage protest against media houses that framed Abdul Rauf as 'terrorist'
Mangaluru: In the wake of a recent incident wherein a Belthangady Madrasa employee Abdul Rauf was telecasted as “Terrorist” by some of the major media houses of the region, Sunni Students Federation (SSF) and Sunni Yuvajana Sangam on Monday staged protest outside Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner’s office at State Bank here.
The protesters raised slogans against the media houses while also calling such incidents as “Media Terrorism”.
SYS Karnataka Chief G. M Mohammed Kamil added that the protest was not against all the media houses but only against those who ‘misuse their freedom of press’ to harass ordinary citizens of the country by labelling them anti-national.
Mohammed Ali of SSF Dakshina Kannada remarked that the media had tarnished the image of innocent man Abdul Rauf by showing him as a terrorist on TV. “These media houses are the dark spots of the media and journalism industry” he said while further criticizing them for their irresponsible and questionable reporting.
Adding that the media’s irrensponsible and biased attitude will hurt the secular fabric of the country, he said “The society will not accept such media houses and they will lose their credibility if they keep attacking one single religion”.
SSF District President Ibrahim Sakafi stressed that a media house should work as a force to secure democratic and secular values in the country. He called upon the police to take action against the media houses spreading fake news while also noting that the organisation will continue protesting in state and national capital if action is not initiated against these media houses.
Victim Abdul Rauf Musliyar, SSF District Secretaries Hafil yakub Saidi, KP Sirajuddin Sakafi and Ashraf Kinara and others were present during the protest.
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Manipur: Mortal remains of children killed in bomb attack handed over to family
Imphal (PTI): The mortal remains of two children, who were killed in a bomb attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district in April, were handed over to family members on Saturday, officials said.
The bodies of the five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister were kept in the morgue for 25 days, as the family members had refused to accept the mortal remains, demanding that the perpetrators be brought to book at the earliest.
On April 25, Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh had appealed to the family members of the children to accept the bodies. Singh had also said that all efforts were underway to find the culprits.
The two children were killed in a bomb attack at Tronglaobi in Bishnupur district on April 7. Their bodies were kept in the morgue at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal.
The incident had triggered widespread violent protests in the five valley districts of Manipur, and the case was subsequently handed over to the NIA.
Hundreds of people lined up along the way to Tronglaobi to offer floral tributes, as the mortal remains were taken for the last rites in an open vehicle earlier in the day.
