M’luru: Moral policing on the rise, after Police Officer now Journalist targeted; two arrested
Mangaluru: Even after the newly inducted Congress government's formation of the 'Anti-Communal Wing' instances of moral policing have been on the rise in coastal districts, within days of the case of obstructing and insulting police personnel in Vitla, a similar case of moral policing of a young reporter of the city in the name of religion has come to light.
The Mangaluru Police have arrested Chetan Kumar (38) a resident of Kotekar and Naveen (39) a resident of Yeyyadi in connection with the incident, a case has been registered against the accused under the sections 506 and 507. The police have also informed that among the arrested Chetan was employed as a mason.
The incident which has come to light late, happened on July 26, when a young reporter Abhijit who was employed in a local website, was coming out after having lunch with a lady who was his college classmate in a hotel near Kavoor Junction at around 3 PM, an unknown man came and started insulting him using derogatory words and saying “why are you talking to a Beary, are you a Beary, and if you’re leave from here.” Following which Abhijit showed his Daijiworld Reporter ID card, and the unknown man continued to insult him using foul words.
On the same day, in response to this incident, Abhijit filed a complaint with the local police station, he had noted down the vehicle number of the unknown man’s car. Police Commissioner Kuldeep R. Jain who took the matter seriously, and as per his directions, the accused person, Chetan, was apprehended and taken into custody for questioning. On June 28, he was charged under FIR, and subsequently Chetan, a resident of Kotekar, was arrested and granted bail later.
Abhijit, who gave information about the incident, said, "I had finished lunch with my friend and was coming out of the hotel when two strangers approached us in a car. One of them used derogatory words and insulted us despite me telling him about myself as a journalist and showing my ID card. I had noted down their car number and filed a complaint. The local police and even the Commissioner of Police, along with the Assistant Commissioner of Police, have assisted in the case," he said.
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Stray dogs case: We will play video, ask you what is humanity, SC tells petitioner
New Delhi (PTI): Responding to a petitioner in the stray dogs case who objected to some rules framed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) saying "inhuman" treatment was being meted out to them, the Supreme Court on Thursday said a video will be played in the next hearing, "asking you what is humanity".
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who is appearing in the stray dogs case, told a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that a three-judge special bench which was scheduled to assemble on Thursday to hear the matter was cancelled.
"It will come on January 7," Justice Nath said.
Sibal said, "The problem is that the MCD, in the meantime, has framed some rules which are completely contrary.color:red;"
He urged the bench to hear the matter on Friday, saying authorities don't even have dog shelters. "It is very very inhuman what is being done," Sibal said.
Justice Mehta, in an apparent reference to the stray dog menace, said "On the next date, we will play a video for your benefit and we will ask you what is humanity," .
Sibal responded that they will also play a video to show what was happening.
"The problem is your lordships has passed an order and we respect that. But the point is, there are statutory rules," he said.
When the bench said it would consider the matter on January 7, Sibal said the authorities will implement the rules in December itself.
"They will be implementing it and they will be removing the dogs. They don't have shelters," he said.
Justice Nath said, "It is alright Mr Sibal. Let them do it, we will consider."
The bench said it would hear the matter on January 7.
On November 7, taking note of the "alarming rise" in dog bite incidents within institutional areas like educational institutions, hospitals and railway stations, the apex court directed the forthwith relocation of stray canines to designated shelters after due sterilisation and vaccination.
A three-judge special bench had also said the stray dogs so picked up shall not be released back in the place they were picked up from.
The bench had directed the authorities to ensure the removal of all cattle and other stray animals from state highways, national highways and expressways.
It had said recurrence of dog bite incidents within institutional areas, including sports complexes, reflected not only administrative apathy but also a "systemic failure" to secure these premises from preventable hazards.
The top court had passed a slew of directions in the suo motu case over the stray dog menace.
It is hearing a suo motu case, initiated on July 28 over a media report on stray dog bites leading to rabies, particularly among children, in the national capital.
