Plot to kill rationalist Prof Narendra Nayak?
Complaint lodged against stranger
Mangaluru, June 14: Mangaluru-based rationalist and Rationalists Association national president Prof Narendra Nayak lodged a complaint against hatching out a plot for the third time to kill him after the murder of rationalist Prof MM Kalburgi and journalist Gauri Lankesh.
Prof Nayak said that he has lodged the complaint following a suspicious movement of a stranger before his flat and previous incidents. On June 12, a stranger came to the flat where Prof Nayak is living and said he would require a labourer to his teacher. Suspecting his attitude and movement, when the flat watchman asked him, he fled the scene, it is said.
Speaking to Varthabharati, Prof Nayak said that the stranger came to his flat on Tuesday. Because of his suspicious attitude, flat watchman asked him. But he left the place without giving any answer. When this incident happened, he was in Tamil Nadu and he has reached Mangaluru on Thursday. Now, he has given a complaint against this incident to Urva police station, he said.
In last March and November, murder attempt was made against Prof Nayak and even he had received a threatening call. But the purpose of the stranger is not yet known. But he has given the complaint based on the previous attempts, he said.
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US Consulate in Dubai reportedly attacked
Dubai: Smoke was seen rising from an area near the United States Consulate in Dubai, according to witness accounts cited by Reuters.
There was no immediate official confirmation on the extent of damage or whether there were any casualties in the incident.
Earlier, the US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, was also attacked. Authorities reported damage to the premises, but no casualties were recorded.
The developments come amid heightened tensions in the region, with Iran continuing to target US interests in the Middle East following deadly attacks launched on Saturday by Israel and the United States.
Near US embassy in Dubai pic.twitter.com/z5VTZNVxNO
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