Mangaluru: SKSSF District Committee on Tuesday demanded a public apology from SDPI leader for allegedly criticising religious scholars for political gains.

Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday at the Mangaluru Press Club here, SKSSF Secretary Abdul Khader said that SKSSF is a religious organisation and keeps itself away from politics. “Recently the SDPI who is opting for caste polarization ahead of the Lok Sabha Election, had criticised Muslim Scholars and has portrayed discriminatedly. They have also criticised Shariat related matters” he said.

“SKSSF wants to maintain communal harmony and strongly condemns such caste based politics. SDPI speaks as if they represent the community” he further added.

“The SKSSF has time and again worked towards maintaining communal harmony and for protecting the religious interests in the region under the leadership of various religious scholars who takes timely decision for the betterment of the religion. The SDPI on the other hand has been trying to take control over the religion and its matters. Shariat cannot be an agenda for the elections”.

“Let the politicians do politics there are religious scholars to take care if the religion. If politicians try to interfere in our religion, we know how to put them at their right places. We demand public apology from SDPI leaders for their interference in religious matters. We will take further decision in this regard later” Khader said.

SKSSSF District President Kasim Darimi, General Secretary Ismail Yamani, Arif Badaqabailu and Syed Basha Tangal were also present at the press meet.

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Guwahati (PTI): The police have initiated an inquiry after a “hidden camera” was found in a bathroom of the girls’ hostel on the Guwahati campus of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), an officer said on Friday.

The TISS authorities had intimated the police and filed a complaint in connection with the incident, he said.

“Based on the complaint, an investigation has been initiated,” the police officer said.

The TISS Guwahati, in a statement, had said that the recent incident was a “serious privacy violation, and is entirely unacceptable and condemnable”.

It said internal security protocols were being reviewed to ensure non-recurrence of any such incident in the future.

Support services are in place for the affected students, and the TISS is fully cooperating with the police in the case, the statement said.