Target Group Iliyas murder case: two accused arrested
Mangaluru: Pandeshwar police and Mangaluru CCB team, in a joint operation, arrested two persons regarding the murder of Target Group member Iliyas, on Friday morning.
The accused have been identified as Mohammed Sameer alias Sameer alias Robort (27) –a resident of Abbakka and Kasrgod district’s Gerukatte resident Nameer Hamza(34).
A case has been registered in Ullal police station against Sameer for attacking Surma Imran of Target Group and vandalizing house of Hamza, another member of Target Group, and attacking his famility members.
Nameer Hamza also faces a case of attempt to murder in Konaje police station, a case of robbery in Suratkal station, a robbery attempt case in city (north) station, and kidnap case in Ullal police station.
Ilyas was murdered on January 13, in his residence at Mifta Apartment near Jappu Kudupady Juma mosque in the city by stabbing him with a knife. In this regard, a case was registered in Mangaluru south police station.
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CM Siddaramaiah to withdraw all cases against pro-Kannada activists
Bengaluru, Jan 27 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on Monday that all cases registered against pro-Kannada activists will be withdrawn.
The CM was addressing a gathering at the unveiling of the 25-feet-tall bronze statue of Bhuvaneshwari, the goddess who represents the Karnataka state identity, on the premises of the Vidhana Soudha.
The statue of Bhuvaneshwari, which was sculpted at an approximate cost of Rs 21.24 crore is 41-feet-tall including the pedestal, and weighs around 31.5 tonne.
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While speaking at the event, although he acknowledged that one must love and embrace all languages, the CM said, in Karnataka, Kannadigas should follow the culture of speaking and interacting with “their brothers and other speakers” in Kannada.
“Instead of speaking incorrectly in other languages, we should speak our own language. In all our neighbouring states, the language spoken by the people of the respective state is sovereign. This should be practiced here, too,” said Siddaramaiah.
Insisting that everyone in the state should develop respect for the Kannada language, culture and art, the CM called for more learning and teaching of reading and writing Kannada.
“Only then will Kannada become the sovereign language,” he added.
