Theft from donation boxes at place of worship in Bantwal; three men arrested
Bantwal: Three persons were held by Vittal Police under charge of stealing money from a donation box at a place of worship situated in Kanyana of the taluk.
Police officers have said that the arrested men are identified as Twaheed (19), Umar Farooq (18) and Mohammad Nabeel (18), who are residents of Vitla Kasaba village. The men had reportedly broken open two donation boxes at the place of worship and stole approximately Rs 12,000 to Rs 15,000 of cash.
A complaint had been by D Narayana Rao (72) of Delantabettu in Kanyana, who is also the president of the place of worship. Rao had mentioned in his complaint that the boxes were placed by the road near Delantabettu school. While he regularly collected the donation by devotees, he reportedly discovered that the boxes had been forced open and the money stolen on July 26.
A case has been registered at the Vittal Police Station, based on Rao’s complaint, under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 303(2). The officers are investigating further.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
