Another FIR filed against Basanagouda Patil Yatnal over remarks on prophet
Vijayapura, Apr 10: An additional FIR has been registered against expelled BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal for allegedly making derogatory statements about Prophet Muhammad during a Ram Navami event held in Hubballi.
The latest case has been filed at the Gandhi Chowk Police Station in Vijayapura, based on a complaint lodged by Bandenawaz Mulla, a representative of the Muslim Muttahida Council from the Vijayapura district. In his complaint, Mulla alleged that Yatnal made provocative and hurtful comments against Islam and the Prophet during a public address at a Ram Navami program at Bani Oni in Hubballi on April 7.
This is the second FIR registered against the MLA in connection with the same speech. Earlier, another complaint had led to an FIR being registered at the Golgummata Police Station in Vijayapura, filed by Muhammad Hannan Sheikh.
Police officials have confirmed that the complaints are being investigated as per legal procedure.
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India-Saudi Arabia ties have acquired strategic depth, momentum: PM Modi
New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India deeply values its long and historic ties with Saudi Arabia, asserting that their relations have acquired a strategic depth and momentum in recent years.
In his departure statement ahead of his two-day visit to the kingdom on the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he said both countries have developed a mutually beneficial and substantive partnership, including in the domains of defence, trade, investment, energy and people-to-people ties.
"We have shared interest and commitment to promote regional peace, prosperity, security and stability," Modi said, noting that it will be his third visit to the country and the first one to the historic city of Jeddah.
He said he looked forward to participating in the second meeting of the Strategic Partnership Council and building upon the highly successful state visit of Mohammed bin Salman to India in 2023.
Modi described the crown prince as "my brother".
He said he is also eager to connect with the "vibrant" Indian community in Saudi Arabia that continues to serve as the living bridge between the two nations and makes an immense contribution to strengthening the cultural and human ties.
Officials noted that all prime ministers before Modi together visited Saudi Arabia three times in close to seven decades. This is also Modi's 15th visit to a country in the Gulf region, they added.
