DCP Bheemshanker Guled chastises reporters for giving communal colour to a case of personal enmity
“Despite detailed clarifications issued in the morning, will you still write whatever you want?”
Bengaluru: The city’s Eastern Division DCP Bheemshanker Guled took the representatives of certain Kannada media channels to task for trying to paint a communal picture concerning the case of personal enmity in which the accused had conspired to place blame on another person for a misdeed done by the former.
Reportedly, a man identified as Fayaz Ullah had sold a house for Rs 35 lakhs, and a person named Azeemullah had brokered the deal. Later, Fayaz Ullah had put forth a demand seeking Rs 40 lakhs, resulting in enmity between the two individuals. Thereafter, Fayaz Ullah conspired to trap Azeemullah in a riot case and laid out a plan in this regard. The accused in this case identified as Syed Asgar, Fayaz Ullah, and Munawar were later arrested by the Honnur station police.
Amid this, certain Kannada media channels had broadcasted programs giving a communal angle to the case, and DCP Bheemshanker Guled took the concerned media representatives to task for communalizing the issue during a press conference clarifying the details of the case.
“Fayaz Ullah paid Syed Asgar to carry out this misdeed. It is true that a petrol bomb was prepared, but it was prepared as a plan to place guilt on an innocent party. However, the claim about conspiracies to murder and destroy a temple is all fake news. Although I clarified this in the morning, you will still go ahead and write whatever you want? Won’t it create unrest in society when you write that the deed was done by a Muslim person? Will you write whatever nonsense you want?” the DCP chastised the media representatives.
While the arrest of the accused was underway, Public TV broadcasted a video news report titled, “Bengalurinalli Hindu Karyakartara Hatyage Sanchu” (Conspiracy to kill Hindu activists in Bengaluru), ‘Hanuman Chalisa pratiyaagi petrol bomb’ (Petrol Bomb against Hanuman Chalisa). ‘Hindu devastaanagala mele petrol bomb hunnara’ (Petrol Bomb planned against Hindu Temples). ‘Hattu biyar batalgalalli petrol daalige plan maadiddaare’ (Petrol attack planned using 10 beer bottles)”, were the fabricated reports broadcasted by the accused TV channel.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
