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.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
HC quashes criminal proceedings against Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi in drugs abuse case
Bengaluru, Jan 14: The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings against Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi in a drug case, saying the prosecution could not substantiate the charges with material evidence.
The bench of Justice Hemant Chandanagoudar also quashed the proceedings against the co-accused Prashant Ranka.
It said, "However, to substantiate the charges against the petitioners, the prosecution has not produced any material evidence to prove that the petitioners organized parties or sold drugs, apart from the voluntary statements of the co-accused and chargesheet witnesses."
"Therefore, the continuation of the criminal proceedings against the petitioners will be an abuse of the legal process of law,” Justice Chandanagoudar observed.
Ragini was among the many celebrities from the Kannada film industry arrested in September 2020.
A case was registered against her at the Cottonpet police station based on a statement by a co-accused B K Ravishankar on September 4, 2020.
