Kalaburagi: BJP leader Manikant Rathod threatens mass killing of Muslims; Second case filed
Police yet to arrest the BJP leader despite two FIRs; Widespread outrage
Kalaburagi: Shahabad Police filed an FIR against BJP leader Manikant Rathod on Sunday, for threatening to undertake a murder of Muslims en masse by Boramathi community if Kalaburagi police held back from intervening for 15 to 20 minutes.
Rathod shared a video clip on his Facebook page on Saturday, alleging that law and order had deteriorated in Kalaburagi district. He added that the Muslim community should be uprooted and people accused of ‘Love Jihad’ should be murdered within eight days.
As the video clip went viral, a case was filed by CEN Police on Saturday, while Shahabad Police have now registered a second case against Rathod, based on a complaint filed by Mohammad Masthan, a resident of Shahabad, alleging that the BJP leader was attempting to distort communal harmony with his video clip.
Muslim leaders as well as leaders of progressive organizations have expressed fury at the police inaction in the matter in spite of two cases being filed against Rathod for his provocative statements.
Earlier, Chittapur police had also filed a case against the BJP leader for making derogatory remarks about District In-charge Minister Priyank Kharge.
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Mentally unstable man arrested for bludgeoning elderly mother, wife to death in Jharkhand
Lohardaga (Jharkhand) (PTI): A mentally unstable man was arrested for allegedly bludgeoning his elderly mother and wife to death in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district, police said on Sunday.
The incident took place in Dhanamuji village in Bhandra police station area on Saturday evening. The deceased have been identified as Rupi Oraon (62) and Somri Oraon (45), they said.
"The accused, Madwa Oraon, was arrested immediately after the incident. He allegedly attacked his mother and wife with an iron rod after an altercation over some issues, leading to their death on the spot," Lohardaga Superintendent of Police (SP) Sadique Anwar Rizvi said.
He said the bodies of both the victims were sent to Sadar Hospital, Lohardaga for post-mortem examination.
"The accused is mentally unstable. He has been receiving treatment for the last one year. He used to get agitated over small issues, and that might have been the reason behind the incident," another police officer said.
An FIR has been registered against the accused, Manoj Gupta, officer-in-charge of Bhandra police station, said.
