Karnataka HC refuses expeditious hearing of hate speech petition against BJP leaders
Bengaluru, Apr 1: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday refused out-of-turn expeditious hearing of a petition seeking government action against BJP leaders, including Union Minister of State for Agriculture Shobha Karandlaje and Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K S Eshwarappa and others for alleged hate speech.
The court said the petition would be heard on its turn.
Mohammed Khaleelulla, the petitioner, has claimed in the petition that there "being capricious and eccentric speeches spewing abhor, inviting hate against Muslim community in particular within the society by patriarchs and leaders holding authorities in the State and Central Governments," action should be initiated against Eshwarappa, party leaders C T Ravi, former minister M P Renukacharya, Prathap Simha and Rishikumara Swamy (Kali Swamy), Pramod Mutalik, Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Shobha Karandlaje, Tejasvi Surya, Sulibele Chakravarthy and others.
The petitioner from Mandya, claims that these political leaders and private persons were making inflammatory anti-Muslim speeches creating disparity within the society and developing bitterness between communities.
The petition lists dozens of media reports and videos of the alleged hate speeches.
Apart from the Karnataka government law and home departments, the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs has also been named as respondent in the petition.
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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
