PIL filed in HC against 60 media houses for videographing, harassing Hijab wearing students, teacher
Bengaluru: A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed by Abdul Mansoor, Mohammed Khalil, and Asif Ahmed before the Karnataka High Court Against more than 60 media houses seeking orders to restrain media from chasing and video graphing Hijab-wearing students and teachers who are on their way to schools and colleges.
The plea stated that media establishments provoked by some vested interests are subjecting students to humiliation and disgrace by criminalizing their faith, belief, identity, culture, etc.
"Repeated attempts are being made to polarize, divide, and to communalize the student community by injecting the venom of hate, disrespect, and vengeance which ultimately culminates into violent actions and reactions,"
"Since one month, the cameramen and reporters are seen assembling in and around premises of government colleges and schools wherever the female children and teachers are proceeding to attend their classes, they were being chased, abusing, screaming, sloganeering, targeting, demeaning, compelling to uncloth themselves which are being photographed, videographed, and being printed and telecasted around 24/7 hours with the sole intention of belittling the democratic values and cherished principles of unity in diversity," the PIL stated.
Apart from the media houses, the plea has mentioned social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, messaging app WhatsApp, along with search engines Google, Yahoo, and Video posting platform YouTube as respondents.
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Minister Parameshwara says remarks on properties linked to drug peddlers 'misunderstood'
Tumakuru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said his recent remarks on the demolition of properties linked to those involved in narcotics trade were "misunderstood and misinterpreted".
His clarification follows remarks made two days ago on the government's uncompromising crackdown on the drug menace, including action against properties linked to foreign nationals allegedly involved in drug trafficking.
"It is unfortunate. It is taken in the wrong sense. I didn't mean that tomorrow itself I am going to send bulldozers and demolish the houses. That was not my intention. It was wrongly taken," he told reporters here.
Responding to Congress MLC K Abdul Jabbar's question in the legislative council on the growing drug menace in Bengaluru, Davangere and coastal districts, the minister on Thursday detailed the extensive enforcement measures initiated since the Congress government assumed office.
Pointing to the involvement of some foreign nationals, the minister had said, "Many foreign students from African countries have come to Karnataka. They are into the drug business. We catch them and register cases against them, but they want the case to be registered because once the case is registered, we cannot deport them."
"We have gone to the extent of demolishing the rented building where they stay," he had said.
