Sanatan Sanstha will be banned if its involvement in Gauri murder case proved: DCM
Bengaluru, August 31: The Gauri Lankesh Trust led by freedom fighter HS Doreswamy urged Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar to ban Sanatan Samsta and withdraw the cases booked against Jignesh Mevani and Prakash Rai.
Trust members who met the DCM at the Vidhana Soudha here on Friday, said that cases were filed against Jignesh Mevani and Prakash Rai under Election Code of Conduct for participating and speaking at a campaign against communal forces during last Assembly election. Those cases should be withdrawn immediately, they demanded.
Later, Parameshwar told reporters that the trust members have asked him to ban the Sanatan Sanstha. The government would take a decision if the Sanatan Samsta’s involvement in the Gauri murder case was proved in the investigation, he said.
Doreswamy hailed the efforts of the government in arresting the accused in the case. Trust would conduct a meeting on September 5 to mark Gauri’s death anniversary and sought protection to the meeting. People from all over the country would participate in the programme. So, the government would give protection to the programme, he said.
Former minister BT Lalitha Nayak, chief minister’s former media advisor Dinesh Amin Mattu and others were present.
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Indian national stabbed to death in Canada
Ottawa, (PTI): An Indian national was stabbed to death near Canada's Ottawa city and police have taken one suspect in custody, the Indian mission in the country said.
The High Commission of India in Ottawa, the capital of Canada, said the incident happened in Rockland. It did not identify the victim.
"We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of an Indian national in Rockland near Ottawa due to a stabbing. Police have stated a suspect has been taken into custody," The High Commission posted on X on Friday.
"We are in close contact through a local community association to provide all possible assistance to the bereaved kin," it said.
According to CTV News, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said a shooting incident happened near Lalonde Street in Rockland just before 3 pm on Friday.
The site is roughly 40 kilometres east of downtown Ottawa.
Police have not yet said what charges the person in custody faces, the report said.
OPP said there is no concern for public safety.
“As we are just in the early stages of the investigation, there is no further information that can be provided,” the CTV News quoted OPP as saying.
