Sangh Parivar activist threatens actor Prakash Raj over remarks on Sowjanya case
Bengaluru: A disturbing video depicting multilingual actor Prakash Raj being threatened with his life by an individual associated with the Sangh Parivar group is making rounds on the social networking platform, Facebook.
The video stems to a recent media interaction of Prakash Raj, where responding to a journalist's query in Shimoga, the actor shared his perspective on the Sowjanya rape case. He suggested that if the intelligence department has any concerns, it is reasonable to subject the priests to inquiry. This statement elicited opposition from Sangh Parivar activist Santosh Kartal.
In the video, Santosh Kartal can be heard issuing a threat to Prakash Raj, warning that unless the actor apologizes to religious leaders, he will face severe consequences. The threat includes a chilling ultimatum: "Your shroud will be lying in front of your house within 24 hours." Santosh Kartal then uploaded this ominous video on his Facebook account.
Reacting to the threat, Prakash Raj took to social media and tagged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Home Minister Dr. G Parameshwar, and senior police officers and brought it to their notice. He expressed his concern with the message, "Nodrapa.. Uttara Kumaras.. are threatening to kill.. En Madana Vasi Yoli" (They are threatening to kill me).
ನೊಡ್ರಪಾ.. ಉತ್ತರ ಕುಮಾರರು .. ಕೊಲೆ ಬೆದರಿಕೆ ಹಾಕ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ .. ಏನ್ ಮಾಡಾಣ ವಸಿ ಯೋಳಿ @siddaramaiah @DrParameshwara @DKShivakumar @DgpKarnataka #KarnatakaPolice #justasking https://t.co/oGUBbmieRD
— Prakash Raj (@prakashraaj) August 16, 2023
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
