Sri Rama Sena honours men who vandalized Muslim vendor’s cart outside temple
Smashes watermelon to celebrate their bail
Dharwad: Sri Rama Sena members who were arrested for vandalizing the pushcarts of Muslim vendors outside temple were on Saturday released on bail. The Hindutva organisation celebrated their release by garlanding them while smashing a watermelon to “commemorate” the vandalizing of Nabisaab’s cart.
Four Sri Rama Sena members were arrested for vandalizing the pushcarts of Muslim vendors and destroying the fruits they were selling.
The rampage was committed by Chidananda Kalal, Kumar Kattimani, Mylarappa Guddappanavar and Mahalinga Aigali of the Sene on 9 Aril outside a temple in Nuggikeri village here, the visuals of which were viral on social media. Subsequently, the four were taken to judicial custody till 22 April. However, they were released on bail on 16 April.
According to a video shared by journalist Imran Khan on his Twitter handle, TNM reported that the slogans of “Jai Shri Ram” were raised to welcome the culprits while smashing a watermelon to facilitate the four men. The video also shows a fellow member of the Sena lighting a small Diya on the watermelon before smashing it.
Four #sriramsene activists arrested for destroying watermelon cart of a #Muslim man named Nabisab Killedar in #Dharward #Karnataka were released on bail.They were welcomed by sriramsene members by breaking watermelon. pic.twitter.com/852XCEHFfz
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5 schoolchildren among 7 killed in blast in southwest Pakistan
Islamabad (PTI): At least seven people, including five schoolchildren and a policeman, were killed on Friday in a remote-controlled blast in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, according to media reports.
The blast occurred at 8.35 am near a school at the Civil Hospital Chowk of the Mastung district of the province, Dawn newspaper reported.
“It appears that an IED (improvised explosive device) attached to a motorcycle was detonated near a police mobile,” Kalat Division Commissioner Naeem Bazai was quoted as saying in the report.
“So far, seven individuals have been killed, including five school students,” Bazai said. At least 22 people were injured in the attack.
Most of those injured were schoolchildren, Geo News reported, adding that they were shifted to a nearby hospital.
A police van and several auto-rickshaws were damaged in the explosion, according to the report.
An emergency was declared across all Quetta hospitals after the blast, the report said quoting the provincial health department spokesperson, adding that all doctors, pharmacists, staff nurses and other medical staff were summoned.
