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Time of India
2 days ago
- General
- Time of India
One more held in Suhas Shetty murder case
Mangaluru: The CCB sleuths of Mangaluru City police arrested one more person in connection with the murder of Hindu activist and rowdy-sheeter Suhas Shetty. According to police, the accused is Abdul Razak,59, hailing from Bajpe and currently residing at an apartment in Kenjar. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Police said that he is accused of conspiring in the murder along with the main accused, and helping them abscond. It is alleged that he conspired with the key accused, his son Mohammad Muzammil, and his son-in-law Naushad Vamanjoor alias Chotte Naushad. It is also learnt that the planning of the murder took place at his residence, and that he assisted the accused in evading arrest. The investigation into the murder case is ongoing, and efforts are under way to trace the remaining accused involved in the crime. The victim was hacked to death on May 1, and the police subsequently arrested eight persons in connection with the case. Later, three more were arrested, bringing the total number of arrests to 12.
India Gazette
3 days ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
Karnataka: RSS leader Kalladaka Prabhakar Bhat booked for alleged provocative remarks
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 2 (ANI): Rashtriya Swamyamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat has been booked by Mangaluru Police for allegedly delivering a provocative speech during a condolence program held for the recent murder in the district. Bhat had delivered the speech on May 12, at Madwa Palace Kalyana Mantapa Hall in Kavlapadoor village. According to police, Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, while addressing approximately 500 attendees at the event, made statements that are believed to 'disrupt social harmony, create animosity between religious groups, and incite communal disharmony.' Authorities stated that there is a potential for disturbance to law and order in the district due to these statements. On Monday, a case was filed against the RSS leader at Bantwal Rural Police Station under Section 353(2) Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita. Section 353 deals with statements conducing to public mischief, with the section 2 detailing that whoever makes, publishes or circulates any statement or report containing false information, rumour or alarming news, including through electronic means, with intent to create or promote, or which is likely to create or promote. feelings of enmity, hatred or ill will between different groups shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. Further legal action will be taken, police to the police, the RSS leader was speaking at an event to condole the murder of a youth, Suhas Shetty, which took place on May 1 by unidentified assailants. Shetty was the main accused I the Fazil murder case. Multiple leaders, including BJP leader CT Ravi have asked for the case to be transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). CT Ravi expressed distrust in the ongoing state-led probe on May 6, claiming, 'This is a pre-planned murder. This is also failure of the state government... we don't trust the probe conducted by the state government.' Ravi also highlighted that despite prior warnings and a social media post made weeks ago, no security was provided to Suhas Shetty, underscoring what he called a lapse in governance. (ANI)
New Indian Express
4 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat booked for inflammatory speech
MANGALURU: RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat has been booked for delivering an inflammatory speech delivered on May 12 during a Shraddanjali event organised for slaid rowdy-sheeter and VHP activist Suhas Shetty. In a statement, the Dakshina Kannada district police said Bhat delivered the provocative speech while addressing over 500 people gathered at the event held at Madhwa Palace Kalyana Mantap at Kavalapaduru village in Bantwal taluk. He spoke in a manner which could create disturbance in the society, create enmity between different religions resulting in law and order problem. Bantwal rural police have registered a case under section 353(2) of BNS.
The Print
29-05-2025
- Politics
- The Print
A chain of retaliatory killings & a political blame game keep coastal Karnataka on boil
The pick-up truck driver's was a third murder in the coastal district in nearly a month, in what is emerging as a disturbing pattern of retaliatory killings that haunt the coastal districts of Karnataka including Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada and Mangaluru city. It was no surprise Rahiman's last rites procession witnessed heavy police security. 'We need justice,' an inconsolable Shabana, his sister, told reporters. 'He was involved only in his work and did no wrong to anyone. Those who did this to him should be punished.' Bengaluru: Hundreds of people braved incessant rains in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district Wednesday to take part in a funeral procession. The body of 32-year-old Abdul Rahiman was taken from the hospital to his house and then to a mosque before the last rites were conducted. On 17 April, a 35-year-old Kerala resident was lynched by a mob allegedly for chanting pro-Pakistan slogans during a cricket match in Mangaluru's Kudupu locality, bordering Kerala. This was followed by the brutal killing of 33-year-old Suhas Shetty, a rowdy-sheeter, in full public view on 1 May at the busy Kinnipadavu locality of the city. As soon as news of Shetty's murder hit headlines, the Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government issued orders to form an 'anti-communal force,' in the state, potentially nothing like any state has seen so far. This force is yet to become operational, even as tensions in the communally sensitive coastal regions remain dangerously close to spiraling out of control. 'There are some formalities to be completed on how it needs to be formed, who will head it, what powers should these people be given…all of these have to be examined, studied and then be formed. So, yesterday (Wednesday) we have issued a government order to form the anti-communal force,' G. Parameshwara, Karnataka's minister for home affairs, told reporters Thursday. Rahiman was attacked Tuesday afternoon by a machete-wielding group of more than 15 people. Another person, Kalandar Shafi, also a pick-up truck diver, was injured in the attack and is under treatment. The police are yet to officially ascertain the motive behind the killing but all fingers point to the possibility of retaliatory murders. According to the FIR registered after the murder, at least 15 people attacked the duo near Kuriyala village. Deepak, Sumith and 13 other unnamed individuals have been listed as the main accused in the case that has pushed the coastal district on the edge again. Also Read: Coastal Karnataka on edge as murder accused 'Hindu activist' hacked to death in Mangaluru Random retaliation Some instances of stone-pelting were reported Wednesday in Surathkal in northern Mangaluru. After Suhas Shetty's murder too, there were at least three instances of machete-wielding groups trying to attack random strangers in parts of the district, apparently to avenge the killing. 'Unlike in cases involving rowdies, where one gang kills the others' members because they were involved, here they need a person from the other religion. If it's a Muslim, they need a Hindu and vice-versa. And in the process, the easiest ones get killed,' said a senior police officer who was posted in the region. What appears to be a cycle of tit-for-tat killings ostensibly triggered by the killing of 19-year-old Masood B. who was attacked by unidentified people on 19 July, 2022, in Kalinja in Sullia taluk. He died two days later in a hospital. His death did not make headlines but there were those who wanted to avenge his killing. On July 26 that year, bike-borne assailants hacked to death Praveen Nettaru, a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BYJM) worker in Bellare village, fuelling tensions. The ruling BJP was unable to give an explanation. Suhas Shetty was out in vengeance and randomly chose a target. The next day, Suhas allegedly killed 23-year-old Faizal in the busy Mangalpete locality of Surathkal in the northern part of the coastal district. Adil, Faizal's brother, now is the main accused in the murder case of Suhas Shetty. Before that in June 2017, there were clashes triggered by the killing of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) leader Ashraf Kalayi, fueling a flare-up. This was followed by a fatal attack on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker Sharath Madivala in early July that year. BJP vs Congress Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao, Karnataka's minister for health & family welfare, said Wednesday the chain of retaliatory murders was giving the state and district a bad name, and also deterring investors. Rao, who is also the Dakshina Kannada district minister, said the entire Sangh Parivar ecosystem too was responsible for the situation. Asked if Rahiman's killing was another communally motivated murder, Rao said, 'Let the entire investigation come out, we are not people who speak out provocatively like the BJP. They have no control over their tongues…have no limit on their tongue. You have seen how they speak, the Sangh Parivar, the BJP and their leaders… if they get the opportunity, they will carry out their politics over a dead body.' BJP began its 2018 Karnataka assembly election campaign with a tableau in Uttara Kannada's Ankola, depicting Hindus and cows being killed by Muslims. Shobha Karandlaje, Ananth Kumar Hegde and others participated in the padayatra (foot march) to highlight the alleged systemic targeting of Hindus under Siddaramaiah's rule. Karandlaje also released a list of 23 names claiming they were Hindutva workers killed by jihadists. It was found later that several of these people had died of unrelated causes, and some are even alive, according to multiple reports, including police versions. The Congress and BJP have traded charges, accusing each other of emboldening the other side to carry out these murders. 'Some of these people believe that they can do anything under the name of Hindutva. They use religion as a shield for killing someone or making provocative speeches,' Rao said Wednesday. BJP hit back, accusing the Congress of appeasement. 'There is no system to keep law and order in the state. There are an increasing number of love-jihad cases, terrorism activities. The number of people saying Pakistan Zindabad has also gone up…there is a mindset for retaliatory killings that is not good for the state,' responded R. Ashoka, the Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka. He said Congress's appeasement politics was the main reason for communal discord in the coastal districts. Meanwhile, a senior intelligence officer said the killings can be understood only through the lens of politics and local sentiments. 'That's where the entire game is.' (Edited by Ajeet Tiwari) Also Read: Amid row over 'janeu' removal at CET centres, Oppn targets Siddaramaiah govt with 'hijab' jibe
News18
29-05-2025
- News18
Three Arrested In Connection With Mangaluru's Abdul Rahiman Murder Case
Last Updated: On May 27, Abdul Rahiman was killed and his brother, Kalandar Shafi, suffered severe injuries after a group of miscreants attacked them with a sword in Mangaluru. The Dakshina Kannada District Police have arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of Abdul Rahiman in Bantwal, Mangaluru, police officials said on Thursday. The arrested individuals have been identified as 21-year-old Deepak, 21-year-old Pruthviraj and 19-year old Chintan, news agency ANI reported citing the police. On May 27, Abdul Rahiman was killed and his brother, Kalandar Shafi, suffered severe injuries after a group of miscreants attacked them with a sword in Ira Kodi, Kuriyala village, Bantwal Rural Police Station limits. The incident took place when the deceased, a truck driver, and his brother were unloading gravel when two assailants on a motorcycle attacked them with a sword. Both of them were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment where Rahiman succumbed to his wounds, while his brother is undergoing treatment. The Bantwal Rural Police Station had registered a case under sections 191(1), 191(2), 191(3), 118(1), 118(2), 109, and 103 of the 190 BNS 2023. Earlier today, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah reviewed the law and order situation in the city in the wake of the incident. Prohibitory orders have been imposed in Bantwal till May 30 as a precautionary measure. The Chief Minister said that the efforts were underway to restore communal harmony in the region. 'There should not be any hatred between Hindus and Muslims. We are committed to ensuring peace and harmony in Dakshina Kannada," he said, adding that no one involved in the violence would be spared, regardless of their influence. The killing comes close on the heels of Hindutva activist Suhas Shetty's murder on May 1. Suhas Shetty, a known rowdy sheeter and Hindutva activist, was murdered by an unidentified group earlier this month within the Bajpe police station limits in Mangaluru. He was attacked at around 8:30 pm while he was traveling with five of his associates when their vehicle was intercepted near Kinnipadavu Cross by the attackers. The twin killings in the district, first of Suhas Shetty and now Abdul Rahiman, have raised concerns about retaliatory violence and growing polarisation in the coastal district. (With inputs from agencies) First Published: May 29, 2025, 19:17 IST
