MANGALURU: The Mangaluru City police has booked a suo moto case towards hatemongers who circulated misleading church attack movies after ballot effects.
City police commissioner Vipul Kumar warned that those looking to disturb communal harmony can be dealt with iron hands. “We have booked a case beneath IPC sections 153A, 507 and 502. This is a step taken to make sure that such miscreants are kept beneath keep watch over, and don’t spark any communal pressure. We are investigating this issue.”
Hours after the BJP won 7 out of eight seats in Dakshina Kannada district, and all 5 seats in Udupi district, a sequence of outdated movies and photographs claiming that some churches in Mangaluru region had been attacked via right-wingers went viral on social media. Social media posts claimed that BJP and Sangh Parivar activists attacked St Lawrence Church in Bondel, which was once as regards to a counting centre, on Tuesday. The put up said all the way through the victory party of the celebration, celebration staff tried to plant BJP flags near a crucifix.
However, in fact, no such incidents have taken place until date, after May 15, and such posts are pretend. The movies circulated are nearly 10-years-old. The attacks proven in the movies happened in 2008.
City police commissioner Vipul Kumar warned that those looking to disturb communal harmony can be dealt with iron hands. “We have booked a case beneath IPC sections 153A, 507 and 502. This is a step taken to make sure that such miscreants are kept beneath keep watch over, and don’t spark any communal pressure. We are investigating this issue.”
Hours after the BJP won 7 out of eight seats in Dakshina Kannada district, and all 5 seats in Udupi district, a sequence of outdated movies and photographs claiming that some churches in Mangaluru region had been attacked via right-wingers went viral on social media. Social media posts claimed that BJP and Sangh Parivar activists attacked St Lawrence Church in Bondel, which was once as regards to a counting centre, on Tuesday. The put up said all the way through the victory party of the celebration, celebration staff tried to plant BJP flags near a crucifix.
However, in fact, no such incidents have taken place until date, after May 15, and such posts are pretend. The movies circulated are nearly 10-years-old. The attacks proven in the movies happened in 2008.
Police book suo moto case for circulation of church attack videos
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