Friday, October 23, 2009

Karnataka to take steps to counter 'Love Jihad' movement

By Media Monitor Staff Reporter
Thu, Oct 22
Bangalore, Oct 22 (IANS) The Karnataka government Thursday said 'Love Jihad', an alleged attempt by some Muslim men to lure non-Muslim girls with promises of marriage and get them converted to Islam, appeared to be a serious issue and it would take steps to counter it.

A meeting of senior police officials will be held either Friday or Saturday to decide ways to tackle the attempts, Home Minister V.S. Acharya told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

The government has written to Kerala authorities for information on the so-called 'Love jihad movement' which came to public notice in that state in early September when posters warning Hindu girls against falling prey to such a movement surfaced.

The Karnataka government's decision came a day after the state high court expressed concern over the alleged 'Love Jihad' attempts and directed the government to probe the matter.

Justice K. Sreedhar Rao and Justice Ravi Malimath gave the direction during hearing of a habeas corpus petition by C. Selvaraj of Chamarajnagar district, about 180 km from here, seeking production of his daughter Siljaraj.

Selvaraj said in his petition that his daughter Siljaraj was missing since August last year. He came to know that she had eloped with a Muslim youth to Kerala.

Siljaraj, who was produced in the court by Chamarajnagar police, told the judges that she had married Aksar of Kannur, Kerala, on her own and was undergoing religious training after getting converted to Islam.

Rao and Malimath directed her to stay with her parents till the police complete the investigation. The court also said that since she was a major and if it was found to be a bona-fide love marriage, she could go back to Aksar.

The state police are to submit their report by Nov 13.

To support his claim for the custody of his daughter, Selvaraj submitted copies of the Sep 29 judgment of the Kerala High Court in similar habeas corpus petitions.

The Kerala high court had given custody of two girls, who had gone missing in similar circumstances, to their parents. Rao and Malimath said the issue 'warranted a thorough investigation and it also created a serious suspicion with national ramifications'.

They asked the Karnataka police chief to coordinate with the Kerala police in investigating the issue.

The posters against 'love jihad' in Kerala in September were in the name of Sri Rama Sene (army of god Ram), which had earned notoriety in Karnataka earlier this year by bashing up girls for going to a pub in the coastal town of Mangalore and later threatening to marry off boys and girls found celebrating Valentine's Day.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Arms found from Christian rehab centre in Kandhamal

You can easily estimate the Indian media's reaction in case the arms were found in Hindu rehabilitation camp or any Hindu locality.The Pro-Christian political parties would had raised such a storm against Hindus and Hindu organisations,but here arms has been seized from Christian rehab center so no one is taking it seriously.See the full report...

BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik will be visiting Kandhamal district on Thursday at a time when the police seems to have found linkage between the arms
recovered from the Nandagiri rehabilitation centre in Orissa's Kandhamal district and the arms looted from the Nayagarh police armoury by the Maoists last year.

The police on Monday had raided the centre following the death of an inmate during illegal manufacturing of crude bombs there. Interrogation of two injured persons by the police led to recovery of arms which were kept buried inside the camp, police sources said. The firearms include one SLR and three AK-47 rifles. The arms were looted from the Nayagarh police armoury during the ghastly Maoists' raid on it in February 2008. At least a dozen of police personnel were killed in the incident.

Massacre of Hindus in Assam,who will cry for Nepali Hindus??

As dead people are from Nepali Hindu community,there is no one to shed the tears for them...

Guwahati: A massive military operation was launched on Monday after tribal separatists gunned down 11 people and wounded 15 in an Assam village, officials said.

The incident took place late on Sunday when heavily armed militants of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) attacked Bhimajuli village in Sonitpur district, about 240 km north of Guwahati, a police spokesperson said.

A group of about eight to 10 NDFB militants using automatic weapons opened indiscriminate fire on villagers killing 11 people on the spot. Four women and several children were among those killed.

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