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MUTALIK 'FACES' IRE OF PROTESTORES
Group of men claiming to be Youth Congress workers attack Sri Ram Sene leader.
· The incident took place at Samsa Bayalu Rangamandira behind Ravindra Kalakshethra where a local TV channel had organised a debate PREMA YUDDHA inviting prominent speakers and students to air their opinion on Valentine's Day.
· Nine persons including Srinivas from Youth Congress Bhavanishankar of Sri Ram Sena, Chethan and his associates were arrested following the incident. Pramod Mutalik Vimala K S, vice president, Janawadi Mahila Sanghatane, Agni Sridhar and others had occupied the dais. All was well through out the marathon debate but things turned ugly towards the end when a group of young men claiming to be Youth Congress workers barged on the stage armed with bottles of grease and attacked Mutalik. For a few minutes things came to a standstill as the shocked organisers and the audience were taken aback. Thanks to the timely intervention of cops, who took control of the situation the day was saved of further trouble.
UGLY SCENES
· While the youth took on Mutalik, a women's rights activist, Vimala was attacked on the other side. ASene activist came close to her and spat at her. Within seconds a few crew members and others pulled him aside and saved the woman from further embarrassment. At the same time we are also opposing the Hindutva brigade's message not to celebrate Valentine's Day and that it is against Hindu culture. When they can celebrate rakhi why not Valentine's Day. We are of the opinion that Valentine's Day is yet another day don't convert it into a business module.
one more stabbed in ullal
10 held in separate incidents; Section 144 clamped in the area.
Manglore: In what appeared to be a retaliatory attack, a 26 year old man was stabbed in Ullal on Friday night.
Late on Thursday night two persons, including a priest of a mosque, were stabbed.
On Friday, Sandeep alias Dhananjay of Mogaveerapatna was stabbed by two unidenti-fied miscreants in his back while he was riding his bike from Mogaveerapatna to play cricket."Miscreants, who chased Sandeep's bike stopped him and stabbed him from behind,' according to police. He was rushed to Netaji Yellappa Memorial Hospital in Thokkottu. Police said that Sandeep, who sustained injury in his back is out of danger. A case has been registered.
Police said none has been arrested in connection with the Thursday's sabbing incident near Ullal bridge. Superintendent of Police Dr A S Rao said that Section 144 has been imposed in Ullal to check untoward incidents. Ten persons were arrested in connection with various incidents while 24 members of Sri Ram Sene and similar organisations were taken into preventive custody by police.
STONES THROWN
Though there were rumours that the Sene had called for a bundh in the wake of Thursday's incident of assault on Pramod Mutalik in Banglore normal life in the district was not affected. Most of the shops and establishments did normal bussiness, while a few were closed due to Shivarathri. However, the frequency of buses was less as miscreants pelted stones at a few buses in the morning. Police said 10 cases of stone throwing on buses were reported in various parts of the city including Vamanjoor and Neermarga.