Hindutva rowdies' killed my son; I won't forgive them: BJP activist's mother

October 9, 2016

Udupi, Oct 9: Baby Poojary, the mother of BJP activist Praveen Poojary, who was beaten to death while transporting cattle in August, has said that she won't forgive the Hindutva activists, who are responsible for her son's death.

When a delegation of Chalo Udupi-Swabhimani Sangharsha Jatha' visited her house at Kenjoor village, 3km from Santhekatte in Udupi two days ago, the aggrieved mother burst into tears recalling her bread winner son's death.

"We have cattle at home and value it. The Hindutva group activists who killed my son are not animal lovers. In the name of cattle protection, they showed rowdyism. He was the bread-winner of the family," she said.

A group of cow vigilantes owing allegiance to Hindutva groups on August 17 had lynched Praveen Poojary, 29, a BJP worker, to death for allegedly indulging in illegal cattle transpiration in Udupi district.

Praveen owned a tempo rickshaw and ran a chicken stall in his village. He also headed a standing committee of the BJP's Santhekatte unit.

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Where is the killers brothers Naren and Viren.......they only comment for cows....animals....

Got should punish the culprits.

poojariji join hands with secular parties to put this rowdies in jail for ever

Let those culprits stink in jail....dont help them to come out from where they are....

Among the things that the Prophet Muhammed pbuh said to Mauadh RA. When he dispatched him to govern over Yemen was \ And be wary of the supplication of the oppressed, for between it and ALLAH (God) there is no baririer\"

In QURAN
We see Noah pbuh supplicated against his people when they oppressed him, spurned him and rejected his call.

Also Moses pbuh beseeched ALLAH in supplication against the most powerful tyrant of his time 'Pharoah' after he transgressed, oppressed and tyrannized Moses's people. Allah answered his supplication. The oppressor's lot is disgrace in this world and a painful chastisement in the hereafter...

Please Stop hating others..."

Tears of this poor mother will not go vain!!

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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