Ramanath Rai was in BJP before joining Congress, claims former MLA

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August 30, 2017

Mangaluru, Aug 30: The internal bickering in Congress has come to fore once again in Dakshina Kannada with former Mangaluru City North MLA Vijay Kumar Shetty lashing out at minister for forest, environment and ecology B Ramanath Rai.

Shetty, who knew Rai since his college days, claimed in an interview that the latter was in Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal before joining Congress party.

“Initially Rai was in BJP. During Indira Gandhi’s election, he was in Janata Dal. Later he came to Congress,” said Shetty.

Reacting to the media reports on chief minister Siddaramaiah’s decision to elevate Rai to the post of home minister of Karnataka, Shetty said that the district in-charge minster of Dakshina Kannada faced rowdyism case.

"A rowdy case was registered against Rai in Vittla police station. I too have seen the case record. Since his college days, Rai had faced charges of rowdysim. Giving home minister’s post to such a person will be an unfortunate move,” he said.

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Wednesday, 30 Aug 2017

Case bagge namge gothilla adre asooye yeddu kantha idhe

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December 15,2025

Mangaluru police have arrested a 27-year-old NRI on his return from Saudi Arabia in connection with an Instagram post allegedly containing derogatory and provocative remarks about the Hindu religion, officials said on Monday.

The accused, Abdul Khader Nehad, a resident of Ulaibettu in Mangaluru, was working in Saudi Arabia when the post was uploaded, police said.

A suo motu case was registered at the Bajpe police station on October 11 after an allegedly offensive post circulated from the Instagram account ‘team_sdpi_2025’. Police said the content was flagged for being provocative and derogatory in nature.

During the investigation, technical analysis traced the Instagram post to Nehad, who was residing abroad at the time, a senior police officer said. Based on these findings, a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued against him.

On December 14, Nehad arrived from Saudi Arabia at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, where he was taken into custody on arrival. Police said further investigation is underway.

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