Udupi, Jun 29: A Hindutva activist has been booked for posting ‘unpleasant and objectionable’ remarks on facebook against Pejawar mutt chief Vishwesha Teertha Swamiji for hosting "harmony iftar meet" for Muslims in the ancient Krishna temple complex at Udupi.
The Hindutva activist, identified as Vivek Kademani from Bengaluru, was booked based on a complaint by three Muslim men--Arif, Ansar and Ahmed, who were Swamiji’s fans and members of Pejawar blood donation team, police sources said.
Kademani had on his facebook post supporting hardline Hindutva fringe outfit Sri Rama Sene leader Pramod Muthalik, expressed his opposition to the holding of Iftar get-together and Namaz at Sri Krishna mutt last week. He also used objectionable remarks against the Pejawar Swamiji in the post.
The octogenarian Swamiji had drawn the ire of Muthalik who has announced state-wide protests against the seer by his outfit on July.
The senior pontiff of Pejawar mutt had however defended holding the feast during Ramadan, saying that allowing Muslims to offer prayers in the temple complex, had in no way brought any insult to Hindu religion.
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