Karnataka NRI Forum shares joy of Eid, Ganesha Chathurti with special children

September 3, 2011

Mangalore, September 3: Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah organised a programme on Friday at Asha Nilaya Special Children's school, Udupi to share the joy of Eid-ul-Fitr and Ganesha Chathurti festivals with special children.

Rev Goldin Bangera, Area Chairman and Presbyter Incharge, CSI Jubilee Church inaugurated the celebration by feeding sweets and dates to the students, and praised the organizers for celebrating festivals in a unique manner.

After distributing uniforms to the students, Ln Jayakar Shetty Indrali, Lions Dist. Governor Dist. 324D 4, called upon the people to spend time with special children to understand values of life.

Chief guest Abdul Rauf Puttige, Managing Director Vishwas Bawa Builders Mangalore, appreciated NRI members of Jeddah for their desire to serve the home land.

He urged them to take some valuable project in Karnataka which will benefit the under privileged of the society.

On behalf of Hassan Asif, Member, Special Olympic medal winning Indian football team and National Body Building Champion in special children category who also a guest, his father Mr Basheer, spoke about the ways to deal with special children and urged the parents of such children to love their children instead of cursing them and identify their interest and encourage them.

Presiding over the function, Mohammad Mansoor President of Karnataka NRI Forum, called upon the people to respect each other and help the people who live below poverty line and less privileged.

SM Jaffer Treasurer Karnataka NRI forum briefed about the motto of the organisation after welcoming the gathering.

Nafeesathul Misriya, Teacher MET Public School compered the programme. More than 85 students received uniform on the occasion. Members of various organisation and prominent people from Udupi participated in the function.

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HC refuses to quash probe against Mangaluru WhatsApp admin over offensive posts

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February 1,2026

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash an investigation against a WhatsApp group administrator accused of allowing the circulation of obscene and offensive images depicting Hindutva politicians and idols in 2021.

Justice M Nagaprasanna observed that, prima facie, the ingredients of the offence under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code were made out. “The offence under Section 295A of the IPC is met to every word of its ingredient, albeit prima facie,” the judge said.

The petitioner, Sirajuddin, a resident of Belthangady taluk in Dakshina Kannada district, had challenged the FIR registered against him at the CEN (Cyber, Economics and Narcotics) police station, Mangaluru, for offences under Section 295A of the IPC and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act. Section 295A relates to punishment for deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings of any class of citizens.

According to the complaint filed by K Jayaraj Salian, also a resident of Belthangady taluk, he received a WhatsApp group link from an unknown source and was added to the group after accessing it. The group reportedly had six administrators and around 250 participants, where obscene and offensive images depicting Hindu deities and certain political figures were allegedly circulated repeatedly.

Sirajuddin was arrested in connection with the case and later released on bail on February 16, 2021. He argued before the court that he was being selectively targeted, while other administrators—including the creator of the group—were neither arrested nor investigated. He also contended that the Magistrate could not have taken cognisance of the offence under Section 295A without prior sanction under Section 196(1) of the CrPC.

Rejecting the argument, Justice Nagaprasanna held that prior sanction is required only at the stage of taking cognisance, and not at the stage of registration of the crime or during investigation.

The judge noted that the State had produced the entire investigation material before the court. “A perusal of the material reveals depictions of Hindu deities in an extraordinarily obscene, demeaning and profane manner. The content is such that its reproduction in a judicial order would itself be inappropriate,” the court said, adding that the material, on its face, had the tendency to outrage religious feelings and disturb communal harmony.

Observing that the case was still at the investigation stage, the court said it could not interdict the probe at this juncture. However, it expressed concern that the investigating officer appeared to have not proceeded uniformly against all administrators. The court clarified that if the investigation revealed the active involvement of any member in permitting the circulation of such content, they must also be proceeded against.

“At this investigative stage, any further observation by this Court would be unnecessary,” the order concluded.

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