Defeating Amarnath Shetty is my prime aim: D M Aslam

April 20, 2013

Mangalore, Apr 20: “Defeating former minister K. Amarnath Shetty, who is contesting as the Janata Dal (Secular) candidate from Mulky-Moodbidri constancy is my prime aim,” said suspended JD(S) leader D M Aslam.

Speaking to media persons here, Mr Aslam, who was the Dakshina Kannada District Minority Unit President of JD(S) confirmed that JD(S) State President H D Kumaraswamy had suspended him and District General Secretary Shashiraj Shetty Kolambe from the primary membership of the party allegedly for anti-party activities and misbehaviour in the party meeting.

“There was a rumour about my suspension and now the party has confirmed it through a letter. I was not an aspirant for the party ticket for coming State Assembly elections. Still party was keen to give 'B' form to me as I am a sincere party worker from 2004, but few leaders including Amarnath Shetty warned party leaders of resigning from the party if they gave 'B' form to me. He was in third place in last State Assembly elections and has no moral right to ask the party ticket. It seems that he is against minorities,” Aslam said. About Chengappa's contest, he said: “I don't know how he will win. He is not a member of the party. They are going to miss around 7,500 minority votes this time,” he added.

Meanwhile, Rameeza Nazeer, one among the two JDS corporators alleged that the party leaders are not responding to the problems of the party workers. “Mohammed Sawad, a boy who worked for the party was injured in a crackers burst incident and died after one month. We requested our party leaders to meet the victim, but they never did it. This is not fair,” she said.

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Mangaluru: Youth arrested for misleading Instagram post targeting police

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December 19,2025

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru CEN police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly posting provocative and misleading content on an Instagram page named “mr_a_titude”, targeting the Bajpe police.

Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H identified the arrested as Abhishek M, a resident of Katipalla in Mangaluru.

A case has been registered at the Bajpe Police Station under Sections 353(1)(c), 353(2), 56, and 57 read with Section 189 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the post.

According to police, the accused uploaded a photograph of a hotel on the Instagram page and alleged that accused persons in a murder case under the Bajpe police jurisdiction were being given “royal treatment” by the police, including being served beef meals daily from the hotel.

The post further accused the police of supporting criminals, misusing their authority, and betraying public trust. Police said the content was provocative in nature and aimed at inciting public outrage against the police.

Following the post, a case was registered at the Bajpe police station, and further investigation was transferred to the CEN police station.

Police records indicate that the accused has a criminal history, with multiple cases registered against him, including murder, attempt to murder, assault, and robbery at the Surathkal Police Station, and one case at the Kaup Police Station.

The Commissioner said the accused was traced and arrested using technical evidence.

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