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| {{Short description|Attack in Mangalore, Karnataka}} | |||
| On July 28, 2012, a large gang of activists belonging to the Hindu Jagarana Vedike, a right-wing ] organization<ref name="toi-hjv">http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-04/mangalore/33034531_1_satyajit-hindu-jagaran-vedike-hjv</ref>, attacked, stripped and molested 5 girls and 2 boys at a private birthday party in ], ]. Parts of the incident were recorded on camera by a reporter who was at the scene.<ref name="hindu-interview"> The Hindu. Retrieved August 4, 2012.</ref> | |||
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| The activists claimed the youngsters were consuming alcohol and were involved in some "indecent activities".<ref name="mm1">{{cite web|title=Karnataka Deputy CM confirms arrest of eight alleged rave party attackers in Mangalore|url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/07/29/123-Karnataka-Deputy-CM-confirms-arrest-of-eight-alleged-rave-party-attackers-in-Mangalore-.html|accessdate=14 Aug 2012}}</ref> The police claimed faces of some girls were blackened.<ref name="mm2">{{cite web|title=Mangalore: Girls thrashed for partying, 4 arrested |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mangalore-boys-girls-injured-in-homestay-attack/275807-62-129.html|accessdate=14 Aug 2012}}</ref><ref name="hindu-8">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article3699778.ece</ref> | |||
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| On 28 July 2012, activists belonging to the ] affiliated with the ],<ref name=NIE-rise>{{cite news |title=The rise of a moral vigilante in Karnataka |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/?pageNumber=1&parentId=5438&operation=complaint |access-date=17 August 2012 |newspaper=Indian Express |date=5 August 2012}}</ref> allegedly attacked a birthday party at an unlicensed<ref name="mm2" /> ] in ], ].<ref name="toi">{{cite news |title=Hindu Jagaran Vedike (HJV) south regional chief not keen on electoral role |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Hindu-Jagaran-Vedike-HJV-south-regional-chief-not-keen-on-electoral-role/articleshow/15354271.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103074616/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-04/mangalore/33034531_1_satyajit-hindu-jagaran-vedike-hjv |url-status=live |archive-date=3 January 2013 |access-date=14 Aug 2012 |work=The Times Of India }}</ref><ref name=toi-ncw>{{cite news|title=NCW to probe attack on birthday party|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-15/mangalore/33216372_1_ncw-chairperson-probe-attack-investigation-report|accessdate=18 August 2012|newspaper=Times of India|date=15 August 2012|archive-date=3 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103083633/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-15/mangalore/33216372_1_ncw-chairperson-probe-attack-investigation-report|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| The 12 people at the party, including 5 girls, were allegedly beaten, stripped and molested.<ref name="dh-moral">{{cite news|author =Mangalore |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/267764/moralists-molest-women.html |title='Moralists' molest women |publisher=Deccanherald.com |date=2012-07-28 |accessdate=2012-08-17}}</ref> The faces of some girls were blackened.<ref name="mm2">{{cite news|title=Mangalore: Girls thrashed for partying, 4 arrested |url=https://www.news18.com/videos/india/mangalore-gfx-deepa-492064.html | date=28 July 2012 | publisher=News18 | accessdate=9 February 2019}}</ref> The activists claimed the youngsters were consuming alcohol and were involved in "some indecent activities".<ref name="mm1">{{cite web|title=Karnataka Deputy CM confirms arrest of eight alleged rave party attackers in Mangalore|url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/07/29/123-Karnataka-Deputy-CM-confirms-arrest-of-eight-alleged-rave-party-attackers-in-Mangalore-.html|accessdate=14 Aug 2012}}</ref> | |||
| There are indications that the police were present during the attack, and may have themselves slapped and assaulted the victims away from camera.<ref name="dh-police">http://www.deccanherald.com/content/271013/homestay-attack-took-place-front.html</ref> Immediately following the incident, all the attackers were let go, and the victims were all detained by the police. The victims claim they were subjected to further abuse at the police station.<ref name="dh-police"/> | |||
| ⚫ | Hundreds of locals, including women, staged protests complaining police had not taken steps to check "illegal activities" in the home-stay despite complaining on several occasions.<ref name="mm2" /> Hindu Jagaran Vedike President Jagadish Karanth demanded and check on such "obscene activities".<ref name="mm2" /> | ||
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| Parts of the attack were captured on camera by a reporter at the scene, and were shown on various news channels.<ref name="hindu-interview"> The Hindu. Retrieved 4 August 2012.</ref><ref name="sundayindian"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904102730/http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/a-reporters-tale-of-mangalore-incident/14/38393/ |date=4 September 2021 }} The Sunday Indian. Retrieved 4 August 2012.</ref> | |||
| Twenty two activists were arrested in the following days.<ref name="toi-arrests">{{cite news |author=Jaideep Shenoy |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-02/mangalore/33000547_1_mangalore-south-sub-division-latest-arrests-chief-seemant-kumar-singh |title=Morning Mist Home Stay attack arrests now goes up to 22 - Times Of India |publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2012-08-02 |accessdate=2012-08-17 |archive-date=3 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103085136/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-02/mangalore/33000547_1_mangalore-south-sub-division-latest-arrests-chief-seemant-kumar-singh |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | ==Government response== | ||
| Karnataka Home Minister R. Ashok condemned the attack and said police would take strict action and would not tolerate such incidents.<ref name="mm1"/> | Karnataka Home Minister R. Ashok condemned the attack and said police would take strict action and would not tolerate such incidents.<ref name="mm1"/> | ||
| ===Police=== | ===Police=== | ||
| The government sent a senior police officer, Bipin Gopalakrishnan to visit the spot and investigate. Based on his extensive investigation, Gopalakrishnan made it clear that the boys and girls were colleagues. He also said that there was no use of drugs or any other illegal material at the party and the group of youngsters wanted to leave the home stay by 7:30 pm.<ref name="belle"/> | The government sent a senior police officer, Bipin Gopalakrishnan to visit the spot and investigate. Based on his extensive investigation, Gopalakrishnan made it clear that the boys and girls were colleagues. He also said that there was no use of drugs or any other illegal material at the party and the group of youngsters wanted to leave the home stay by 7:30 pm.<ref name="belle"/>{{Failed verification|date=August 2012}}{{better source|date=September 2012}} | ||
| ===Karnataka State Women's Commission=== | ===Karnataka State Women's Commission=== | ||
| ⚫ | The Women's Commission, which is not an investigating agency{{Failed verification|date=August 2012}}, contradicted the police findings. Its chairman, C. Manjula, continued to insist that it was a ], despite police confirming no drugs were involved. She asked the home ministry to investigate the victims, and claimed they were involved in human trafficking.<ref name="belle">{{cite web|url=http://www.bellevision.com/belle/index.php?action=topnews&type=4347 |title=Welcome |publisher=Bellevision.com |date=2012-08-09 |accessdate=2012-08-17}}</ref>{{better source|date=September 2012}} | ||
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| ⚫ | Manjula also blamed "pseudo-feminists" for allegedly not raising their voice over other instances of atrocities against women.<ref name="mm"/> | ||
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| ⚫ | She claimed that people at the homestay were consuming drugs, and blamed the "irresponsible" district administration "for such behaviour of youths".<ref name="mm" /> The chairperson also demanded unlicensed homestays in Mangalore be shut down and asked home ministry to "initiate an inquiry into the antecedents of the two boys" who were victimized.<ref name="bhaskar"> Retrieved 4 August 2012.</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | Manjula also blamed |
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| ⚫ | ====Commission report==== | ||
| She claimed that people at the homestay were consuming drugs, and blamed the "irresponsible" district administration "for such behaviour of youths".<ref name="mm" /> | |||
| ⚫ | The Commission submitted a report to the Home Ministry on 29 July. | ||
| ⚫ | ====Commission |
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| ⚫ | The Commission submitted a report to the Home Ministry on |
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| The report recommends investigation into whether the 'boys who organised the birthday party had misled the girls'.<ref name="">http://www.asianage.com/india/sham-report-womens-commission-mangalore-home-stay-attack-573</ref> |
The report recommends investigation into whether the 'boys who organised the birthday party had misled the girls'.<ref name="">{{cite news|url=http://www.asianage.com/india/sham-report-womens-commission-mangalore-home-stay-attack-573 |title=A sham report by women's commission on the Mangalore home stay attack |publisher=The Asian Age |date=2012-08-10 |accessdate=2012-08-17}}</ref><ref name="belle" /> In direct contradiction to the police investigation, chairman Manjula claimed that people at the homestay were consuming drugs, and blamed the "irresponsible" district administration "for such behaviour of youths".<ref name="mm"/> | ||
| The Commission also recommended the use of a separate cell for missing trafficked women.<ref name="belle"/> | |||
| It also demands that the father of one of the girls at the party, who is a police official, should be transferred out of the district.<ref name="belle"/> | It also demands that the father of one of the girls at the party, who is a police official, should be transferred out of the district.<ref name="belle"/> | ||
| ==Legality of |
==Legality of Homestay== | ||
| ⚫ | Loretta Rebello is the proprietor of the homestay 'Morning Mist'. One of the victims claimed that they paid a sum of Rs 10,000 for five hours (2.30 pm to 7.30 pm) to party in the 'Morning Mist,' a bungalow with many bedrooms.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|title=Neighbours came to know from TV|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/267929/neighbours-came-know-tv.html|accessdate=14 Aug 2012}}</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | Mangalore City Corporation Officer Manjunath Shetty said Loretta Rebello did not possess any commercial licence to run the homestay.<ref name="mm2" /> ] reports Rebello started renting it out on hourly basis about two years ago.<ref name="mm2" /> | ||
| ⚫ | Loretta Rebello is the proprietor of the homestay |
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| ==Public reaction== | |||
| ⚫ | Mangalore City Corporation Officer Manjunath Shetty said Loretta Rebello did not possess any commercial licence to run the homestay.<ref name="mm2" />] reports Rebello started renting it out on hourly basis about two years ago.<ref name="mm2" /> | ||
| Prohibitory order were immediately slapped on the city. Colleges in the city stayed closed for a day in protest.<ref name="dna-students">{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_mangalore-students-protest-say-city-is-unsafe_1722024 |title=Mangalore students protest; say city is unsafe - Bangalore - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2012-07-31 |accessdate=2012-08-17}}</ref> | |||
| ==Seminar on the ‘Role of Alcohol and Drugs in the Mangalore Attack’== | |||
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| ===Seminar of C Manjula=== | |||
| They claimed alcohol was the main reason for attack at the Morning Mist Homestay in Mangalore. Sacchinanda Hegde insisted that the 5 girls and 2 boys were part of a rave party.<ref name="mm" /> | |||
| ⚫ | Kannada thinker M Chidananda Murthy, senior advocate Pramila Nesargi, Women's Commission head C Manjula and KSTB chairperson Sacchinanda Hegde said the victims were under the influence of alcohol.<ref name="mm">{{cite web|title=Alcohol blamed for homestay attack|url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article589054.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816003842/http://newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article589054.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 August 2012|accessdate=14 Aug 2012}}</ref> | ||
| He further claimed media portrayed it as a birthday bash as a daughter of a police official was present at the party and claimed officials had found beer bottles at the homestay.<ref name="mm" /> | They claimed alcohol was the main reason for attack at the Morning Mist Homestay in Mangalore. Sacchinanda Hegde insisted that the 5 girls and 2 boys were part of a rave party.<ref name="mm" /> He further claimed media portrayed it as a birthday bash as a daughter of a police official was present at the party and claimed officials had found beer bottles at the homestay.<ref name="mm" /> | ||
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| ⚫ | Hundreds of locals, including women, staged protests |
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On 28 July 2012, activists belonging to the Hindu Jagarana Vedike affiliated with the Sangh Parivar, allegedly attacked a birthday party at an unlicensed homestay in Mangalore, Karnataka.
The 12 people at the party, including 5 girls, were allegedly beaten, stripped and molested. The faces of some girls were blackened. The activists claimed the youngsters were consuming alcohol and were involved in "some indecent activities".
Hundreds of locals, including women, staged protests complaining police had not taken steps to check "illegal activities" in the home-stay despite complaining on several occasions. Hindu Jagaran Vedike President Jagadish Karanth demanded and check on such "obscene activities".
Parts of the attack were captured on camera by a reporter at the scene, and were shown on various news channels.
Twenty two activists were arrested in the following days.
Government response
Karnataka Home Minister R. Ashok condemned the attack and said police would take strict action and would not tolerate such incidents.
Police
The government sent a senior police officer, Bipin Gopalakrishnan to visit the spot and investigate. Based on his extensive investigation, Gopalakrishnan made it clear that the boys and girls were colleagues. He also said that there was no use of drugs or any other illegal material at the party and the group of youngsters wanted to leave the home stay by 7:30 pm.
Karnataka State Women's Commission
The Women's Commission, which is not an investigating agency, contradicted the police findings. Its chairman, C. Manjula, continued to insist that it was a rave party, despite police confirming no drugs were involved. She asked the home ministry to investigate the victims, and claimed they were involved in human trafficking.
Manjula also blamed "pseudo-feminists" for allegedly not raising their voice over other instances of atrocities against women.
She claimed that people at the homestay were consuming drugs, and blamed the "irresponsible" district administration "for such behaviour of youths". The chairperson also demanded unlicensed homestays in Mangalore be shut down and asked home ministry to "initiate an inquiry into the antecedents of the two boys" who were victimized.
Commission report
The Commission submitted a report to the Home Ministry on 29 July.
The report recommends investigation into whether the 'boys who organised the birthday party had misled the girls'. In direct contradiction to the police investigation, chairman Manjula claimed that people at the homestay were consuming drugs, and blamed the "irresponsible" district administration "for such behaviour of youths".
The Commission also recommended the use of a separate cell for missing trafficked women.
It also demands that the father of one of the girls at the party, who is a police official, should be transferred out of the district.
Legality of Homestay
Loretta Rebello is the proprietor of the homestay 'Morning Mist'. One of the victims claimed that they paid a sum of Rs 10,000 for five hours (2.30 pm to 7.30 pm) to party in the 'Morning Mist,' a bungalow with many bedrooms.
Mangalore City Corporation Officer Manjunath Shetty said Loretta Rebello did not possess any commercial licence to run the homestay. Deccan Herald reports Rebello started renting it out on hourly basis about two years ago.
Public reaction
Prohibitory order were immediately slapped on the city. Colleges in the city stayed closed for a day in protest.
Seminar of C Manjula
Kannada thinker M Chidananda Murthy, senior advocate Pramila Nesargi, Women's Commission head C Manjula and KSTB chairperson Sacchinanda Hegde said the victims were under the influence of alcohol.
They claimed alcohol was the main reason for attack at the Morning Mist Homestay in Mangalore. Sacchinanda Hegde insisted that the 5 girls and 2 boys were part of a rave party. He further claimed media portrayed it as a birthday bash as a daughter of a police official was present at the party and claimed officials had found beer bottles at the homestay.
See also
References
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- ^ "Welcome". Bellevision.com. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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- BAN wc Chairperson Demands Inquiry into Antecedents of Boy Victims. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- "A sham report by women's commission on the Mangalore home stay attack". The Asian Age. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- "Neighbours came to know from TV". Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- "Mangalore students protest; say city is unsafe - Bangalore - DNA". Dnaindia.com. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.