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Revision as of 12:10, 14 August 2012 by WBRSin (talk | contribs) (→ rv NPOV)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)On July 28, 2012, activists belonging to Hindu Jagarana Vedike attacked 5 girls and 2 boys at an unlicensed homestay in Mangalore, Karnataka. Eight persons have been arrested for the attack. HJV leadership denied their activists were involved in the incident.
The activists claimed the youngsters were consuming alcohol and were involved in some "indecent activities". The police claimed faces of some girls were blackened.
Hundreds of locals, including women, staged protests alleging that police have not taken steps to check "illegal activities" in the home-stay despite complaining on several occasions. Hindu Jagaran Vedike President Jagadish Karanth demanded an check on such "obscene activities".
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.
Karnataka Home Minister R. Ashok condemned the attack and said police would take strict action against them.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governed state government said that it would not tolerate such incidents.
Karnataka State Women's Commission's chairperson demanded unlicensed homestays in Mangalore be shut down and asked home ministry to "initiate an inquiry into the antecedents of the two boys".
During an seminar on the ‘Role of Alcohol and Drugs in the Mangalore Attack’, 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.
C Manjula blamed “pseudo-feminists” for 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".
See also
References
- Mangalore Homestay Attack. The Hindu. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- A Reporter's Tale of Mangalore Incident.The Sunday Indian. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- "Hindu Jagaran Vedike (HJV) south regional chief not keen on electoral role". Retrieved 14 Aug 2012.
- ^ "Karnataka Deputy CM confirms arrest of eight alleged rave party attackers in Mangalore". Retrieved 14 Aug 2012.
- ^ "Mangalore: Girls thrashed for partying, 4 arrested". Retrieved 14 Aug 2012. Cite error: The named reference "mm2" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- BAN wc Chairperson Demands Inquiry into Antecedents of Boy Victims. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ "Alcohol blamed for homestay attack". Retrieved 14 Aug 2012.
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