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surrounding areas. Meanwhile, Sharone's body was cremated at his family compound at Kannengattu,
near Mullassery. (The Hindu 22/1/12)
No move to ban Sri Rama Sene for now: Ashok (26)
Bangalore, January 24, 2012: Despite the alleged involvement of the Sri Rama Sene in the hoisting of a
Pakistan flag at Sindagi in Bijapur district on January 1, the State Government does not propose to ban
the outfit at this stage. The police have arrested seven activists of the sene in connection with the
incident. Addressing presspersons here on Monday, Minister for Home and Transport R. Ashok said,
“There is evidence of the involvement of the Sri Rama Sene in the recent hoisting of a Pakistan flag at
Sindagi. But there is no move to ban the outfit at this stage.” He said the investigation was at a certain
stage and the Government would spell out its stand when the charge sheet was filed in court. Many
formalities had to be gone through and correct and confirmed evidence was required for banning the
outfit. “At this stage, there is no need to ban the organisation,” he said. Mr. Ashok said that he would hold
discussions with Chief Minister D.V. Sadananada Gowda on banning the sene headed by Pramod
Muthalik. Activists of the sene are facing charges of disturbing communal harmony in the State, he said.
In the past, Sri Rama Sene activists were found to be involved in attacks on churches and other religious
places. He would place before the Chief Minister details of the outfit's activities and the role of its activists
in those incidents also, the Home Minister said. To a query, Mr. Ashok said, “There is no link between the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Sri Rama Sene.” He said that the number of communal
clashes in the State had declined from the earlier 28 to 30 to just 7 to 8 a year now. The police were
keeping a special vigil at places where incidents of communal violence took place in the past five years,
he said. An 80-member commando force had started functioning to deal with such incidents as well as to
fight naxalites. Eighty more personnel would soon join them. They would be deployed in Mangalore,
Hubli, Gulbarga and Belgaum, he added. (The Hindu 24/1/12)
Civic body stops auction, donates stray cattle to VHP (26)
TIRUPATI, January 24, 2012 The Municipal Corporation of Tirupati (MCT), which was determined to
auction stray animals seized from the city roads, took everyone by surprise by its benevolent step of
agreeing to donate the cattle to Vishwa Hindu Parishat (VHP). In a last minute change of stand, the
officials decided to pay heed to the request made by the VHP not to auction stray cattle, for they could
either be diverted to slaughterhouses or left uncared for. The nineteen cows, along with two calves, which
were found causing trouble to road users and hindrance to free flow of traffic, were seized by the MCT
authorities and housed in the burial ground adjacent to Balaji Colony. With six owners taking back their
animals by paying a hefty penalty of Rs.2,000 per cow, civic commissioner T.Prasad decided to auction
the ‘unclaimed' animals on Monday. With news trickling in about the auction, VHP district president Subba
Reddy and its Goshala in-charge Sudhakar Chowdary converged at the spot and convinced the
authorities that auction would be an inauspicious move and the cows could instead be donated to their
Goshala spread over ten acres at Rajanna Rahadari in Irala mandal near Chittoor, where already twenty
animals are being housed. MCT Veterinary Officer V. Ramana Kumar heaved a sigh of relief while
formally handing over the cattle to the VHP representatives this morning. “There are 800-1000 more
animals in the city and the owners were asked not to release them on to the roads. Any violation will land
them in trouble,” he cautioned. (The Hindu 24/1/12)
Bid to make an “Ayodhya” out of Bhojshala foiled (26)
Bhopal, January 29, 2012: The Madhya Pradesh police on Saturday foiled the plans of a Hindu right wing
group that had vowed to take out a “palki yatra” on the occasion of Basant Panchmi to the controversial
Bhojshala archaeological structure in the Dhar district. “Over 50 arrests were made and the palki yatra bid
was foiled peacefully,” Anuradha Shankar, Inspector General of Police, Indore, told The Hindu . “We had
been making preventive arrests for the last few days and situation had largely been under control,” said