Durga remarks: 5 RSS men held for abusing TV journalist


Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 1 (TOI) : Police on Monday arrested five persons from three districts on charges of abusing TV journalist Sindhu Sooryakumar over phone and through social media.

The police identified the accused as Rarish ( 20) of Thiruvananthapuram, Vikas (31) Vibhash (25) and Shijin (28) of Kannur and Ramdas (57) of Thrissur. Sindhu, chief coordinating editor of Asianet News, had filed a complaint before city police commissioner G Sparjan Kumar on Sunday regarding the telephonic and mass online attacks allegedly from RSS, BJP and Sangh Parivar workers.

As per the complaint, her remarks on Goddess Durga during a talk show she hosted on Friday had provoked the men.

"All the arrested are active RSS workers," said Cantonment circle-inspector G Ujjwal Kumar, who has been probing the complaint. The accused were nabbed by tracing their phone numbers. The men, while admitting to the crime, said they just registered their dissent over the "derogatory" remarks made by Sindhu, said the officer.

He added that Sindhu received calls text messages from over 1,500 numbers, some of them from foreign numbers.

The police have been making all efforts to trace and nab maximum number of abusers. The accused were let off later as the offence comes under bailable sections. Another journalist of the same channel, Lallu Sasidharan Pillai has also filed a complaint over online threats.

  

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Promenade Road,Frazer Town,B'lore

    Wed, Mar 02 2016

    Journalism becoming tough and complicated because people are loosing tolerance and government too find difficult to pacify the revolt of the people..

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  • Ravi B Shenava, Mangaluru

    Wed, Mar 02 2016

    It is sad to know that many educated people do not know that large number of Trible people in Jarkhand, Chattisgard, Odisha, and Nilgiris in Tamilnadu, still worship Mahishasura, Ravana and Balindra as Gods, and in Jarkhand Ram Leela and also burning of effigy of Ravana on Dasara day is officially banned by Govt since the time Sibu Soren was CM. Sibu Soren belongs to a Tribe which Worships Ravana and Mahishaasura.
    In Kerala & Coastal Karnataka all the local people worship Balindra on Onam festival & Deepavali even though Bali is a demon-asura.

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  • Lydia Lobo, Kadri

    Wed, Mar 02 2016

    And, our so highly educated Education Minister is flaunting a few leaflets on Mahishasura celebration to highlight that Hindu Religion is insulted !

    Next trip of BJP cadres will be to conduct 'Ghar-vaapasi' of these tribal people !

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  • Alwyn Crasta, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Wed, Mar 02 2016

    Send these goons to Pakistan border, to defend our nation against the Paki terrorists/goons.

    This will help them to prove, that they are 'true deshbhakts'

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  • The Alpha, Bangalore

    Wed, Mar 02 2016

    Atleast they didn't kill her. Just like charlie Hebdo cartoonist.

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  • Lydia Lobo, Kadri

    Wed, Mar 02 2016

    Oh ! So, you are anticipating an army at par with ISIS ?? Comprising of RSS members ?

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, UDUPI/NEW YORK,USA.

    Wed, Mar 02 2016

    This is an act of goondagiri and dadagiri.there must be more than 5 RSS men involved in abusing the TV journalist. They should be given a good lesson.

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  • SMR, Karkala

    Wed, Mar 02 2016

    They worship 'Bharat mata' and abuse her own daughter.

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  • Rakib, Mangalore

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Part of an article written by Subramanya Swami in the magazine of Frontline dated January 22,2000 about RSS Hindu Nation

    "ACCORDING to a draft circulated at the 1998 October conference of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), an RSS front organisation, the following measures are planned: The present bicameral Parliament would be replaced by a three-tier structure. At the apex will be a Guru Sabha of sadhus and sanyasis (read VHP activists) nominated by the President who is elected by a Lok Sabha constituted on a limited electoral college of primary and secondary school teachers, the rolls of which will be prepared by the HRD Ministry and not the Election Commission. All legislation and money bills will have to originate in the Guru Sabha and be passed by it before being sent to the Lok Sabha. The Guru Sabha will also be the judicial commission to nominate Supreme Court Judges, and impeach them. In between the Guru Sabha and the Lok Sabha, there will be a Raksha Sabha of serving armed forces chiefs and retired soldiers who can decide when to an Emergency"

    If you dont realize the threat and dont raise the voice then be prepared for Talibanization of India

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  • India First, India

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    It is reported that, TV anchor abused Durga Matha in her live show.Some media people are pouring oil to burning fire. Abusing any religion, God cannot be tolerated in India. We can try such programs after 200 years.

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  • ANIKETH, MUMBAI

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    you mean to say insult of any god? or just hindu peoples god?

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  • India First, India

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Aniket, Mumbai

    Abusing God is not at all good. But after 200 years later people may be more matured and they may ignore few stupid people in society. Now since people are reacting media is making such nuisances.

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  • Kusuma Kumari G Nellore, Kodyadka

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Freedom of press and news reporters are a must for development of any country. Good that the culprits are arrested and I am sure they will get the due punishment in course of time

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  • MW, DUBAI

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    AAJ KA GUNDARAJ...

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  • Master, mangalore

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    First they should have attacked Smriti Irani for insulting Durga in parliament...I can understand it hurts someone's faith but sentiments should be equal whether it is smriti Irani or Sindhu sooryakumar debating on durga..or else it is not faith but politics on faith

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Many reports will emerge like this, how a bunch of jobless RSS soldiers are creating problems in the society. They are taking advantage of the BJP rule in India through the diabolical enjoyment of terrorizing defenseless people.

    Some Christians came from North India to attend a convention a few months back, these goons at the Trivandrum railway station questioned them and they said that they came for a convention. The RSS soldiers heard that as "conversion", and these visitors were harassed at the final location 40 miles away from Trivandrum, finally the police had to interfere for their safety.

    In another place, when my friend's friend killed an ox for the marriage of his daughter, the RSS goons went over there and put kerosene over the meat. Bothering prayer meetings in Churches etc are getting quite common. Who can question them, they are ruling India now.

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  • AKHILA BHARATH, JANA-PARISHAD

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Now a days all over India...attacks (attacks, killing and destroying are their original trade mark) are only from RSS, BJP and Sangh Parivar GROUP AND THEIR PEOPLE..... Really USELESS, UNPRODUCTIVE GROUP FOREVER IN OUR STRONG NATION..

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Amnesty International is observing the anti-religious march of India very keenly, these street goons have no idea what kind of shame they will be pouring upon India.

    In the "The religious freedom" Organization, Myanmar- N. Korea-Eritira-Iran-Iraq-Nigeria-Pakistan-China-Saudi Arabia-Sudan-Turmemnistan-Uzbakistan and Vietnam are listed as the worst enemies of religious freedom.

    Among the watch list, Afganistan-Belarus-Cuba-Egypt-Indonesia-Laos-Russia-Somalia-Tajikistan-Turkey-Venezuela are enlisted.

    Based on the trend moving in India, I am afraid that India would be enlisted among the watch list nations of the world under the BJP rule.

    The RSS-VHP-BD-BJP and Modiji deity worshippers, see the foreign direct investment in those countries and continue your march.

    Recently, since the big plunging in income in oil has alerted Saudi Arabia in the diversification of their industrial base and they appealed for Foreign Investment.
    How many would be feeling comfortable to invest in a country
    enlisted for the lack of religious freedom whereas in UAE, the religious freedom has very high ranking among the nations of the world, FDI is increasing without any appeal.

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  • Zuhair, Udupi/Muscat

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Meanwhile zee news has twisted this entire story and called this channel a left backed ideologist and that this show had a backing from naxals in chattisgarh.

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  • Mohammed, Mangalore

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Young bakts don't knew Kerala government and police, My request to all young blood RSS and BJP followers concentrate on education and look after your parents, don't spoil your life, Every one love there country.

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  • Ahmed, Mangalore

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    RSS Culture !Go matha, Bharath matha but practicall no matha.God Save our country from so called desh bhakhts.

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  • Gangaram, Moodbidri

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Frustrated souls are creating nuisense in whole India. to hide their failure racking new new ideas.

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  • jeevan, mangalore

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Yaa.. Yaa. Yaa.

    Yesterday too Frustrated souls created problem for Dr. Swamy and Kejriwala...

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  • Rajesh, Mangalore

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Its very dangerous to our democracy. Mr Modi voted for DEVELOPMENT not for HINDUTVA.
    This government is exposed day by day. Constitution is Holy book for Indian.

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  • peace for all, bangalore

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    time is nearing for taliban rule in peaceful india if these days tamasha's of protests, attacks, just a trailer then whole 4 years picture will be horrible ??????

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Dear Rajesh, to be very frank, if Mr. Modi's sole intention was to transform India as industrial power mainly through the massive inflow of capital from foreign countries, why he didn't give stern warning to the leaders of his sister parties to keep religion for themselves.

    Does he have any problem to understand that while massive export of beef is taking place from his own State Gujarat, how both Maharastra and Haryana can enact laws to put the citizens to jail for 5 and 10 years respectively for beef handling?

    Why the President of India was too short-sighted to sign such a law of total contradiction in a democratic country?

    This is not like the liquor ban in some States of India but the hidden agenda is strictly based on religious fanaticism. And so, Mr. Modi can't testify openly that he is totally secular in his vision and ideology.

    When I watched his Christmas greeting to the whole nation, he was wishing Christmas for the whole world without taking 10 minutes to talk about anything related to the that person JESUS CHRIST whose birthday was celebrating. So, though not a psychologist by profession, it was quite easy for me to read his greetings with a spirit of " who cares". But the most frustrating thing is to watch the courting game of Amith Shaw in Kerala with the predominantly Christian political parties to join hands with them to come into power. Dear friend, this is simply a power game for a few people who came into power promising economic miracles.

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Jossey,

    What Kerala, Mangalore?
    They think whole India is under their control!

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  • Lydia Lobo, Kadri

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    A journalist knows her/his limit - they know the repercussion of misuse of freedom of speech. This is so especially for the reason that this journalist is could also a worshipper of the deity.

    Nevertheless, can anybody put here what reference she had put during the show ?

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  • Amith, udupi

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    she had read out what smriti irani had said in her speech regarding durga in parliament .

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  • Lydia Lobo, Kadri

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    OK.. I have it here :
    Quote

    On 25 February , she moderated a spirited discussion on a popular Malayalam TV news show on whether celebrating Mahishasur Jayanti could be considered an act of treason.

    She received over 2000 calls by pro-Hindutva groups, accusing her of calling Durga a "sex worker" during the show
    Unquote

    So, if the journalist did not say those two words, the pro-Hindutwa members surely did. What punishment do they deserve as per Hindutwa rules and regulations ?

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  • Mahendra Shetty, Mumbai Mangalore

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    THESE ARE THE SO CALLED PAID JOURNALISTS OF CHOR PARTY AND RED COLOR LOOSER PARTY!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Sad to know these Clowns have reached KERALA ...

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    RSS - BJP's trade mark.
    India is properly controlled.

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  • gm, mlur

    Tue, Mar 01 2016

    Dadhagiri.

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