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Bantwal: Demolition of grotto at Kulal, police take two into custody

  •   Sat, Sep 29 2018 07:39:07 AM

Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (RJP)

Bantwal, Sep 29: Police on Friday, September 28, took two persons into custody in connection with the demolition of Mother Mary grotto and installation of some idols and buntings at that place.

The incident had taken place at Kulal near Kolnadu in Bantwal taluk on the night of Thursday, September 27. The grotto belongs to Vijayadka Church.

Superintendent of police Ravikanthe Gowda, who visited the place, said that stern action will be taken against the culprits. Bantwal circle inspector T D Nagaraj also visited the place with other police personnel.

Bantwal tahasildar Purander said that the place is in government land and hence government has taken the possession of land and no activities will be allowed there till decision is taken.

David D’Souza and Charlie Veigas have lodged a police complaint regarding the case.

The grotto was constructed in 1970 as per the decision of Vijayadka parish council. After that people were seen visiting the place for prayers for all these years.

A person has also filed complaint saying that the grotto was built on a disputed land. Church management said they had taken permission to build the grotto from the owner who owned the kumki land.

Political leaders including MLC Ivan D’Souza have condemned the demolition of grotto.

Police, who acted swiftly as soon as they came to know about the incident, controlled the situation and maintained law and order.

 
  

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  • #595, Kundapur

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Bantwal tahasildar Purander said that the place is in government land and hence government has taken the possession of land and no activities will be allowed there till decision is taken.

    Grotto on stolen land????
    And MLC who take government salary and not condemning the act of stealing Government land?

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  • shailu, Kolkatta

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    One encroachment replaced by another

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  • Thousif, Manglore,Bolar

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    If Muslim had done Thse they would tell everyone Muslim terrorist and made fun saying peace lover etc etc

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  • Mahathma, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Dear Tousif, no one is against Islam...But how you guys comments!!! even Allah will not Pardon
    Egypt, Somalia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria see how many crimes against christians??? look into the world news dear...do not bring Religion on any news!!!

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  • Mahathma, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Mother Mary...forgive the culprits... But,I am sure KARMA will not leave them!!! please catch them and put them behind the bar... we can see who are they with narrow minded idiots

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  • JNB, Mangalore-Mumbai

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    *Kargil within India.

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  • JNB, Mangalore-Mumbai

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    ಓಲ್ತ್ ಒಡೆ ಮುಟ್ಟಾಯಾ!!

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  • Dinesh, Dubai

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Grotto was constructed in 1970 ,There was no problem in last 48 years . If there was problem with the grotto there are legal ways to to remove it. Those Saffron Terrorists should be brought down and to be demolished first because these dirty minds are demolishing our peaceful society.
    The culprits should be caught and put to the work of demolishing all illegal prayer places constructed alongside of many roads, let them do it and show their love to the nation by helping Modi's "swatch bharat abhiyan"

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  • LC MADANTHYAR, Madanthyar

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Who are those two culprits having power more than DC and taking law into hand. Public are eager to see their face. God bless them.

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  • Arif, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    We should respect all religions religious sentiments..we should never hurt anyone's faith..then y some people build katte in public places ..this shud be banned..

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  • VINCY, Bangkok

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Thousands of Gudi and Katte are erected on public land and nobody disturb them because people respect the relegious sentiments of people. The Grotto was there since 1970 and inside the church property. All of a sudden they find out that it is government and land then install the idols and buntings.

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  • JNB, Mangalore-Mumbai

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Towards KPT to Airport road one Katte build to Ashwatha tree till the road,
    Is that land belongs to government ? Tahasildar and DC should let know public .

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  • Dr. Shankar Narayan, Mangaluru/Abu Dhabi

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Maybe Anti BJP persons must have done this to defame BJP image because they are desperate of BJP to lose the 2019 election. Hindu organization will not do such acts like a thief in the night. They are Dilwale. This must have been done by anti-social elements who want to disturb the religious harmony of Mangaluru. This act is to pre-planned to create a communal tension in Mangaluru.

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  • Shoaib Sheik, Mangalore/Dubai

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Dr Saab
    Did you forget the so called dilwale's hoisted pak flag. Reminder below from 2012

    Bangalore, Jan 6: National president of Sri Ram Sene, Pramod Mutalik has denied that those arrested for hoisting Pakistani flag in Sindhagi taluk office belong to his organization. “All of them belong to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), not Sri Ram Sene,” he clarified.(Daijiworld)

    Six members of a right-wing Hindu group have been arrested in India's southern Karnataka state for raising Pakistan's national flag on a government building.(BBC News)

    4 leaders of Hindu outfits arrested after violent clashes in Phagwara(The Tribune)

    All arrested 'Hindu terrorists' have had RSS link: Digvijaya Singh(The Economic Times)

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  • Dr. Shankar Narayan, Mangaluru/Abu Dhabi

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    There is no entity called Hindu Terrorism registered. No Hindu will show Pakistan flag. it may be left wing who don't believe god or religion may do this. Or Illegitimate born in India may do this. A true Hindu will never do such acts. Al Badr, AlQueda, LeT, JMMUthese are Registered Terrorist banned Organization in India.

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  • Dr. Shankar Narayan, Mangaluru/Abu Dhabi

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    It is easy to disguise as Hindu Organization member and do all the nakras to defame. This what going on.

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  • Shoaib Sheik, Mangalore/Dubai

    Sun, Sep 30 2018

    Dr Saab
    Every one knows who gets vote by playing communal card, How did Yogi(*******) got elected? How fire cracker(Nalin) and Pistol rani(Shoba) got elected? How anti Indian anant gets vote? How BJP is ruling Gujarat since 20years?
    How sick minded you people are, you need to be educated to become Dr just by putting Dr in front of your name doesn't makes you one. I am fed up from those so called sons of Barath Matha.

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  • Truth, Mangaluru

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    No one should build places of worship on public land.

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  • LC MADANTHYAR, Madanthyar

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Mr Truth is telling truth !. If so, most of the worship places which are in public place can be vacated or demolished ?

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  • Joseph, India

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Land can be grabbed by many ways...

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  • Mangalurian, Mangaluru

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    In the Catholic system, taking into possession something not owned by one, is considered a sin.

    Merely a claim that the land belonged to the Government does not make it a lesser sin. The parish priest needed to demonstrate wisdom on the matter before moving ahead and building a religious structure there.

    I hope the new bishop sends a notice to all the parishes in the diocese to relinquish all land that does not fall under:
    (a) full ownership
    (b) obtained in lease

    Unless such matters are paid due attention, any 'harmony' exercises are rather futile.

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  • Ahmed K.C., Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    All the places of worship must be within the parameters of rules and regulations.
    Should obtain License from administrative authority.
    All the illegal structures should be brought down.

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  • krishna bhatta, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Bantwal tahasildar Purander said that the place is in government land and hence government has taken the possession of land and no activities will be allowed there till decision is taken. Why all these years it was allowed to particular religion ? Stern Action on whom ? why no action on the Church for illegal possession of the land and built structure ?

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  • Rajesh D., Mangalore, Dubai

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Batre you right at some stage. However when you go to Mumbai by Bus or any other place you can see a lot of small shrines built near the Road some are built even close to the road. Are they all built in their own land ?
    Why so much venom dear ?
    Die for your religion by doing good deeds then I agree you and your spirit. Just by destroying others you cannot prove that you are great as it does not make any sense.

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  • krishna bhatta, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    in such cases you can not take action on one religion alone.

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  • Truth, Mangaluru

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    You mean to say we have to keep quiet when others built prayer places in public land? Why are justifying an illegal act?

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  • Rajesh D., Mangalore, Dubai

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Dear Krishna and Truth teller (God knows ?)
    You are absolutely right ? Where I am justifying the act here ?
    Tell me in recent past, how many of your shrines were demolished without giving any notice by the Govt , police and the court ? Can you tell me any one incident ?
    You could have applied the same formula here also right ? Has anyone stopped you ? But you opted violence and now using the media to justify your violence.

    You are conveniently responding & and defending the culprits by bringing the law of land. Then why the law of land does not apply to them ? How they put the buntings now in the Govt. land ?
    I do not have the words to express your wisdom & intellectual level.
    Dear brothers do some thing to bring harmony among our people and in our land , people will remember you like Koti Chennaya, you all belong to majority in our land and you can do a lot . God bless you.

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  • krishna bhatta, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    You don't understand the happenings in India, because you have job at present in gulf country when you return India after some more years relise the problem, Indians & Majority Religion only may not get sufficient Land, because of all encroachment by Church, Masjid, Cremation Ground, etc etc,. We can not get a inch of Land in any foreign Country including Itali, Vatican remember Mr, this is small example.

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  • Rajesh. D., Manglore, Dubai.

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Krishna you did not reply any of my my queries. Its fine we will not argue on it.
    If there is an issue of Land then Govt & administration should be able to sort it out, coz ind industrialists and politicians have got more land then anyone else.
    Why you cannot raise your voice against politicians who has got 100 to 500 acres of land. we will support you.

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  • John Tauro, M'luru / Kwt

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Mr. Krishna Bhatta,
    You should ask the tahsildar why all these years land was allotted to a particular community if it is Govt. property. The church says it was taken with owner's permission more than 40 years ago when there was no value for land in villages. We are not interested in encroaching govt. land and also not looking for any favours through appeasement policy.

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    there should not have any 2 standards. all illigal structures should b demolished & taken over. 2morrow i will destroy few illegal structures & put a cross around it. will da tahasildar take all those places in his possession????????? let us c.

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  • sri_elder, Karkala

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Next year let us have a Ganesha pendal there! God is one.. Names are different..
    Let us have communal harmony 😊

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  • One God, Mangalore/UK

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    sri_elder, Karkala, please reinstall the Mother Mary Grotto first, and then by all means we can have a grand Ganeshothsava next to Grotto in the future every year. I have no issues with this type of communal harmony as you said God is one, but he's known differently.

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    i am not sure of your 1 god. but what is dis gods & goddesses fighting each other just like da bd, rama sena, vhp & rss leader of goa says rama has 2 pay 2 fight elections.

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  • anthony, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Swift action by the police is Commendable. As General Elections are drawing near, more such incidents will crop up and swift action by the police will discourage such trouble mongers.

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  • Bob, Udupi

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Are these " ACHE DIN "

    People need to decide now at least.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    We know who are the Culprits ...

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  • Rahul, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Thashildar suddenly comes to know that its a gov't land or its free planned.

    Anyhow Those who behind scenes will get justice.
    As we witnessed & saw authors of church attacks never last 5yrs of their rule.

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  • Deva, Pilar

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    If the Grotto was on Government Land then the action must come from them, don't try to destroy communal harmony.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    This need to be stopped when our country equally treat all the religions as per the constitution.

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  • Rajesh D., Mangalore, Dubai

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    North Karantaka MP from BJP, Mr. Anathan Kumar Hegde, has announced in the recent past that we have come to center to change the constitution, we have majority and we will do what we want.
    They are rude everywhere thought they studied in our schools.

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  • kp, udupi

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    there will not be MP for any region such as North Karnataka. It is north kanara or uttar kannada or actually canara lok sabha constituency MP Mr. Ananth Kumar Hegde.

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  • RIL, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Does the Government itself take possession of Kumki land everywhere?

    How many of these people involved in this have Kumki land?

    Let all these people surrender thier Kumki land first. The Government has records by means of RTC and take possession of all such land. Why only that of this Prayer place ?

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  • Rakesh, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    The troublemakers should be punished. Looks pretty much like these fellows wanted to grab that piece of land. Just notice how many katte are on main roads obstructing traffic movements. Why nothing has been done there?

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  • Well Wisher, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Since the state is ruled by a non communal govt trust our brave police depth will take strict action with the culprit's and with their God fatthere. Catch them and make a procession. So all the peace loving Karnataka people will inderstand. To whom n to which party to support.
    Jai Hind Jai Karnataka Jai Tulunaadu.

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  • Tell The Truth, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Unwanted small small temples..churches..mosques..darghas which occupied in illegal land and disrupt in city development should be pulled down immediately. It's nothing but money-making business. Keep only reputed famous religious places around..according to percentage of population. Other's just convert into small hospitals/schools for benefit of people. Keeping as much relugious places people not become saint. Good things come from inside by oneself.

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  • Shoaib Sheik, Mangalore/Dubai

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Bro just show us one mosque which is illegal and unwanted we will pull it down, Yess there may be unwanted dargahs and I am ready anytime to demolish those UN-ISLAMIC culture & practice. Unwanted structures include dargahs & Kattes(so many) but I have never seen such things in christian community.

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  • Tell The Truth, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 29 2018

    Need propper investigation in this matter purpose behind. Is it acquisition of land on owner's land should be looked at.

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