MANGALORE: An FIR has been registered against Vijaya Karnataka daily in Kavoor police station, under SC ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, for publishing a defamatory and abusive article against an SC, ST lecturer of Mangalore University. The case has been registered under IPC section 989, 499 and 501. The newspaper editor Vishweshwar Bhat, Sreesha Punacha and KV Nagaraj have been named as accused as per the complaint lodged by Umeshchandra, a Lecturer in Mangalore University.
The complaint lodged with Panambur DySP had said so “ A defamatory article on Mangalore University Journalism Department Lecturer Umeshchandra had been published in Vijaya Karnataka daily under the title “ Upanyasakaremba Maharajaru, shikshakaremba kooligalu,” wherein abusive words were used with a prejudiced mind against SC ST lecturer. It was alleged in the write-up that the journalism department lecturer had denied permission to a few students facing attendance shortage to appear for the exams. Legal action has to be initiated against the Vijaya Karnataka for publishing a write-up that would bring harm to the reputation of Mangalore University.”

Vi Ka abuses Dalits again
Even as the Kavoor police have filed an FIR against Vijaya Karnataka, the daily in the cover page of its Saturday issue has once again published an abusive write-up and has shamelessly termed the complainant lecturer as “Betala” “Amavasyeya Chandra” and “Blackmail Shikshaka.’ The write-up has also alleged that “ The Atrocities against Dalits Act was being misused.”

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Dalit assns demand arrest of Vijaya Karnataka editor

MANGALORE : Various Dalit associations as well as students of Mangalore University have demanded the arrest of Vijaya Karnataka editor Vishweshwar Bhat for publishing a derogatory and abusive write-up against a lecturer of the Mangalore University.
This however is not the first time that Vijaya Karnataka is publishing such write-ups. Some time back, when advocate and human rights activist Naushad Khasimji was murdered it had published a false report stating that “the advocate was receiving hawala money from abroad and was backing terrorists.” This despite senior police officials denying any such terror links of the slain advocate.
Even when churches were attacked in Mangalore, it had published an inflammatory write-up authored by SL Bhairappa. There were widespread protests against the write-up and the PUCL had even lodged a complaint in Pandeshwar and Bunder police stations in this regard. Now, in its latest move, the Vijaya Karnataka is targeting Dalits,much to the resentment of the Dalit community.

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