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11.30pm, IST, Sep 14
Kundapur: Miscreants Desecrate Statue at Carmelites' House at Katkere
Attack on the Christian institutions and religious places of workship continued during the night on Sunday September 14 as the miscreants desecrated a statue located in front of Carmelites' house in Katkere, near Koteshwar.
The incident occurred around 9.30 PM. The miscreants came on two wheelers and pelted stones at the statue and fled from the spot immediately. The statue has been badly damaged.
Police rushed to the spot immediately and security has been beefed up around Katkere.
Mangalore: Padua Chapel Attacked, Catholics Call for Bandh on Sep 15
Attack on Catholic Chapel Accidental - VHP
Mangalore, Sep 14: Miscreants pelted stones on the chapel of Padua Pre-university College located at Nantoor on Sunday September 14around 8.30pm, IST. Window panes were damaged in the incident.
Kadri police rushed the spot and secured the area. Meanwhile, police have been deployed in front of all the Christian prayer centers following the attack on the Adoration monastery and other prayer centers in the district on Sunday.
Call for Bundh:
The Catholic leaders have called for a peaceful Bundh on Monday September 15. The bundh will be observed in and around the city. All Catholic traders and transport owners have decided to observe the bundh by closing their shops and stopping their vehicles. A huge protest will be held at BC Road on Monday, sources told.
Udupi report:
People gathered in almost all the churches in the district, after hearing the news of attack on prayer centers in coastal Karnataka. The people have volunteered to stay overnight at the church premises and protect it from any attacks.
A memorandum will be submitted to the DC on Monday September 15 at 10.30 am, seeking protection for the lives and property of Christians. Prayers and holy Eucharistic will be held in all the 48 churches of the district on Wednesday September 17, sources told.
Not purposeful:
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader M B Puranik said in a press conference on Sunday, that the attack on the Adoration monastery was not done on purpose but was an accident. The VHP has a good regard for Catholics and Protestants. But they should not support conversion and insult Hindu Gods. Conversion has been done in the Adoration monastery since many years. Therefore, the Sangh Parivar activists might have attacked it, he opined.
Bajarangadal state convener Mahendra Kumar said that, no catholic or protestant churches have been attacked in any part of the state. The prayer centres where the conversion was done were attacked, he informed.
Mangalore: Black Sunday Leaves Behind Many Unanswered Questions
Sep 14: It was Black Sunday for Catholics in the city as the peace-loving people took to the streets for the first time in the history of Mangalore diocese on Sunday September 14. The city's Catholics have never protested in this manner despite numerous provocations. The protest concluded with police caning.
The protestors expressed their grief about the attacks on prayer centres by blocking arterial city roads. Church bells rang consistently in almost all the churches of the city soon after news spread of the attack on Adoration Monastery in Milagres. Parishioners rushed to the church on hearing the bells toll.
Community members thronged the roads at Kulshekar, Bejai, Derabail, Tokkottu, and in Milagres. Roads stayed fully-blocked in these places till late evening. The situation turned violent when police tried to disperse protestors by caning them. Some devotees who came for the evening mass to Milagres Church also fell victim to the caning. Window panes of the monastery were broken in the incident.
Journalist Anil Jogi as well as four policemen were injured. Trainee policemen Mahesh and Vinod were severely injured and they have been admitted to Wenlock District Hospital. Three police vehicles including that of the deputy superintendent of police, were also damaged. Sr Pramila (42) of Belvedere convent and Jiten D'Cunha from Kulshekar, were injured in the mob fury and admitted to a private hospital.
Parishioners of Kulshekar were celebrating the Feast of the Cross on Sunday. But they concluded their feast abruptly and joined protestors in Kulshekar and Milagres. In the midst of all the chaos, sadly, political leaders were trying their best to gain some mileage.
Congress leaders did their best to hijack the protest giving a non-political movement plenty of political colour. Police sources, reportedly had an inkling about the attack on Christian prayer centres. The miscreants were supposed to target the prayer centres of the New Life Fellowship group.
Superintendent of police Sateeshkumar, had made security arrangements near the New Life prayer centre in Kankanady and miscreants who came there, were barred entry by the police. The miscreants then took revenge on the police by pelting stones and proceeded towards Adoration Monastery.
So far, the city was known for communal clashes between Muslims and Hindus. Now, Christians have also been drawn into this deadly triangle. It is tough to predict how the situation will be in and around the city in the next few days. Minority community leaders allege that the police are acting as agents of Sangh Parivar leaders as the BJP is the ruling party in the state.
The repercussions are far from finished. A mob attacked four persons near Gurupur Bridge on Sunday evening. The injured have been identified as Albert D'Souza (35) of Kallamundkoor, Alvyn Prakash Sequeira (34) and his one-year-old son Alister of Gurpur, and Vishal D'Silva (12) of Kallamundkoor. They were on their way to their hometown in a private car. Section 144 has been imposed for three days in Mangalore taluk limits.
at 7.00pm, IST
Police Resort to Lathi Charge, Tear Gas on Protesters - Mangalore Tense
Union minister of labour and employment Oscar Fernandes and MLA Ramanat Rai arrived at the spot of violence, here at 6.00 p m on Sunday September 14.
The people are taking refuge in the Milagres Hall Complex, located close to Milagres church. Journalist Anil Jogi was injured in the incident. Three police vehicles including that of DySP were also damaged. Four policemen were injured.
Sr Pramila (42) of Belvedere convent was injured in mob fury and admitted to casualty unit of Fr Muller Medical College Hospital.
Jitan D Cunha from Kulshekar is also attacked by some unknown persons and admitted to Fr Muller Hospital.
It's the irony of police resorting to bystanders along Milagres church ground and at the entrance of Sisters of Poor Clare's Adoration Monastery.
5.45pm, IST
The sleuths resorted to caning on protesters including nuns and women on the streets of Milagress Hall complex, Hampankatta.
It is reported that when police started lathi charge, people pelted stones on police vans. Many vehicles damaged in the process.
Blood could be seen all over the area.
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