Bengaluru (Karnataka) , May 29, 2025 (ANI) : Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao denounced “increasing” violence in the state and said that “decisions will be taken shortly”. Speaking on Bantwal murder case, the minister said “Violence in the name of religion to take revenge, it is becoming a regular occurrence. A strict action should be taken against them...This atmosphere of hatred, which is being built up, has to be controlled now. We cannot let this go any further. We need to take strong measures”.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Violence in the name of religion, to take revenge, it is becoming a regular occurrence and these forces which are acting, they need to be, you know, strict actions be taken against them, we need to nab the culprits, I am very confident police will nab the culprits, but we have to ensure that this atmosphere of hatred that is being built up, that has to be controlled now.
00:28We cannot let this go any further and we need to take some very strong measures and that is what we are discussing, we will be again discussing with Chief Minister later on and what steps to be taken, shortly we will be announcing, my appeal is that, you know, this violence is not good for anybody and using religion to kill innocent people, this Abdul Rahim is an innocent man who had no criminal record, no track record, he is well respected amongst the people,
00:58and someone just for the sake of revenge, just for the sake of, you know, wanting to prove that we will not leave you, you go and kill somebody like this, what kind of humanity, is this humanity?
01:09So, the Abdul Rahim was a very, very, not a small black mark against him and he has been murdered brutally and more people they wanted to kill, not just one person.
01:22So, this shows what is happening to the mindset of these people and we have to tackle that also, one is we have to take strict action as per law, second thing we have to also build up trust and friendship between societies, we need to do both together, hand in hand, so we will be evolving some, we will be taking further decisions shortly and I will also be going to Mangalore and we will be discussing with them.
01:46We will be discussing with them.