In what comes as a surprise, a Muslim couple was threatened and stopped from watching Kantara on Wednesday afternoon.
Muslim couple ‘Threatened’
According to eyewitnesses, the couple, both college students belonging to Kerala and studying in KVG institutions, came to watch the film at Santhosh theatre at Sullia in Dakshina Kannada. They were threatened and stopped from watching Rishab Shetty’s film.
The boy was beaten by the group for watching Kantara, which, according to the complaint, the attackers said was supporting Hindu culture. Later the couple returned from the theatre without watching the movie, reported Hindustan Times.
“We have received information through social media. The couple didn’t file a complaint, but we tracked them down and asked them to file a complaint. Based on their complaint, we have registered an FIR and we are on the lookout for the suspect,” said Dileep Rai, sub-inspector of Sulia police station.
“No one has the right to deny fundamental rights to a person for any reason. We have launched the search to catch the group which assaulted the boy,” Rai added.
Mimicking Daiva
In another incident, Malavalli town police in Mandya district registered a complaint against a woman for allegedly mimicking Daiva Nartakaand and collecting money from devotees.
In a complaint, S Puneet Kumar, a resident of Malavalli town, said that the woman, Shivalingamma, was doing pooja at her home for three years on Kanakapura road.
After the release of Rishab Shetty’s film, the woman started mimicking the movie hero recreating the scream, which is revered as a sign of the presence of god by some communities in coastal Karnataka. The complaint stated that the woman collected gold and cash from devotees claiming to summon god inside herself.
“We have received a complaint from one person alleging that the woman mimicking like Kantara movie and collecting money, and gold from devotees. We called the woman to the police station for questioning. She said she is doing pooja every Monday and Friday at her home for three years for the well-being of devotees,’’ Malavalli town police station inspector B Rajesh said.
If any other person who lost the money or gold gives a complaint, police will register an FIR, he added.
“The crowd of devotees started swelling after the release of the film Kantara as the woman mimicked the hero through a divine scream. The woman announces the time in the previous day that god summoned her,‘’ S Puneet Kumar the complainant said.
