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Bengaluru's Vidhana Soudha Police have registered a Zero FIR following a complaint filed by Congress leader TR Ramappa over an alleged casteist purification ritual conducted at the Ramlila Ground in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. The complaint states that the venue was declared impure and purified after Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a public rally there on August 8. The case names BJP functionaries and mentions Uttarakhand BJP Chief Mahendra Bhatt for allegedly defending the ritual. The police have registered the case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, with the probe set to be transferred to Uttarakhand Police.

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00:00On that note, viewers, we have breaking news that's coming in.
00:04This is FIR over alleged Shuddhi Karan at Kharge's rally venue, Bengaluru, Vidana Souda Police register case.
00:13The FIR says venue purified after Kharge's visit.
00:18The case after Shuddhi Karan at rally venue in Haldwani complaint says venue declared impure post Kharge's presence.
00:25Congress leader TR Ramappa files complaint FIRE names BJP functionaries over the discrimination.
00:31Uttarakhand BJP chief accused of defending the alleged ritual.
00:35Cops book case under the BNS and SCST Act.
00:38Bengaluru pull his big info into the Shuddhi Karan Rao.
00:42This is what we are learning from Bengaluru as we speak at this given point.
00:47On that note, viewers, the FIR registered over alleged casteist purification ritual
00:54at venue of Malikarjun Kharge's rally, Vidana Souda Police have registered an FIRE following a complaint
01:01alleging that a purification ritual was conducted at the Ramlila ground in Haldwani, Uttarakhand
01:07after Malikarjun Kharge addressed a public rally there on August 8th.
01:11This is a particular story that we are tracking at this given point of time.
01:15Remember, this has become a bigger political debate, a row with Congress having made several
01:22allegations about the Shuddhi Karan that was done right after the very event was hosted
01:31by Malikarjun Kharge.
01:32On that note, we have Nagarjun Dwarakannath joining us on the broadcast with more details
01:38on the same.
01:40Nagarjun, just take us through what you are learning with the latest developments, please.
01:45The complaint was filed at the Vidana Souda Police Station and the police have registered
01:50a zero FIRE.
01:51Now, it will be transferred to Uttarakhand Police because there is a jurisdictional police
01:56and it was filed by the Schedule Tribe Department of the KPCC 1% from the Schedule Tribe Department
02:02called Ramappa.
02:03And this complaint was filed on the August 31st and this is against the BJP functionaries
02:08of the accused of carrying out the Shuddhi Karan process as Kharge went and gave a speech
02:15there.
02:16And the complainant also alleged that Maesh, but BJP President Uttarakhand publicly, he
02:23defended and justified the purification process.
02:26So a zero FIRE has been registered now and the FIRE will be transferred to Uttarakhand.
02:37Right, Nagarjun, thank you for bringing us those details.
02:41On that note, viewers, we will be, of course, bringing you all of the latest details of this
02:46very story as we have been.
02:48Remember, last weekend itself, it was Rahul Gandhi who had umptu up the attack on the
02:52Shuddhi Karan ceremony that had taken place in Haldwani after the event that was, in fact,
02:59hosted by Congress President Malik Arjun Karge, he'd come out to, in fact, to a press conference
03:04attacking that very episode.
03:06And now this has snowballed further into the developments that we just took you through.
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