The errant behaviour of a Pro-Kannada right wing worker Ramesh Gowda was caught on camera where he went to a restaurant in Bengaluru called Start Biryani and spotted a board on which Kalima Tayyaba was written in Arabic. Kalima Tayyaba is the first Kalima out of the 6 kalimas in Islam.
The board was hanging inside the restaurant at the entrance and Gowda can be seen in the video arguing with the staff of the restaurant. He was himself taking a video and yelling at the staff and showing in his camera, the said board. He was speaking Kannada but it is certain that he mentioned Pakistan a few times and was trying to threaten the staff speaking in a loud voice.
This is from #Bengaluru, #Karnataka.
Self proclaimed Pro Kannada activist Ramesh Gowda misbehave with the restaurant’s staff and with police cops after seeing a Islamic photo frame hanging on a wall. He said if you want to hang such #Islamic frames then go to #Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/8m6YerdOXn
— Hate Detector 🔍 (@HateDetectors) June 21, 2023
There is another video where he can be seen forcefully going behind the reception counter and manhandling the person who was trying to stop him. He then pushed the man away and started pulling at the board, eventually pulling it off the wall completely.
In the latter part of the video a cop is trying to reason with him but he keeps repeating that it was a “Pakistani Board”.
राकेश गौड़ा बेंगलुरु में स्टार बिरियानी दुकान पर गया और कहा बिरयानी दो दुकान बंद हो रही थी इसलिए उसको मना किया गया तो जबरदस्ती अंदर दाखिल हो गया और ऊपर कलमा तैय्यबा के लगे बोर्ड को जबरदस्ती उतार कर नीचे फेंक दिया और कहा कि पाकिस्तान का झंडा लगा हुआ है। यह वेक्ति कर्नाटका रक्षक… pic.twitter.com/AHstscrLcz
— Millat Times (@Millat_Times) June 21, 2023
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