A local court on Wednesday directed the police to register an FIR against Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Renuka Chowdhury for her reported remark that "Mangalore has been Talibanised" in the wake of the attack on women at a pub on January 24 by Sriram Sene activists.
The direction came following a criminal case filed by the the Mayor against Chowdhury for her remarks. Hegde contended that the accused (Minister) had "deliberately" uttered communally provocative sentences in order to incite violence.
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