Mayor Kavitha Clarifies on False allegations of Assault, Alleges BJP’s Involvement
Mangaluru: “I would like to clarify the false allegations put on me that I have assaulted our building watchman’s wife and child which is far from the truth. First of all, I am the mother of two kids and the false allegations have hurt me a lot. On October 20, on Diwali, when my daughter and her two friends were playing busting firecrackers the watchman’s wife using abusive words chased my daughter who out of fear ran to the Citadel apartments adjacent to our building. It is sad to see a woman chasing my daughter at 9:00 pm. While running if anything had gone wrong who is responsible?”, said Mayor Kavitha Sanil in a press meet held at Hotel Janata Deluxe, Pathumudi here on October 27.
Addressing the mediapersons Mayor Kavitha said, “I was not there when the incident happened but I came to know when I came back from Bengaluru. On October 26, evening at 4:00 pm, before coming to the office I went to the Watchman’s house to ask him why his wife had chased my daughter and said that I will file a complaint. But she apologized and requested me not to complain to the police. I was there speaking to them only for four minutes. But the Watchman’s wife has now put allegations that I had assaulted her and abused her kid. If I would have thrashed the watchman’s’ wife she would have been injured. The actual fact is that last month during the meeting of the building association, it was decided to sack the watchman for not doing his job properly and had the habit of saying lies. But the watchman requested us to give him some time to find a job.”
Mayor Kavitha further said, “Today I noticed that some media had published demeaning reports about me. I got suspicious that someone might be behind this issue because without anyone’s support the watchman will not make a big issue and publish false allegations on the social media. So, I thought of checking the CCTV footage of our building and found that the BJP corporator Roopa D Bangera and Pooja Pai were speaking to the Watchman and his wife for 25 minutes. The BJP cannot digest the good work I do and planned to defame me by using the Watchman and his wife to put false allegations on me.”
Mayor Kavitha also said, “I will file a complaint against the watchman and his wife for putting false allegations on me. The watchman’s wife has also given a statement to the TV Channels that I had thrown her child and assaulted her which is not true. I have come here with evidence. I have all the CCTV footage of the incident. I did not assault her, I only said that I will file a complaint against her. But I ask why the BJP corporator Roopa D Bangera and Suratkal BJP Block President Pooja Pai were in our building to meet the Watchman and his wife. Roopa is my colleague and she could have come to my house which is in the basement and had a word with me. Why did they both come in the night at 8:41 pm to meet the watchman? I need to know the truth. This is cheap politics played by the BJP to defame me. Without their help, the watchman and his wife will not take such step of going to the media and giving false statements.”
Mayor’s daughter Prisha said, “On October 20, myself along with Kshithi and Kshama were bursting firecrackers. At that time watchman’s son put a firecracker on my leg, I got hurt, getting angry I caught hold of his shirt. But the Watchman’s wife used foul language and chased me for holding his shirt. So out of fear I ran to Gopal uncle’s house and was afraid to come back. Later Gopal uncle and Prajwal dropped me home”.
A Neighbour, Gopal Nayak speaking to the mediapersons said, “On October 20, at around 9:00 pm Trisha came to our house and said that the Watchman’s wife was angry and chased her. Later we dropped her home. It is not right on the part of the watchman to chase a small girl in the night.”
Another neighbour Kshithi said, “On October 20, when we were bursting firecrackers the watchman’s wife chased Prisha using foul language. She also threatened me not to tell the truth that she had chased Trisha.”
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BJPee is FRUSTRATED !!
Sad to see a simple incident turning into an open mudslinging competition. Mayor has the reputation of being assertive and tough. Unfortunately it feeds into the narrative put out by Watchman and his family. Either way, I hope that they all learn lessons and move on. We need our mayor to continue her good work to fix broken city.