Kalaburagi: City Police Commissioner Dr. Sharanappa S.D. said the police will summon the editor of the Kannada evening daily Karnataka Sandhyakaala to explain the source of figures used in a front-page report that claimed “24 young women in Kalaburagi city fell prey to Islam love jihad in one year.”

The headline, published on Sunday, October 12, went viral as the RSS route march was under way in the city. “These numbers were not provided by us. We will call the editor and ask where they came from. If anyone needs official data, they should request it formally and we will provide verified information,” Dr. Sharanappa told Vartha Bharati.

The newspaper’s story alleged a pattern of targeting college students and coercing religious conversion after relationships, among other claims. Police

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