M'luru: Court summons accused in defamation of Sevanjali Trust case

Mangaluru: A court here issued a summons to M Varadaraya Prabhu in connection with a defamation case related to Sevanjali Charitable Trust, which is chaired by MLA Vedavyasa Kamath.

M Varadaraya Prabhu is accused of submitting a false complaint to the DK registrar and the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner. On the basis of which reports were published in newspapers.

Thereafter, MLA Vedavyas Kamath filed a defamation lawsuit at the city’s second JMFC Court. The suite said that Sevanjali Charitable Trust has been functioning for the past 18 years and its trustees are of good social standing. Further, it is alleged that Prabhu made false allegations against the trustees of the organization with the “intention of defaming them due to personal enmity.”