Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Aug 10: A delegation of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal met the city police commissioner on Tuesday August 9, and submitted a memorandum to him, demanding affective measures to subdue the drug mafia. The organizations claim that drug mafia has a firm footing in Dakshina Kannada district, and that unless immediate steps are taken to regulate it, it may cause further miseries in the lives of the citizens.
“A number of students and youngsters from the district have become victims of drugs abuse. The drugs cartel has been destroying the future of the youth by luring them into becoming drug addicts. In a recent incident, a college student, who was enticed into becoming a drug addict, is being treated in a hospital. The son of Congress leader, Ashraf, has a hand in turning her into a drug addict. He and his associates should be arrested, and drug mafia should be snuffed out at any cost,” the organizations have demanded, through the memorandum.
In a statement, leaders of both these organizations said that the police commissioner received the memorandum and assured to take legal action to contain the mafia.
In a separate memorandum, these organizations asked the police commissioner not to give permission for using generator sets during processions, and not to allow derision and mockery of Indian culture by people donning obscene characters in the name of entertainment, during the upcoming Hindu festivals like Srikrishna Janmashtami, Ganesha Chaturdhi, and Navaratri.
Vice president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Jagadish Shenava, general secretary, Gopal Kuttar, BJP leader, Srikar Prabhu, Bajrang Dal city convenor, Sharan Punmpwel, district convener, Shivanand Mendon, assistant convenor, Harish Amtady, and others were members of the delegation.
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