Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur
Kundapur, Jul 16: Kundapur Rural police have arrested two persons for allegedly abusing a village administrative officer (VAO) with casteist remarks, threatening him, and obstructing him from discharging his official duties at the Gulwadi gram panchayat office.
According to the police, the incident occurred at around 11:00 am on July 15 when Prakash Nayak, village administrative officer of Gulwadi village, was attending to work at his office. At that time, Palli Suleiman and his son Shafi, residents of Gulwadi, entered the office to submit an SIR form.
When the officer asked them to hand over the form, the accused allegedly abused him in filthy language, threatened his life, insulted him by using derogatory casteist slurs, and obstructed him from performing his official duties.
Based on the complaint, the Kundapur Rural police registered a case under crime number 37/2026 under Sections 132, 352, 351(2), and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), and 3(2)(v-a) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Following guidance from Kundapur sub-division deputy superintendent of police H D Kulkarni and under the leadership of Kundapur circle inspector Santosh A Kaikini, a police team led by PSI Niranjan Gowda (law and order) and PSI Chandrakala M Pattar (investigation), along with staff members A S Soora Nayak, Ramesh Naruni, and Manjunath Padasalagi, arrested Palli Suleiman and Shafi at Mavinkatte in Gulwadi village on July 16.
The accused were produced before the jurisdictional court, police said.