Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Feb 12: Panambur deputy superintendent of police (DySP), Girish R, has informed, that the prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Indian Penal Code already clamped in Suratkal and surrounding areas in relation to certain unsavoury incidents that occurred there recently, have been extended.

“All the commercial establishments in the area have been asked to close by 8 pm, and this order will be strictly enforced. Additional police forces deployed in the region will continue to maintain vigil. At the same time, those travelling through the area at night should compulsorily have their identity cards with them, and in case of vehicles, the original documents have to be preserved and produced as and when asked for,” he stated.

Suratkal police station in-charge, K V Belliappa, said that the prohibitory orders clamped by the city commissioner, will be in force for a week and that investigations relating to the tossing of the skull of a slaughtered cow into the courtyard of a Daivasthana recently and assault on people at Ganeshpura and Krishnapura by masked men, are in progress.

On Thursday, about 50 people including some Muslim women from Iddya, staged a protest in front of Suratkal police station, alleging that the policemen have arrested a few innocent people relating to the said incidents.

Girish stated that the man arrested in connection with the desecration of a mosque in Angaragundi here has been produced in the court, while search is on for the two missing men. In the case of some such cases that preceded this incident, the policemen have collected the names of the miscreants involved, most of whom have absconded, he explained. The DySP added, that the policemen continue to provide security to the prayer and worship centres in the area.