Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Sep 28: The public has expressed rage over the action of police in which they slapped bailable IPC section on the accused of the moral policing case at Surathkal in which activists of Bajrang Dal waylaid medical students who had gone for outing and used abusive words.
Surprisingly, all the accused are released on bail from the police station itself. The public expressed extreme disappointment on the action of police. It is also said that police have discriminated in the sections they slapped on the accused.
Recently, in Bengaluru, a Muslim woman was riding pillion with her Hindu colleague on the bike. A gang of Muslim youth had stopped and abused them. Bengaluru police who immediately swung into action, arrested the accused and slapped non-bailable section of 153(A), 506, 341, 34, 504 and 323 of IPC and sent them to Prison.
The chief minister and home minister had also warned that this kind of moral policing will be dealt strongly by the police in future.
In the ruckus that was created in the presence of Surathkal police by the Bajrang Dal activists on innocent students, police arrested the accused, but slapped IPC 341, 323 and 504 which are bailable.
Police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said, “It is not right to compare the IPC sections that were slapped in cases that occurred elsewhere with the Surathkal incident. IPC section is applicable to all citizens throughout India. No discrimination is done in Surathkal case.”