Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (RJP)
Mangaluru, Aug 1: Police from Mangaluru rural police station on Monday 1, arrested 13 persons relating to the raid of St Thomas Aided Higher Primary School at Padu Bandanthila near here.
The raid was carried out on July 30 by nearly 60 Sri Rama Sene (SRS) activists with the allegation that Urdu and Arabic were 'forcibly' taught to students in the school. The activists had taken the school management to task and created trouble.
Photos of raid on July 30
The arrested persons are Sunil, Nitin, Rajesh, Raghavendra, Ravi, Nitin Shetty, Kishore Sanil, Chethan, Ravindra, Mukesh, Prakash, Jayantha, and Chandrahasa.
Nitin, Santosh and Dinesh were arrested on Sunday. All the 16 arrested so far have been produced in court, police said.
Police sub-inspectors Sudhakar and Venkatesh were in charge of arrest operation which was carried out with the help of other police personnel from Mangaluru rural police station.