Mangalore: Women lay a siege to Ullal Police Station, Sec 144 Continues
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (MM/RD)
Pics: Ajith Ullal
Mangalore, Jan 22: The superintendent of police has clamped Section 144 in the neighbourhood of Ullal, lies in the outskirts of city, on Tuesday, January 22, as a security measure to curb the situation, owing to violence erupted which was threatened to go unabated, on Monday, January 21.
Meanwhile, hundreds of women laid a siege to Ullal police station on Tuesday, for harassing their husbands and children. The women accused that the police gained forceful entry into their houses and arrested their husbands and children, without any valid reason.
The police have arrested five persons and summoned forty persons to report at the police station, related to Monday's out break of violence. Tight security has been arranged in the sensitive localities at Mogaveera Patna, Kotepur and Mastikatte where the violence was reported.
Section 144 will be in force till Thursday, January 24, informed police sources.
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