Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Dec 1: The state high court (HC) has served notices to city mayor and state director general of police apart from some others, relating to a case in which a raid was conducted on New Members Skill Lounge Club at Attavar here without registering first information report, and arresting the club owner.

Owner of the club, Sujitha Rai, had filed petition in the high court seeking directions to the state government for cancellation of case registered against her on the allegation of running the club without obtaining licence, and payment of compensation for arresting her without registering first information report.

The case came up for consideration before the single judge bench of the HC chaired by Justice K N Phaneendra, on Thursday November 30. The bench, which heard arguments, passed an order to serve notices on the secretary of the state home department, director general of police, Karnataka, mayor of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC), Kavitha Sanil, city police commissioner, T R Suresh, health officer, A Manjunath Shetty, and inspector of city south police station, K U Belliappa.

The bench asked the public prosecutor to furnish progress report on the registered against club owner, Sujitha Rai, to the court on December 14, before adjourning the hearing.