Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Aug 12: The parents of school going children were at the receiving end due to the sadist act of some miscreants who twisted the holiday order given by Sasikanth Senthil, deputy commissioner (DC) on Saturday, August 11.

The DC had declared a holiday for schools and PU colleges on August 11 due to the incessant rain in the city in the past two days. Some anti-social elements twisted this message saying that the declared holiday is cancelled. The parents and students were utterly confused because of this.

B A Khadar Shah, assistant director of information has brought this to the notice of the DC and has asked to take necessary action against the erring persons.

The press release of the information department mentioned that 'Tomorrow is a holiday for schools and colleges in the district of Dakshina Kannada' and mentioned that the same is authorized by the DC Sasikanth Senthil. Certain vested interests twisted the statement and wrote 'There is no holiday for school and colleges tomorrow in the district of Dakshina Kannada. The holiday is cancelled by the DC.' and made this viral on social sites. Many parents had sent their children to school on Saturday, August 11, owing to this misleading message on social sites.

Some teachers from Bantwal approached the assistant director of the information department and brought this act to his notice.