Mangalore: Youth Murdered by Miscreants, Katipalla Tense
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Latest: Katipalla Still Tense - Fresh Stabbing Incident Reported
Mangalore, Jan 10: (Update at 10.30pm IST)
Though the District administration and security officers have left no stone unturned to try and stop any communal violence within the city, it has been reported that a person named Vinod has been stabbed by some miscreants near the former KREC in Surathkal. The injured has been admitted to Padmavati hospital in Surathkal
Meanwhile the procession which was carrying Shamseen's body in Katipalla went berserk and hurled stones on alongside houses.
Superintendent of Police Satish Kumar, DC Ponnuraj and other officers along with the police force are camped around Katipalla and have assured the general public that they would ensure that there would be no further violence .
Murder of Youth in Katipalla: Update at 6.00pm, IST, Jan 9, 2009
Mangalore, Jan 10: ...The agitators ransacked houses, shops and damaged buses, buses stopped plying on the Krishnapura-Katipalla route. Superintendent of police N Sateesh Kumar alongwith other police officers, is presently camping at the site. Additional police force has been deployed to clear the road of unscrupulous elements and to maintain law and order. Buses have now resumed their operations on the road, under the cover of the police contingent that has been moving along with the buses in 'Vajra' vehicles.
In Katipalla, almost all the shops have downed their shutters. The superintendent of police feels that the attackers were out to avenge an earlier murder and has expressed the confidence that the culprits would be nabbed soon. The disturbances had given rise to tension in Katipalla alone. Situation in Mangalore, Suratkal and other places in the district continue to be normal.
The situation in and around Katipalla is under control and fast limping back to normalcy.
Breaking News at 3.00pm, IST, Jan 10
Mangalore: Youth Murdered by Miscreants, Katipalla Tense
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Jan 10: Two motor bike-born youths named Shamsher and Rahmat were attacked by unknown miscreants with lethal weapons in the afternoon on Saturday January 10 at Katipalla, near Surathkal, Mangalore. The assailants reportedly came in a Maruti Zen car and the bike-borne youth were caught unawares. One of the youth, Shamsheer, died on the spot while Rehamath was admitted into a private hospital in Suratkal with grievous injuries.
Reportedly, the vehicle used by the attackers has been traced. The assaulters fled from the scene after attacking the two. Reason for the attack is yet to be ascertained. Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner V Ponnuraj, speaking to Daijiworld expressed the opinion that the murder may be retaliatory in nature, connected with the murder of a youth in the region in the past. It is an isolated case and not in any way related to the past communal clashes, he opined.
Katipalla turned tense in the backdrop of the incident and roads wore a deserted look. A gang of local youngsters protesting against the incident, pelted stones and damaged five shops, a few bikes and buses. They also tried to attack the journalists who visited the place to cover the event.
Senior police and district adminsitration officials have rushed to the spot to control law and order situation. More details are yet to come in.
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