Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Apr 29: The police here had friction with the soldiers at the NCC ground here some time ago.

The police resent the fact that the soldiers are not following the lockdown orders as it affects the health of the people. The soldiers are seen to be creating groups and playing Kabaddi and volleyball in the ground. When a police officer approached them and questioned them, the soldiers engaged with him in an argument. This incident happened about a couple of weeks back.

A soldier told the officer that the police have no right to cross their fencing and that the state government, district administration and police department have no right to interfere with their affairs or question them. The video footage of a soldier behaving in an unacceptably rude way with a police circle inspector has now become viral in the social media.

The video that is over two weeks old, features police circle inspector here, Manjunath. The locals wonder whether the soldiers are beyond the purview of the law of the land that binds them. They also question the rationale behind allowing the soldiers to play when restraining the general public from doing so.

The NCC ground is located in Adi Udupi area. In the past, the soldiers had even driven away the deputy commissioner of the district by censuring the official by speaking in a haughty manner.