Mangalore: Police Make Arrest in Newspaper Office Attacks; More to Follow
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Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RS/CN)
Mangalore, Mar 17: “One person from the group of offenders who attacked the two newspaper offices in the city, has been arrested by the police”, informed Dr A S Rao, superintendent of police, on Wednesday March 17.
Dr Rao said that the arrested man is Ubedulla, resident of Valachil, and there are clues about the others persons involved in the crime, and this will be disclosed after investigation. He added that there are more arrests to be made in this case.
“The attack on newspaper offices is a serious crime and offenders will be punished with strict legal action”, said Gopal B Hosur, inspector general of police, adding that the attackers used petrol bombs which could have resulted in major loss of property as well as lives.
“We will conduct a thorough investigation in this case before disclosing the whereabouts of the offenders”, said Hosur, in reply to a question from the journalists.
“Their intention was to disturb communal harmony in the society and to disrupt the law and order system of the district”, he said.
On Tuesday March 2, offices of the ‘Kannada Prabha’ and ‘Jaya Kirana’ were attacked by a group of miscreants using petrol bombs and other tools. Office furniture—interiors, computers and other equipment—was damaged in the incident.
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