Mangaluru Police firing: Commissioner to appear in person before Magisterial Enquiry on March 12
Mangaluru: Udupi Deputy Commissioner, G Jagadeesha on Wednesday held a hearing of the magisterial enquiry into the December 19 violence and police firing incident in Mangaluru. The hearing was held at Assistant Commissioner’s Court at Mini Vidhan Soudha in the city.
Out of 176 Police officials who will be deposing in the enquiry, 29 officers including ACPs appeared before the Jagadeesha and deposed before him about the incident.
Jagadeesha also issued notices to City Police Commissioner Dr. PS Harsha and DCP Arunangshu Giri to appear before him in person. Dr. Harsha has been notified to appear before the enquiry on March 12 while Arunangshu Giri was asked to appear before the enquiry on March 9.
On December 19, anti-CAA protest in the city had turned violent and two people were killed in firing by the police. The police action has since been under severe criticism and has received a lot of flaks from all quarters.
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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
