Police demand late night withdrawal of Surathkal tollgate protest
Surathkal: Surathkal Police visited the houses of and issued notices late Saturday night to the leaders of the group of protesters against the Surathkal toll gate.
Notices have been issued to leaders like Muneer Katipalla, B K Imtiaz, Prathibha Kulai and Raghavendra Rao, said sources.
The police notice issued on Saturday night mentions that the leaders had earlier been instructed to call a meeting and assure the authorities that the protest against the toll gate was withdrawn. The protest committee, however, had refused to do so.
It is learned that the leaders have now been instructed to visit the office of the DCP immediately on receiving the notice and declare in writing a closure of the protest, the sources added.
Katipalla has questioned local legislators on the propriety of such a move by the police. “Do you send policemen to the houses of fighters at midnight? Do you send them to meet even lady fighters?” he has asked MLAs Bharath Shetty, Umakanth Kotian and Vedvyas Kamath, adding that the people no longer fear such moves. “You have been stripped bare before the people of Tulunadu,” he has said in the tweet.
Imtiaz, who spoke to Vartha Bharati on the police visit and notice, said such moves have been made in the last six years. “The protest committee, however, does not fear such attempts to intimidate us. The struggle opposing the toll gate now not just consists of the committee, it has grown to be the common people’s fight. There is no fear about extreme measures like on Saturday,” he said.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
