Uppinangady: At least 10 severely injured as police lathi-charge on protesters; security beefed up
Uppinangady: Local police on Tuesday night lathi-charged protesters who were reportedly protesting outside the police station against the detention of three Popular Front of India (PFI) leaders in connection with a recent assault case. More than 10 people have reportedly sustained injuries while three other police personnel have also been injured in the incident.
According to the reports, local police had summoned three leaders of PFI (PFI Uppinangady President Abdul Hameed Majestic, SDPI Nekkeladi President Zakaria, and Upopinangady Block President Mustafa Lateef) for questioning in the recent assault case and later detained them.
PFI members and workers gathered outside the police station on Monday evening demanding the immediate release of their leaders. Dy.SP Dr. Gana Kumari had then reached the spot and pacified the protesters and assured them of releasing all three detainees.
When the police only released one of the three detainees and failed to release the other two, the protesters once again gathered outside the police station at night demanding their immediate release. The police then resorted to the lathi charge around 9 pm to disperse the crowd. 10 people have sustained severe injuries while three police personnel have also been injured.
Puttur Tahsildar, who had reached Uppinangady earlier in the evening, had imposed section 144 in the town following which lathi-charge was reported.
Security was beefed up and tension escalated in the region with the administration deploying both district and state reserved police forces.
ಉಪ್ಪಿನಂಗಡಿ ಪೊಲೀಸರು ರಾತೋರಾತ್ರಿ ಅಮಾಯಕರನ್ನು ಬಂಧಿಸಿದ್ದಲ್ಲದೇ, ಬಂಧಿತರ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಗಾಗಿ ಶಾಂತಿಯುತವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದವರ ಮೇಲೆ ಬರ್ಬರವಾಗಿ ಲಾಠಿಚಾರ್ಜ್ ನಡೆಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನಕಾರರ ಮೇಲೆ ದಬ್ಬಾಳಿಕೆ ನಡೆಸಿದ ಪೊಲೀಸರ ಕ್ರೌರ್ಯವನ್ನು ನಾಗರಿಕ ಸಮುದಾಯ ಒಂದಾಗಿ ಖಂಡಿಸಬೇಕು. ಇದು ನ್ಯಾಯಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಎದ್ದು ನಿಲ್ಲಬೇಕಾದ ಸಮಯ. pic.twitter.com/u6X7MOFwXj
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BJP worker dies by self-immolation outside realtor’s house in Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi: A 35-year-old BJP worker died after setting herself on fire outside the house of a realtor in Nandikur village of Kalaburagi taluk on Friday night. According to police the deceased has been identified as Jyothi Patil and a case of abetment of suicide has been registered against the realtor, Mallinath Biradar.
In a report published by Deccan Herald, the local police said Jyothi arrived at Biradar’s house late in the evening and knocked on the door. At the time, his wife and three children were inside the house. When the door was opened, Jyothi asked for Biradar and before the family members could respond or intervene, she allegedly poured petrol on herself and set herself ablaze.
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Locals rushed to the scene, but the fire's intensity made it difficult to identify the victim. Police officers who arrived on the scene later discovered documents inside a two-wheeler parked near the house. These documents assisted officials in determining her identification. Jyothi’s husband was subsequently called to the spot to confirm it.
