Women safety top-priority for Mangaluru Police during New Year Celebrations
Police Commissioner issues advisory for event organisers and party goers
Mangaluru: A day before the New Year celebration begins, Dr. PS Harsha, Mangaluru Police Commissioner issued an advisory to the party and celebration organisers to ensure public safety and maintain law and order on New Year’s eve.
In the advisory the Police Commissioner has directed hotels, resorts and other private entities to acquire adequate permissions from all the departments including the police department before organizing any parties and celebrations. He has further directed the organisers to wind up the parties and celebration by 12:05 am with an exemption of another fifteen minutes for dispersal of the crowd.
He has urged the organisers to possess written permission from all the concerned departments including excise and police during the parties and to adhere by all the instructions and directions by all the respective departments.
Addressing the issue of women safety during the New Year celebrations the police commissioner has warned people against eve teasing and harassing women and has promised strict action against those found guilty in anyuch activities. He has further asked the organisers to ensure all precautionary and security measures including installation of CCTV Cameras and fire safety equipments at the party venues. The Police Chief has also sought deployment of women volunteers at the venue to avoid any untoward incident with women and to ensure their safety.
"The department will not take any case with regard to women safety, lightly. It will be dealt strictly and the violators and exploiters will be tried under strictest possible laws" Dr. Harsha said.
He also informed that the ladies police team of Mangaluru named Abbaka Pade, will be patrolling the city and will also be deployed at the events to keep vigilance on eve teasers.
He also urged the people to follow traffic rules and to not drink and drive.
He further added that the liquor shops should be closed before 11 pm on December 31 and those willing to keep their shops open till 12:00 am should acquire permission from excise department.
Vehicles parking, entries to minor at the parties and event were among other issues he discussed in the advisory. He added that entry to minors at the party and celebrations should be strictly restricted unless accompanied by their parents.
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Nightclub fire: Goa court remands Luthra brothers in police custody for five days
Panaji (PTI): A court in North Goa on Wednesday remanded Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub, in police custody for five days.
The brothers, brought to Goa from Delhi after being deported from Thailand in connection with the December 6 blaze that killed 25, were produced in the court after undergoing health check-ups twice at the District Hospital in North Goa.
Judicial Magistrate First Class Mapusa Puja Sardesai remanded the two brothers in police custody for five days.
Advocate Vishnu Joshi, representing Bhavana Joshi who lost four family members in the tragedy, said that the accused were asking for “special consideration” claiming poor health.
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“We said they should not be given any extra relaxation,” he said, adding that the court has taken cognisance of the fact that this is about the death of “25 people in the form of mass genocide”.
“But since they kept pressing for medical check-up, the court ordered reexamination of their health. It is clear in the medical examination that they don’t require any consideration. The accused sought special considerations in the lock-up like a good mattress, which the court refused,” said Joshi.
A team of the Goa Police, along with the Luthra brothers, arrived at the Manohar International Airport, Mopa, in North Goa at 10.45 am.
The duo was initially taken to a Primary Health Centre at Siolim for medical examination. They were then taken to the District Hospital at Mapusa.
After their health assessment, the two were brought to the court.
The court directed that the accused be sent for fresh medical examination. Accordingly, the two were again taken to the District Hospital.
Later, they were produced before Judge Sardesai, who ordered the five-day police custody of the accused.
After the fire tragedy at Arpora village, the Anjuna police had registered a case against the Luthra brothers on various charges, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
The brothers were arrested in Delhi on Tuesday after being deported from Thailand. A court there allowed the Goa Police their two-day transit remand.
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The duo had fled to Phuket in Thailand early on December 7, hours after the fire at their nightclub, prompting the authorities to issue an Interpol Blue Corner Notice and cancel their passports.
They were detained by Thai authorities at Phuket on December 11 following a request from the Indian government, which later coordinated with officials in Thailand to deport them under legal treaties between the two nations.
Five managers and staff members have already been arrested by the Goa Police in connection with the fire.
