Last respects paid to Senior IPS officer Madhukar Shetty
Final rites to be performed at his hometown on Sunday
Bengaluru, Dec 29: Last respects were paid to IPS officer Madhukar Shetty, who died after suffering from severe lung infection in Hyderabad.
His dead body was brought from Hyderabad by a special flight at 1:15 pm at Devanahalli International Airport and later it was kept for paying last respects at Armed Police Training Center at Yelahanka on Saturday.
Home Minister MB Patil, DGP Neelamani Raju, senior police officers Kishore Chandra, MN Reddy, AM Prasad, City Police Commissioner T Sunil Kumar, ADGP Kamal Pant, Retired DGPs RK Datta, Shankar Bidari, other senior officials, relatives and civilians paid the final respects.
According to sources from Yelahanka, the body will be taken by road to the airport at around 8:15 pm and from there it will be airlifted to Mangaluru.
Colleague sings favorite song
A colleague of the IPS officer Madhukar Shetty paid his lasts respects by singing the late officer's favorite song.
Madhukar's colleague Pavan Kumar, with teary eyes, sang the late officer's favorite Hindi song while paying last respects in Hyderabad.
His service is unprecedented
I was shocked by the death of Madhukar Shetty
I wish his family immense strength and peace in life. It is not possible to get an efficient officer this way. The service he delivered in Chikkamagaluru was unprecedented.
-Annamalai, DCP, South Division of the City
I am shaken by the death of IPS officer Madhukar Shetty. Madhukar Shetty was known for his outspoken nature. Let the Lord grant peace to His soul and give his family strength to endure
-Neelamani Raju, Director General of Police
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Ban on outsiders' entry extended in Sambhal, SP MPs barred from entering
Lucknow/Sambhal (UP) (PTI): Three Samajwadi Party parliamentarians, including its Sambhal MP, were stopped from entering the violence-hit district, as the administration on Saturday extended the ban on the entry of outsiders into Sambhal to December 10 to maintain "peace and order".
The administration's earlier ban on the entry of outsiders was to expire on Saturday.
The Samajwadi Party's Muzaffarnagar MP Harendra Malik, accompanied by its Kairana and Sambhal MPs, was stopped from entering Sambhal from Ghaziabad.
"I don't understand why we are being stopped. Are the opposition leader and the MPs so irresponsible that they can't be allowed to move within the state?" Malik said.
The party had earlier announced a 15-member delegation would visit the district to gather information about the violence that broke out over a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid.
Curbs under Section 163 (power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, set to expire on Sunday, were extended to December 31.
In a statement issued in Sambhal, District Magistrate Rajendra Pensiya said, "To maintain peace and order, the imposition of Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita in the district has been extended to December 31."
"No outsider, any social organisation or public representative can enter into the borders of the district without seeking the permission of the competent authority till December 10," he added.
Tension had been brewing in Sambhal since November 19 when the court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era mosque was carried out following claims that a Harihar temple previously stood at the site.
Violence erupted during a second survey on November 24 as protesters gathered near the mosque and clashed with security personnel, leading to stone pelting and arson. Four people died and several others were injured in the clashes. The police have denied allegations that it fired at the protesters.
The Supreme Court has since ordered the Sambhal trial court to halt proceedings in the case and its survey.
Pensiya further said, "If anyone tries to spread rumours on any group on social media, the group admin will delete the post and immediately inform the police. Cyber cafes will keep a register to enter the names of visitors. No person in Sambhal will burn effigies at public places."
Malik, who was stopped from entering Sambhal, further said, "Our delegation also included MPs Zia-ur-Rehman Barq (Sambhal) and Iqra Hasan (Kairana). What can we do? The government is acting in an autocratic manner."
Sambhal MP Barq has been booked in connection with the November 24 violence for "provocative acts".
In Moradabad, Samajwadi Party MP Ruchi Veera's residence was surrounded by cops to prevent her from travelling to Sambhal.
Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Mata Prasad Pandey, who was to lead the delegation, told reporters outside his Lucknow residence that Home Secretary Sanjay Prasad called him and requested him to not visit Sambhal.
Pandey is sitting on a dharna in Lucknow.
"The Sambhal district magistrate also called and told me that the ban on the entry of outsiders had been extended. I will now visit the party office and discuss the issue before deciding on our next action," he said.
"The government perhaps wanted to prevent me in order to hide its wrongdoings in Sambhal as our visit would have exposed its mistakes," he added.
Heavy security has been deployed outside Pandey's residence since Friday.
The Samajwadi Party had postponed an earlier visit after assurances from the director general of police about a fair investigation into the violence.
Congress state chief Ajay Rai earlier told PTI that a party delegation would visit Sambhal on December 2.
