District Administration ready to provide adequate supply of food items during lockdown: DK DC
Essential shops to remain open between 6 am - 12 noon
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh on Wednesday assured people of the District that the administration had taken measures to ensure supply of essential goods including rice, vegetable and fruits across the District during the lockdown and asserted that there was no need for the people to panic buy goods.
She was speaking at the Deputy Commissioner’s office after chairing a meeting of top officials regarding the supply of essential goods during the 21-day lockdown.
Sindhu Rupesh also directed the police officials to not to obstruct or interfere in the transportation of food items and added that the District Administration was prepared to provide adequate supply of all the goods in the District.
She further informed the police personnel that vegetables are supplied to the District from Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, Shivmogga Districts while rice is supplied from Udupi District and added that movement of these vehicles not be stopped or interfered.
Rupesh then confirmed that essential shops will be open between morning 6 am to 12 noon for the convenience of people adding that there was no need for panic buying for the people. She also urged people to not rush at stores and to maintain discipline to ensure social distancing.
Additional DC Roopa, MCC Commissioner Shanadi Ajith Kumar, DCP Arunangsh Giri and other top officials were present during the meeting at the DC office.
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Four booked for tying 18-year-old to tree, beating him up in UP's Pratapgarh
Pratapgarh (UP) (PTI): Four people were booked here for the abduction and assault of a man who they allegedly tied to a tree and beat up, police said on Wednesday.
The incident, a video of which has gone viral, took place on Tuesday afternoon under the Kunda police station limits.
The FIR was registered on Wednesday evening based on a complaint from the victim's father.
According to Keshav Prasad Yadav, a resident of Mauli village, some people called his 18-year-old son Nikhil Yadav on the phone and asked him to come out of his house around 2.30 pm on Tuesday.
As he reached outside the village as instructed, the accused allegedly forced him into a car and took him towards the Tinpedwa forest area, where they tied him to a tree and assaulted, the complainant said.
The attackers also recorded a video of the incident and circulated it on social media. The purported video shows the men thrashing Nikhil one after another, while one of them is assumed to have recorded the act.
Kunda Station House Officer Manoj Pandey confirmed the incident and said efforts are underway to identify and arrest all the accused.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has shared the video on social media, describing the incident as reflective of a "dominant mindset" against the PDA (Pichda or Backward, Dalit, and Alpasankhyak or Minority), and demanded strict action against the accused.
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