Officials raid firecrackers' shops in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Personnel of Environmental Pollution Control Board, Department of Health and Revenue, and local police jointly raided several firecrackers shop in the city on Monday under the instructions of Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner.
The raid comes in the wake of the State government’s order banning the sale and use of firecrackers other than green firecrackers during the Diwali festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The raid was carried after the officials received information that a few vendors were selling firecrackers using banners of green firecrackers.
Officials had on Sunday raided various shops and vendors in Suratkal. Similar raids were carried in various Taluks including Mangaluru, Kotekar, and Ullal.
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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
