One held for spreading communal enmity
Operation conducted under guidance of Police Commissioner
Mangaluru, July 16: Local police arrested one person on charges of spreading communal enmity through WhatsApp groups against a college in the city. The accused is identified as Ashish of Asaigoli in Konaje in the city.
He has allegedly misused the name of a Muslim youth to make false propaganda in the WhatsApp groups saying that the youth has been harassing the girls in a college in the city. After collecting the information, the police took him into the custody and interrogating him.
On the direction of City Police Commissioner TR Suresh and guidance of DCP (Law and Order) Hanumantharaya, DCP (Crime and Traffic) Uma Prashanth and ACP Uday Nayak, Bandaru police station officers and CCB inspector Shantaram Kundar and team participated in the operation.
A case was registered under IPC section 153-A and 505 and the accused was produced before the court which remanded him to 15 days judicial custody for further interrogation.
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Hindutva leader Manju Kola stabbed during ‘compromise meeting’ at Malpe; Five arrested
Udupi: Manju Kola, husband of former Udupi City Municipal Council Vice-President Lakshmi Manjunath and a Hindutva organisation leader, was stabbed during a meeting held to settle a dispute related to a love affair at Malpe on Tuesday night.
Police have arrested five accused in connection with the case.
According to information available, Manju Kola had reportedly called for a compromise meeting near Malpe beach in the Palimaru area on Tuesday evening to resolve an issue involving a couple. During the discussion, a heated argument broke out and a youth allegedly stabbed Manju Kola.
He sustained injuries to his abdomen and collapsed. He was immediately shifted to a private hospital in Udupi for treatment.
Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar said that five accused have been arrested in the case. As per preliminary investigation, the incident appears to have occurred due to personal reasons. He clarified that there is no communal angle to the incident and urged the public not to spread rumours.
The injured Manju Kola is out of danger and his condition is stable, the SP said.
