Permission mandatory to run PG, Hostel, Service Apartment: Mangaluru Police Commissioner
Mangaluru: After taking strict action to control the drugs peddling in the city, the City Police Commissioner has given instructions to all PGs, hostels and service apartments to check illegal activities.
In his order, Commissioner Sandeep Patil said that the proprietors, managements and owners of hostels, PGs, service apartments and hostels run by education institutions should mandatorily take permissions from the authorities concerned. Following the order, the managements of such institutions should give their names, address, phone numbers and identity cards to the nearby police stations. Along with these, such managements should also give names of the students, their phone numbers and identity cards to the police stations. If foreign students are residing in such institutions, within 15 days of their admission, concerned managements should submit their complete details including Passport and Visa to the police stations.
The institutions should install CCTV cameras and keep the CCTV footage till 30 days and when asked, the institutions should provide them to the police. The Commissioner has given 15 days time to install the CCTV cameras.
The managements should restrict the entry on strangers into such hostels or PGs. They should take maximum care to check the illegal activities like drugs peddling and others. The Commissioner also directed not to conduct any programmes which could cause sound pollution.
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Man assaulted over fish auction dispute at Malpe Harbour
Malpe: A 52-year-old man was allegedly assaulted at Malpe harbour on Tuesday morning around 7.30 am over a dispute related to a fish auction.
The injured has been identified as Sheikh Ayub (52), a resident of Ambalapady. He has sustained serious injuries and is undergoing treatment at the government hospital in Ajjarkadu, Udupi.
According to the complaint, Ayub works as a fish auctioneer at Malpe. On Tuesday morning, a boy reportedly brought fish to him for auction. While Ayub was conducting the auction, Mithun Karkera allegedly arrived at the spot and questioned him as to why he had brought the fish and why he was conducting the auction.
It is alleged that Mithun assaulted Ayub with his hands, hitting him on the face, eyes, stomach and head. He is also accused of abusing and threatening him.
A case has been registered at Malpe police station and further investigation is under way.
