Surathkal: The protesters including the Toll Gate Virodhi Horata Samiti leaders who were protesting and demanding the removal of the Surathkal toll gate were detained by the police on Tuesday.

The protesters who pushed through the barricade erected by police, while trying to lay siege around the toll gate were stopped by the police. The leader of the Surathkal Toll Gate Horata Samiti Muneer Kaatipalla, former MLAs Ivan D’Souza, Shakuntala Shetty, J.R Lobo, Mohiuddin Bava, leaders Mithun Rai, Shashidhar Hegde, Pratibha Kulai, and B.K Imthiyaz including other protesters were detained by police. The detained leaders and protesters were taken away from the site in a vehicle, it is learned.

Ahead of these developments, vehicular traffic on the national highway experienced complete disarray. At present, the police have made way for smoother movement of vehicles.

In the background of the protests, thorough security arrangements have been set up under the leadership of Mangaluru City Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar.



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Bengaluru, Jan 27 (PTI): A fire broke out at an electric vehicle showroom in Rajajinagar here on Monday afternoon and 10 vehicles were gutted and 20 were partially damaged, fire officials said.

The incident was reported to the fire department at 2.06 pm, after which two fire tenders were rushed to the spot, they said.

According to the department, the fire occurred in the basement and ground floor of the showroom where two-wheeler electric vehicles were kept.

Following the fire, 10 vehicles were burnt completely, while another 20 vehicles were partially burnt.

However, since the fire was controlled, it did not spread to the two upper floors of the showroom which comprises the office space.

Preliminary inquiry has revealed that there were five people inside the showroom when the fire broke out and during the evacuation process, one of them complained of injury due to an electric wire. The said person has been shifted to a hospital here, a senior fire officer said.

The fire was controlled and the exact reason for the blaze is yet to be ascertained, he added.

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