Torture in the name of salesmen: Police commissioner Sandeep Patil asks to take care
Mangaluru: People should take care about the salesmen who come homes on the pretext of selling goods. If people suspect salesmen's moves, they should inform the nearest police station or call control room, said Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil.
He was responding to the call of public in a phone-in programme at the police commissionerate office here on Friday. A caller asked that salesmen menace was on the rise in Suratkal, Thadambail and other nearby places and recently, a salesman had misbehaved with a woman. The commissioner asked that person to handover the CCTV footage to the nearby police station.
There have been complaints against salesmen who visit the houses to sell goods and harass people. People should take care about it and if they found such incidents, they should bring such development to nearby police station or control room, he said.
Carrying excess children in school vehicles
In Ullala area, school vehicles have been carrying more students than their capacity. So, action should be taken against such vehicles and schools, another caller demanded.
The Commissioner said that the police have already taken this issue into the consideration and cracking down on such vehicles and it would continue.
On tinted vehicles, the Commissioner said the police have been taking action on such vehicles and asked the public to give information or send photos of such vehicles to 9480805300.
Menace of drunken people near KSRTC bus stand!
When another caller said the wine shop near the KSRTC bus stand opens much earlier, people stand outside the wine shop and drink and pose problems to women and children. Responding to this call, the Commissioner called the respective inspector and directed him to take action.
The Commissioner also directed the officials to take action on issuing tickets in city bus plying between Kavoor and Bondel.
On a complaint of damaging vehicles while towing, the Commissioner said that he held a meeting of those who tow the vehicles and asked them to handle the vehicles carefully and if the vehicle owners are present on the spot, fine them and let off the vehicles.
Police thanked
People also called the Commissioner and thanked him and the police officers for solving the problems raised during last week phone-in programme.
City DCP (law and order) Hanumantharaya, DCP (traffic and crime) Lakshmi Ganesh, ACP Manjunath Shetty, inspectors Amanulla, Poovappa, HC Purushottam and others were present.
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Supreme Court grants bail to MLA Vinay Kulkarni in Yogish Gowda murder case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted bail to Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni in connection with the murder of BJP Zilla Panchayat member Yogish Gowda from Hebballi in Dharwad district.
A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Karol passed the order granting bail to Kulkarni.
Earlier, following the cancellation of his bail, Kulkarni had surrendered before the Special Court for MPs and MLAs. His recent bail plea had also been rejected by the High Court.
Subsequently, Kulkarni approached the Supreme Court, which has now granted him bail.
