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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Manmohan Singh, LK Advani cast votes from home
New Delhi (PTI): Former vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari, former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, former deputy prime minister LK Advani and former Union minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi have cast their votes using the home voting facility, the Delhi poll body said.
The office of the chief electoral officer (CEO) of Delhi on Thursday kicked off the home voting facility for elderly voters and persons with disabilities (PwDs) and it will go on till May 24.
According to the data shared by the office, 1409 voters cast their ballots from the comfort of their homes across all seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi on Friday, which was the second day of the facility being started.
The West Delhi constituency reported the highest number of home votes, with 348 voters participating. Among them, 299 were elderly individuals.
With the completion of the second day, a total of 2,956 voters have exercised their right to vote from home, the CEO office said.
"Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh and former Union minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi successfully cast their votes on May 17 from their home availing home voting facility in the New Delhi parliamentary constituency," the office said.
Former vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari cast his vote on Thursday, it added.
Former deputy prime minister LK Advani cast his vote on Saturday, sources said.
On the first day, 1,482 voters exercised their franchise from home.
A total of 5,406 voters across Delhi -- elderly individuals and PwDs -- have filled out Form 12D to avail of the home voting facility in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
This initiative ensures these voters can participate in the electoral process with ease and dignity, eliminating the need to visit polling stations. Delhi will go to polls on May 25.
