Sullia, December 16: Hindu Hitarakshana Vedike on Friday staged a silent protest condemning the arrest of miscreants who had pelted stones at a local police station on Wednesday night. The protesters have termed the police action as atrocity against Hindus.
As many as 15 persons have been arrested by police following the attack on the local police station.
The arrested include local BJP leaders P K Umesh, Dinesh Kumar, Guruprasad, Kiran Kumar and town panchayat vice president Prakash Hegde.
They were remanded to judicial custody till December 29 after being produced before a local court on Thursday.
Meanwhile brushing the allegations against police, Inspector General of Police Pratap Reddy said that arrest of the trouble makers was necessary.
Back ground
An incident of moral policing took place at Sullia police station limits when
On Wednesday, a group of people belonging to a rightwing group waylaid a car in which two men and two women were reportedly traveling to Madikeri.
Iqbal, Hameed from Uppala and Prabharani and Shobha from Jharkhand were traveling in the vehicle.
The car was stopped at Jalsoor Gate by the group of over 200 people led by Jalsoor GP member Sanath Adkar. After questioning the couples, the group handed them over to the police in the night.
The police retained men for interrogation and sent the women to remand home.
Later, altercation broke out between ZP Member Naveen Rai and the police as the cops questioned the public's right to stop a vehicle and question the individuals.
This led to BJP members shouting out slogans against the police in front of the Station. Stones were pelted at the station. Police had to wield lathi to get situation under control.
Police personnel, who got injured during attack on police station
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