Bengaluru, Apr 20: As many as 59 people were arrested on Monday for attacking police and health officials at the minority dominated Padarayanapura in the city when they went to quarantine some people, police said.
"Fifty-nine people have been arrested (in Padarayanapura) and have been taken into custody. The people attacked the officials who had gone to quarantine some poeple who were the primary and secondary contacts of three COVID-19 patients," a police officer said.
A large number of people, mostly youth from the minority community poured on to the road on Sunday and thrashed the health workers who had gone to quarantine some people who were the primary and secondary contacts of the health workers.
The officials were allegedly beaten black and blue.
Some local residents who went to the rescue of these officials were also thrashed.
According to police, one among the arrested is a woman by name Firoza who had allegedly instigated the mob to attack the health and police officials.
Subsequently, a large number of police personnel were deployed in the area to avert any untoward incident and to quarantine those who are suspected to be infected with COVID- 19.
Blowing sirens, a strong contingent of policemen carried out a flag march in the area.
The Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao later called on Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and briefed him about the situation in Padayarayanapura.
The violent incident drew angry reactions from various quarters.
Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said an incident like the one at Padayarayanapura will not be tolerated.
"I met Chief Minister and briefed him about the incident. He has told us to act strictly. I have told the same to my officials. We won't tolerate such acts by anyone. We have arrested 59 people. Five FIRs have been registered," the minister told reporters.
Bommai, who visited the area took the senior police officials to task for not being present on the spot when the incident took place.
"Where were you? What were you doing when the incident happened?" he questioned a senior police officer.
"We will demonstrate to the people what is containment zone, what is seal down and what is police action," he said.
Condemning the incident, Health Minister B Srimulu warned those who indulged in such activities.
"The inhuman act of attacking police and health workers in Padarayanapura is highly deplorable. Our government will take appropriate step against those indulging in the attack on health officials and police officials who had gone there to protect them," he tweeted.
BJP's firebrand MP Shobha Karandlaje reacted sharply.
"Seculars attack #CoronaWarriors when they were quarantining the secondary contacts of #Covid19 in Padarayanapura of BLR. While #HealthcareHeroes are working overnight to contain #CoronaPandemic, these morons are assaulting our heroes! Let's not be soft on these anti- nationals!" Karandlaje tweeted.
Meanwhile, the minority leaders called on Congress state president D K Shivakumar to persuade the people of the minority community to assist in identifying the COVID-19 patients or carriers.
Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy too condemned the attack and demanded stringent action against the culprits.
The Congress MLA from the area B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan while condemning the incident, sought to know why the health workers and police officials went to the area late in the night and not in the morning.
"Why did the police and the health workers go in the night when I had told the BBMP Commissioner that I will take them at 10 am?" Khan told reporters.
Defending those who attacked the government officials, Khan said they were uneducated labourers who didn't know what they were doing.
Padarayanapura and Bapuji Nagar were among the first areas to be completely sealed as people were not abiding by the prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC.
Addressing a protest in Shivajina gar against the murder of RSS worker Rudresh R by two motorcycle-borne men, Suresh Kumar said if police are unable to provide protection to RSS workers, they should be allowed to carry weapons.
Comments
RSS is the only enemy of India.
RSS should be allowed to wear pants. They look like mentally backward people.
Muslims will manage to get back RSS weapons.
Interesting to hear the jokes of kothi Ann...
Sanghi goon out of India.....staying in Buddha land and disrupting the unity of Indians.....soon should be behind bars....jai hind....
@Naren
Don't think that staying in singapore. And giving communal lines. Will get away from this. Ur each and every comment might be monitoring.
Once police catch u, then ur life will be behind the bars.
Think before u com
@Naren
Don't think that staying in singapore. And giving communal lines. Will get away from this. Ur each and every comment might be monitoring.
Once police catch u, then ur life will be behind the bars.
Think before u com
@Naren
WHY ??? THEY DONT HAVE GUN OF THEIR OWN. I THINK EVEN NAREN TOO WANTS THE GUN. HE ALSO DONT HAVE. POOR CHEDDY?
Donkey never disobedient to its master... whatever loaded on it, it will take...
Similarly there are few human beings despite lot of evidence of the cheddis involvement in deception... They never want to accept the REALITY of their deception and want to continue like the donkeys take their load.. with their mind filled with lies.
We say wake up guys.. look outside the cheddi installed software in your mind and use your God given intellect.
An intelligent human being will understand when shown with proof... and many times cheddis were caught of their dirty activities of doing their evil acts and blaming others...
Karkera exposed their evil acts...
Writers too exposed them
Bomb blast in their own cell
Saffron IT cell exposed with their fake display of nationalism
JNU video tampered
cheddi wearing burka caught red handed last week...
Cow business exposed too
Pakistan flag hositing too caught red handed
Fake FB account too caught red handed...
Only God knows how much bombs they keep in their own temples to create unrest in the society...
Naren, you must be Godse's elder brother....calm down guy....we all know what is RSS all about.....
No wonder. Over and again they openly admitted that they are the manufaturers of terror factories.
Jihadis are having honey moon period as it is khan grace govt as this govt licks their feet ....but everyday is not Sunday ....if jihadis are so powerful...they must directly fight ...not from behind ....if jihadis were so powerful they would have ruled whole world thru oic ...but looking at their mujra infront of Israel only we can make out hahaha....if sangh decides jihadist forces shud run for cover like how they ran in gujarath and muzzaffar Nagar ...we are showing maximum restraint becoz we honour our constitution and respect rule of land....bholo Bharath mata ki jai ..jai sangh parivar ....
We already carry it inside our jockeys......what about chaddeez...if they don't have then why they are wearing it..
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@Brother Venki Cracked a good Joke.Joke of the Millennium.
Do we have another sample like VENKI in India.Please let us know.We need to send to the Kargil area to entertain our Soldiers.So that they can relax their mind by listening such Jokes.
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What a funny guys they have with them. Mangana Kaiyalli Manikya...
Give them rights to allow Weapons as well allow them to Shoot who ever they wants.
Aur kya kya chayiye? Ek lambi list karo aur khadey hojao line mey.. Dharpok insaan.. LOL .
Some are getting Y guards, some are for Z guards.. Some need x guards.. Until when you chaddis will keep begging??
Hahaha. Saale Darrpok. No doubt they are criminals. Because they are always afraid of death. Noorukala iliyagi baalokkinta mooru kaala huliyagi baalode melu.
Someone was barking before that 60% of the police are from RRSS....
Where are they NOW ... why dont they Protect Your own men even after we citizens pay from our tax money for their jobs.... U cheddis are useless in taking responsibility to protect the society and now they dont even able to protect their own members..
Are the 60% turned their hearts and became good and thought of helping people rather than continuing supporting the cheddi evils... if it is, then it will be good for the people and the society...
Dear,
Please now itself list out your other demands, we will support for police commissioner permission.
Hope your request is to only for your so called brahmin community ?
Disaster, dont forget that they killed father of nation, Mahatma Gandhi, cant trust them at all....
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