10-07-2006, 12:49 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Violence rocks Mangalore </b>
DH News Service Mangalore:
Mobs went on the rampage during the bundh called by the Bajrang Dal activists to protest against the illegal transportation of cattle in the district.
Police opened fire in the air and lobbed scores of teargas shells to quell the sudden outbreak of violence in Mangalore and Bantwal taluks on Thursday. Mobs went on the rampage during the bundh called by the Bajrang Dal activists to protest against the illegal transportation of cattle in the district.
Forty-two persons, including seven police personnel were injured and public property worth lakhs of rupees damaged in the violence, which continued almost throughout the day. The police have imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Cr.Pc. in Mangalore and Bantwal taluks for three days and detained more than 70 persons.
For slaughter
The trouble began on Wednesday night when a mini truck carrying cattle to a slaughter house was involved in two separate accidents with two jeeps. The jeep drivers reportedly chased the mini truck upto the slaughter house, where a mob gathered and pelted stones and bottles at the jeeps. Before the police rushed to the spot, some other vehicles and a hotel was attacked. But the situation was soon brought under control.
The Bajrang Dal activists, who have a running battle with a particular community over the slaughter of cows, had called for a Mangalore bundh on Thursday.
The city, which had ignored a statewide bundh call on Wednesday over the Belgaum issue, virtually downed shutters with schools, colleges, banks, shops and other business establishments being closed. Public transport, including buses and autorickshaws, stayed off the roads.
Caning too
But, different parts of the City witnessed violence during the bundh with mobs resorting to pelting of stones and torching private vehicles. The police opened fire in the air at Farangipet area.
They also lobbed several rounds of teargas shells and resorted to repeated caning in many areas including Mangalore City, Farangipet, Kannur, Adyar and Surathkal.
Superintendent of Police B Dayanand told Deccan Herald that around 75 persons had been arrested in connection with the violence.
Later in the evening he said the situation had been brought under control.
Deputy Commissioner M Maheshwar Rao has ordered closure of all educational institutions in the district till October 7.
He has appointed special magistrates to monitor the situation.
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DH News Service Mangalore:
Mobs went on the rampage during the bundh called by the Bajrang Dal activists to protest against the illegal transportation of cattle in the district.
Police opened fire in the air and lobbed scores of teargas shells to quell the sudden outbreak of violence in Mangalore and Bantwal taluks on Thursday. Mobs went on the rampage during the bundh called by the Bajrang Dal activists to protest against the illegal transportation of cattle in the district.
Forty-two persons, including seven police personnel were injured and public property worth lakhs of rupees damaged in the violence, which continued almost throughout the day. The police have imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Cr.Pc. in Mangalore and Bantwal taluks for three days and detained more than 70 persons.
For slaughter
The trouble began on Wednesday night when a mini truck carrying cattle to a slaughter house was involved in two separate accidents with two jeeps. The jeep drivers reportedly chased the mini truck upto the slaughter house, where a mob gathered and pelted stones and bottles at the jeeps. Before the police rushed to the spot, some other vehicles and a hotel was attacked. But the situation was soon brought under control.
The Bajrang Dal activists, who have a running battle with a particular community over the slaughter of cows, had called for a Mangalore bundh on Thursday.
The city, which had ignored a statewide bundh call on Wednesday over the Belgaum issue, virtually downed shutters with schools, colleges, banks, shops and other business establishments being closed. Public transport, including buses and autorickshaws, stayed off the roads.
Caning too
But, different parts of the City witnessed violence during the bundh with mobs resorting to pelting of stones and torching private vehicles. The police opened fire in the air at Farangipet area.
They also lobbed several rounds of teargas shells and resorted to repeated caning in many areas including Mangalore City, Farangipet, Kannur, Adyar and Surathkal.
Superintendent of Police B Dayanand told Deccan Herald that around 75 persons had been arrested in connection with the violence.
Later in the evening he said the situation had been brought under control.
Deputy Commissioner M Maheshwar Rao has ordered closure of all educational institutions in the district till October 7.
He has appointed special magistrates to monitor the situation.
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