Students assaulted for eve-teasing, issue gets communal angle

July 24, 2013

Vittal, Jul 24: A student was thrashed by a group of students on Tuesday for teasing a female student, at Vittal Government First Grade College.

The students affiliated to ABVP staged a stir from Tuesday morning and demanded suspension of the Principal.

It is said that a male students pursuing his final year BSW course misbehaved with a female student of the same college.

The girl hailing from Muslim community had complained to the Principal about the same and had also spoken about it to the seniors too.

Following this, a group of Muslim students and encountered the said boy and this led to an altercation in the college premises. The group later thrashed up the boy. A student who tried to intervene and control the situation too was thrashed.

Around 11 a.m., Aboobakker and his friends confronted their college mate Kiran alleging he was taking pictures of Muslim girls.

Vittal Inspector Madhav Kudlu who rushed to the spot controlled the situation and initiated a search for the students who thrashed the other students who were in injured state.

The female students of the college have told the police that there was an outsider who instigated and executed the entire episode, because of his love interest in one of the female students.

Kiran, Harihar, Deepak, Siddique are the ones who are injured. Cases have been registered against 42 others.

On Tuesday evening, Dakshina Kannada ASP met the students and warned of stern action if any incident takes place in the college or among college students in future.

Protest

The students of the college under the aegis of ABVP protested against the assault on the students and demanded suspension of the Principal.

The students took out a protest rally within the college premises shouting out slogans against the Principal. They then proceeded to Vittal town area and held a public meet at the bus stand.

The students have alleged the Principal of creating communal rift between students for political reasons, said ABVP State Secretary Ramesh K.

Two complaints were filed at Vittal police station. One by Harish accusing Aboobakker of assault, and the other by Aboobakker accusing Harish and Kiran of the assault.

Vittal Police said no one had been arrested so far.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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