Hundreds of PFI workers had gathered outside demanding the release of suspects in a case of assault.
Nine police personnel, including Puttur Deputy Superintendent of Police Gan P. Kumar, were injured on December 14, when hundreds of Popular Front of India (PFI) activists created a ruckus outside the Uppinangadi police station demanding the release of those arrested in this connection. Had it. Case of assault in Dakshina Kannada district
Superintendent of Police Hrishikesh Sonawane said mass clashes took place in Uppinangadi town last week, which turned into communal clashes. “PFI workers had no job to lay siege to the police station as there are courts to decide on police action [of earlier arrests],” They told Hindu,
A statement by the DK police in Mangaluru said that PFI activists started gathering in front of the station on the morning of December 14, when their associates Mohd Zakaria, Mustafa and Hamid were arrested after the December 6 attack on two fish vendors in the city. was called for questioning. The police had arrested Mohammad Sinan on the night of 13 December. Based on the information provided by him, he had summoned others allegedly involved in the attack.
The 6 December attack was in retaliation for the 5 December attack on a group of individuals in Ilanthila village near Uppinangady. The police had arrested Jayaram and a few others for the December 5 attack.
PFI workers raised slogans demanding the release of the accused, ignoring repeated warnings not to assemble in front of the police station. In the afternoon when the police released Hamid, PFI activists took out a victory march in front of the police station and in Uppinangadi town and then gathered in front of the police station demanding the release of others. They were joined by activists from Puttur, Bantwala and Belthangadi, who raised slogans against the police and allegedly tried to enter the station armed with sharp weapons. When Sub-Inspector Omana and other women police personnel tried to stop them, they were allegedly attacked by the activists.
Police used sticks to disperse the crowd. Responding to the police claim, some activists took out weapons and empty soda bottles from an ambulance parked nearby and attacked them. PSI Prasanna Kumar, who was divided in stone pelting, was stabbed in the palm, while Deputy Superintendent Gan P Kumar was injured. The activists then went back to a nearby mosque, pelting stones, damaging vehicles and other public property.
Other injured policemen include Circle Inspector Umesh Uppalik, PSI Omana, Kiran Kumar, Renuka, Sharif Nadaf, Sheshadri and Harish, according to a police statement.
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