Uppinangady: Protest before police station – 10 PFI workers held

PTI, Dec 16, 2021, 7:21 PM IST

Mangaluru: Police on Thursday arrested ten persons in connection with the violent protest by Popular Front of India (PFI) activists before Uppinangady police station in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on December 14, police sources said.

Around 200 PFI workers had tried to barge into the police station on Tuesday demanding the release of three of their activists who were summoned to the station for interrogation in an assault case.

Police had resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the crowd. Several people including a few police personnel were injured during the clash between the police and the PFI workers.

The accused have been charged under various sections of the IPC and Section 2 (a) of the Karnataka Prevention of Destruction and Loss of Property (KPDL) Act, police sources said. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC have been clamped in four taluks of the district coming under Puttur subdivision till Friday midnight.