Kodagu turns into a fortress for Tipu Jayanti celebrations

Mangalore Today News Network

Kodagu, Nov 09, 2017 : The issue around Tipu Jayanti celebrations is turning out to be nothing less than a war zone, with the Congress government adamant on its stand to celebrate the man who put Karnataka in the world map.

 

But the BJP has also decided to fight it out by calling for protests across the state. The state police machinery have been instructed not to allow any processions or protests on the day.

In 2015, two people lost their lives as the Tipu Jayanti celebrations turned violent and so the government has asked the police to ensure that Tipu Jayanti celebrations be conducted on November 10 in Karnataka under heavy police deployment.

The state police have identified sensitive and hypersensitive areas in Kodagu, Mysuru and Dakshina kannada.

According to police sources the deployment will be as follows :

There are 10 check posts that lead Mysuru and Kodagu through Kannur, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Hassan, Dakshina Kannada and Mysore districts. These check posts will keep a close vigil on miscreants who may disrupt peace. Prohibitory orders will be out in place from Thursday until Saturday.

40 CCTV cameras have been installed in all check posts and a total of 249 CCTV cameras have been installed in Madikeri, Virajpet and Somawarpet in Kodagu district.

Especially in the areas around Kodagu, the police deployment will include 1 additional police superintendent, 8 Deputy superintendent of police, 23 police inspectors, 68 sub inspector, 113 assistant sub-inspectors, 1500 constables, 27 district armed units, 15 KSRP Troops and a company of rapid operation forces.

The forest department too have been asked to cooperate with the police as it is a heavily wooded area and in case of law and order issues, they would need their assistance.

800 history sheeters have been asked to sign bonds so that they will not cause any law and order problems.

Sale of liquor has been banned on Friday and the police are holding peace meetings with various groups in Mysuru and Kodagu to ensure peace in the area.

The BJP leaders who have been crying hoarse that their names should not be printed in the invitation cards for the state Tipu Jayanti celebrations have finally got their way. The district authorities have reprinted the invitation cards while dropping the names of BJP MPs Ananth Kumar Hegde and Suresh Angadi.

Ananth Kumar Hegde had written a letter to the chief secretary asking his name to be removed from all invites. They had claimed that the congress government was doing it against their will.

courtesy: Zeenews