DK police for drug awareness in dalit colonies

DK police for drug awareness in dalit colonies

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, June 27, 2016: City DCP (Crime and Traffic) Dr Sanjiv M Patil said that the Mangalore Police Commissionerate will observe a drug awareness week, which will also be organised under other police stations.   Responding to a request by a resident of the city, at the SC/ST grievance meeting at the Police Commissioner’s office in Mangaluru on June 26, Sunday.

The DCP went on to say,  the drug awareness week should be conducted in SC/ST colonies. The Commissionerate has decided to conduct the awareness week. In order to create awareness on the negative impact of drugs, narcotics and psychotropic substances, the police commissionerate will organise a run ’Drug-free Mangaluru’ on July 1 at 6 am from Nehru Maidan.

A participant at the meet also pointed out hat the new railway station, being built by Southern Railways at Kenjar - two km away from the Mangaluru International Airport, near Bajpe - should be named after Dr B R Ambedkar. The railway station falls in the administrative limits of Malavoor Gram Panchayat. The work started two years back and is almost complete.

One representative from Bantwal, claimed that an automobile agency, from which he had purchased a spare part for his autorickshaw, refused to take back the spare part when he went to return it, although it was faulty. He also complained that the staff member of the agency spoke to him over phone later, saying that he was a policeman and threatened him. Vishwanath submitted a complaint on the same to the DCP.

Karnataka Dalita Sangharsha Samiti (Ambedkar Vada) district unit organising convenor and residents from Monkey stand Dalit colony said that, on the pretext of an investigation, police personnel have been harassing the people of the colony.  The police have taken some youth to custody and have physically tortured them, he complained.  DCP (Law and Order) Shantharaju was in the chair.