Students out on picnic threatened by HJV activists

Students out on picnic threatened by HJV activists

Mangalore Today News Network

Byndoor, Sep 14,2017: A group of five students, who were on picnic to Byndoor, Trasi, and Marvanthe, were threatened by a group of Hindu Jagrana Vedike (HJV) activists at Koteshwar village near Kundapur earliers in the week.

According to the Kundapur police, five students of a college from Udupi were on a trip to Byndoor, Trasi, and Marvanthe on Monday. Of the five students, three were girls and two boys. Of the three girls, one belonged to majority community, while two others belonged to minority communities. The two boys belonged to a minority community. Also in the group were a brother and sister belonging to a minority community. The HJV activists, who came to know about the trip, waited for them at the overpass road at Koteshwar.

The police, who saw them, questioned them. The activists said that they had played a volleyball match and hence were waiting to have tea, following which the police left. After some time, when the car carrying the students reached the spot, the activists stopped them and started questioning them. They also threatened the students. By then, a large crowd gathered at the spot.

The police, including Kundapur Sub-Inspector Naseer Hussain, who came to know about it, rushed to the spot. The police then escorted the five students in a police vehicle to the Kundapur police station. At the police station, Circle Police Inspector D.R. Manjappa enquired with the students and also with their parents over the telephone. The parents informed that the students had undertaken the trip with their permission. The students then said that they did not want to register a case and wanted to return to their homes. The police then escorted the students to their homes the same evening.

Meanwhile, Mr. Manjappa and other police staff took the HJV activists to task and said that they should not resort to “moral policing” and if they had any doubts they should inform the police. But the activists started arguing with them.

The police then registered a security case against eight activists of HJV, including Aravind Koteshwar, Ashok, Anil, Sampath, and Rakesh.