Suhas Shetty murder case: Bandh called by VHP passes off peacefully in Dakshina Kannada

Suhas Shetty murder case: Bandh called by VHP passes off peacefully in Dakshina Kannada

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, May 3 2025: The bandh called by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) protesting the killing of murder-accused Suhas Shetty in the hands of a group of people at Bajpe on Thursday passed off peacefully in Dakshina Kannada district except a couple of random attacks on people on Friday, May 2.

Buses, private as well as KSRTC and city as well as long-distance, remained off the roads thereby severely inconveniencing the general public. Those who arrived Mangaluru and other parts of Dakshina Kannada early in the morning remained off guard as they did not get connecting services. 

 

Attendance was thin in offices, government as well as private and establishments as large number of employees depended on bus services for their regular commute. Hundreds of students bore the brunt as they remained stranded midway on the way to their institutions.

Shops and establishments shut their shutters across the district in response to the bandh call. Even the milk supply was affected while many milk booths remained closed. Only pharmacies functioned normally. By evening, a few shops and establishments opened the shutters.

Miscreants pelted stones on three private buses, one in Mulki and two at Pumpwell and six KSRTC buses in the city early in the morning damaging their wind shields.

Autorickshaws too did not ply across the district aggravating the agony of travelling public.

prohibitory orders

Deputy Commissioner M.P. Mullai Muhilan issued orders under Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Samita prohibiting movement of people in groups from May 2 to 6 a.m. of May 5 in view of the tense situation prevailing in the district. Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal issued similar orders for the City Commissionerate till 6 a.m. of May 6.

Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) R. Hithendra arrived in Mangaluru on Friday morning to review security arrangements. Additional security personnel are deployed across the city and the district.

Liquor sale

Mr. Muhilan also issued orders prohibiting sale of all kinds of liquor in Police Commissionerate and District limits till 6 a.m. of Sunday.  

The 30-year-old Suhas Shetty, a former member of Bajrang Dal Go Raksha Division, was hacked to death by a group of six persons in front of a row of shops in Kinnipadavu in Bajpe on Thursday. Shetty was the main accused in the murder of Mohammed Fazil in Surathkal on July 28,2022. Fazil’s murder was two days after murder of BJP leader Praveen Nettaru in Sullia.