‘Ignoring threat calls from culprits can be dangerous’

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Aug 27, 2012: Raising the issue of young girls getting repeated threat calls from mischievous miscreants in Moodbidri area, Dalita Hakkugala Horata Samiti President, Lingappa Nanthoor on Sunday said, “Police are on lookout for the culprit who had threatened a Dalit girl pursuing nursing education in a private college in Moodbidri.Incidents like these have occurred in the past too. Ignoring such threats would lead to disastrous consequences like rape and murder”.

The nursing student who filed the complaint with Moodbidri police, alleged the police of not taking action against the culprit.

“I took off from my studies on a day and went to the police station as the police had asked me to visit the station. They had told me that they had arrested the culprit who had threatened me. But on reaching the station, I could not find the culprit whom they had apparently detained. But the police response was lethargic. They told that culprit was in the station the whole day but did not know how he escaped before my arrival,” she alleged.

Responding to the allegation, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Mutthuraya assured of taking the matter into consideration.
Moodbidri Town Municipal member Koragappa flayed Moodbidri Tahsildar of demolishing the house of a Dalit member Sanjeeva, without serving any prior notice. “There are over 3000 illegal houses in Moodbidri town, but why have the authorities demolished only the house belonging to a Dalit,” he questioned. The DCP asserted that matter does not come under the purview of the police, but a complaint could be submitted to the Deputy Commissioner in this regard.

Dalita Sangharsha Samiti leader Keshava insisted the police to write a letter to the Revenue Department, so that the administration will consider the matter seriously.