<div align="justify">The Dakshin Kannada police on Friday arrested Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and Chikkamagaluru-Udupi MP Shobha Karandlaje for attempting to stage a protest condemning the assault on RSS worker Sharath.<br /><br />Inspite of having prohibitory order under Section 144, two BJP MPs along with 3,000 pro-Hindu welfare outfits had gathered in busy BC Road in protest against the assault on a RSS worker. <br /> <br />Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar, MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik, Bajrang Dal leader Sharan Pumpwell and former minister Nagaraj Shetty were also detained. <br /><br /> All the detained Vedike activists have been arrested and taken to Belthangady and Puttur. <br /><br />As the Vedike had called for a protest on Friday, the police had strengthened security at B C Road. When the activists started gathering for staging a protest, the police detained the leaders. As a large number of people had gathered, the police had stopped the movement of vehicles from Mangaluru to B C Road on N H 75. After the police detained all the activists, the movement of vehicles were restored. <br /><br />Even a few shops had remained closed where the activists had gathered. IGP (Western range) Harishekaran, DK SP Sudheer Kumar Reddy are camping at the spot and closely monitoring the situation. <br /><br />Meanwhile, RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakat Bhat too had arrived at the spot and left the venue within a few minutes.</div>
<div align="justify">The Dakshin Kannada police on Friday arrested Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and Chikkamagaluru-Udupi MP Shobha Karandlaje for attempting to stage a protest condemning the assault on RSS worker Sharath.<br /><br />Inspite of having prohibitory order under Section 144, two BJP MPs along with 3,000 pro-Hindu welfare outfits had gathered in busy BC Road in protest against the assault on a RSS worker. <br /> <br />Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar, MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik, Bajrang Dal leader Sharan Pumpwell and former minister Nagaraj Shetty were also detained. <br /><br /> All the detained Vedike activists have been arrested and taken to Belthangady and Puttur. <br /><br />As the Vedike had called for a protest on Friday, the police had strengthened security at B C Road. When the activists started gathering for staging a protest, the police detained the leaders. As a large number of people had gathered, the police had stopped the movement of vehicles from Mangaluru to B C Road on N H 75. After the police detained all the activists, the movement of vehicles were restored. <br /><br />Even a few shops had remained closed where the activists had gathered. IGP (Western range) Harishekaran, DK SP Sudheer Kumar Reddy are camping at the spot and closely monitoring the situation. <br /><br />Meanwhile, RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakat Bhat too had arrived at the spot and left the venue within a few minutes.</div>