Window panes of building damaged

A gang broke the window panes of a building where a new bar is coming up in Narlapadil at Talapady on Monday night.

The residents, comprising Talapady Gram Panchayat members Vinnu Shetty, Vaibhav Shetty, Taluk Panchayat member Surekha Chandrahas and others had staged a protest in front of the building on Monday against the opening of the bar. A memorandum was submitted to Food and Civil supplies Minister U T Khader.

On the same night, a mob damaged the window panes of the building that was supposed to house the bar. A complaint has been registered in Ullal Police station.

The bar owner claimed that the protesters are backed by an illegal liquor vendor in the vicinity. Action should be initiated on the owner of the shop where liquor is sold illegally, he said.