Prohibitory orders clamped in Honnavar

Prohibitory orders (under section 144 IPC) have been clamped for 24 hours for the whole of Honnavar taluk according to  Bhatkal Assistant Commissioner M N Manjunath.  The orders have been imposed for the second time in the same week.  

The prohibitory orders clamped on Thursday, will be in force from 11 am on Thursday to 11 am on Friday. As per law in force, congregation of more than five people in public is an offence.

The orders have been imposed in order to maintain peace said the AC and requested people of the town on the highway to cooperate.  The orders don't apply to public vehicles, the AC clarified.  

Why prohibitory orders?    

Violence broke out on December 12, when BJP, Hindu Jagaran Vedike and Bajrang Dal activists took out protests demanding a thorough investigation into the suspicious death of Hindu activist Paresh Mesta whose body was found in Honnavar recently.

The protests were staged despite prohibitory orders clamped in the town. The protest march turned violent when police tried to prevent the march from proceeding.

The unruly mob pelted stones at the police and set police vehicles on fire.

The police had resorted to lathi charge, tear gas shells and even firing in the air to quell the mob.

'Jail bharo' campaign  

Union Minister Ananth Kumar Hedge said that the BJP would launch a 'jail bharo' campaign across the state from December 19, protesting 'state government-sponsored violence'.  

Talking to reporters, Hegde said the campaign would begin in Uttara Kannada district and would be held in each taluk of the district daily.  

Condemns attack on school girl

Ananth Kumar Hegde also condemned the knife attack on a school girl Kavya by two miscreants on a motorbike.

The incident occurred on Thursday in Honnavar.  Police said that the miscreants injured Kavya's hands and sped away.  

Kavya was on her way to the Kodlagadde  government high school. She is a ninth standard student.