SDPI office-bearers booked for holding jatha without permission

Udupi: The Padubidri police have booked a case against the office-bearers of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) for holding a 'jatha' without permission and thereby disrupting the movement of vehicles on national highway at Hejmadi.

The SDPI held a jatha on December 10 from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. According to the police, the group had unlawfully gathered near the National Highway toll gate in Hejmadi. Despite instructions from the PSI to disperse, they failed to act and disrupted the traffic on the national highway.

The police have booked case against SDPI state secretary Riyaz Kadumbu, leaders Haneef Muloor, Nooruddin Mallaru, Firoz Kanchinadka, Thoufeeq Uchila, Majeed Uchila, Ibrahim Kanchinadka and others under Sections 57, 189(2), 189(3), 281, 285 and 190 of the BNS.

About 75 to 100 people commenced a procession --without obtaining permission -- in cars and two-wheelers shouting slogans. They caused inconvenience to the vehicles moving on the national highway, police said.

According to the SDPI members, the jatha was a part of the 'Chalo Belagavi - Ambedkar March – 2' that the party planned from Udupi to Belagavi as part of their protest against the government demanding social justice.