Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Oct 21: Manager of Surathkal toll gate and project director of NHAI have filed two separate complaints against the Surathkal toll gate protest committee. Surathkal police have registered two FIRs.
In the complaint, it is mentioned that more than 30 members of protest committee raised slogans and stopped vehicles on October 18 on the road in front of the toll plaza and caused inconvenience to commuters.
The complaint also accuses the protesters of obstructing free flow of traffic, though they agreed for peaceful protest in the meeting with ACP that was held on October 14.
The complaints were filed by project director of NHAI Linge Gowda and Shishupal Singh, manager of NITK toll fee collection agency Noor Mohammed company on October 18 itself.
Cases are registered against the accused under IPC 143, 147, 341, 283 and 149. But no names are mentioned in the FIR.
The tollgate protest committee members had gheraoed the toll gate and raised slogans demanding closure of Surathkal toll on October 18.