Pics: Spoorthi Ullal/Abhijith Kolpe/Umesh Marpalli
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Nov 10: Police in city arrested nearly 70 persons from various Hindu organisations like Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Sri Rama Sene. BJP’s minority leader Franklin Monteiro was detailed earlier.
Franklin Monteiro was arrested last year also for holding such protest during Tipu Jayanti.
As there are prohibitory orders, people are not allowed to assemble or protest against the celebration of Tipu Jayanti today. But Franklin Monteiro came alone to protest and he was detained.
Later Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists including Sharan Pumpwell came with black flags and they were detained.
Sri Rama Sene activists came after that, who too were detained by police.
All these protestors came to Zilla Panchayat premises where Tipu Jayanti is observed by the district administration.
Udupi report
In Udupi, around 12 members of various Hindu outfits were arrested who tried to hold protests.
The security has been beefed up every corner of city.
The situation has been peaceful.