The Shivamogga district administration has imposed prohibitory orders in the Shivamogga City Corporation limits with effect from Sunday midnight.
The police resorted to lathi-charge when some miscreants threw stones during the Eid-Milad procession in in the city. Following the violence, the district administration had clamped prohibitory orders in Ragi Gudda and Shantinagar localities on Sunday evening. However, late in the night, Deputy Commissioner R. Selvamani issued an order extending the prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC, across the city.
The administration has also deployed policemen and RAF companies in the localities. Several people, allegedly responsible for the incidents, had been taken into custody.
‘Measures needed to ensure harmony’
Reacting to the incidents, Shivamogga Lok Sabha member B.Y. Raghavendra stressed the need for efforts to ensure harmony among communities in the city. “During a religious event, there was stone-pelting and attempts to attack houses that belonged to a particular community. Whoever committed the crime, irrespective of their religious identity, should act. The SP himself has faced the miscreants who tried to disturb peace and brought the situation under control,” he said.
The MP said, “We need to look for efforts to ensure peace and harmony permanently. We cannot ensure law and order by deploying police all through the year. This will not resolve the issue. Both the officers and elected representatives have to work together and find ways to ensure harmony in the city.”
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said his government will not tolerate any illegal activity. He told journalists in Bengaluru that the police arrested 43 people in connection with the stone-pelting. The miscreants threw stones at the police as well.
“We have booked cases against them. The situation in Shivamogga is under control. The police have taken all measures necessary to ensure peace in the city,” he said.
