K’taka police warns groups not to disrupt Valentine’s Day celebrations

Mangaluru, Feb 11 : Mangaluru city Police Commissioner, N.Shashi Kumar on Thursday warned people not to disrupt the Valentine’s Day celebrations on February 14.
The Police Commissioner intervened after ‘several persons claiming’ that they were from Bajrang Dal, a youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), warned on social media sites to oppose the Valentine’s Day celebrations.
Kumar told reporters that the Mangaluru police will keep a tight vigil during the V Day celebrations and no group will be allowed to disrupt the peace in the region.
“We have already advised those who had posted such ‘warnings’ but they are under our constant scanner,” he said.
Kumar added ‘some of these people’ had even gone a step ahead and warned florists, gift centres and hoteliers not to offer their services to ‘such couples’.
The Commissioner said that as soon as the police officials were drawn attention to such posts by those groups, a ‘bind over’ order was issued against them.