Mangaluru, Nov 15: A day after a 10-year-old madrasa student was stabbed by the motorbike-borne miscreants, Manjanady and Montugoli villages under the limits of Konaje police station on Tuesday observed a self-motivated bandh.
The peaceful bandh was the collective decision of the villagers to exert pressure on the police department to nab the culprits who attacked a minor boy without any provocation and caused fear among public.
All the shops were closed in both the villages. The residents also staged road blocks at Manjanady and Montugoli junctions for several hours and raised slogans against communal forces.
Konaje police visited the protest spots and urged the agitators to end the road blocks assuring them to nab the stabbers. However, the residents refused to end the road blocks.
The protest led to traffic disruption on Mudipu-Manjanady-Thokkottu road till evening. Buses from Mudipu reached Thokkottu via Konaje.
Manjanady Panchayat office and Co-operative bank were also remained shut causing inconvenience to the people who had to exchange old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.
The school wherein the attacked madrasa student studies also declared holiday. Police have beefed up security in the region.
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