Superintendent of Police Sanjeev M. Patil has said that if minors are found driving vehicles then the police will not hesitate in booking cases against their parents.
He was responding to a caller during the weekly phone-in programme organised at the District Police Office here on Saturday. A total of 26 calls were received during the hour-long phone-in programme.
Besides booking cases, even the vehicles driven by the minors will be seized by the police, he said. If there are any accidents owing to the minors driving the vehicles, the parents will be made an accused in the cases, he said.
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He said the police had got information that ganja was being brought from other districts and was keeping a hawk’s eye on it. The police have registered 93 cases for use of shrill horns, 90 cases against rash driving, 28 cases against drunk driving, and 1,119 cases for not wearing helmets last week, he said.
Mr. Patil warned people against falling prey to messages stating that they had won online prizes. If they are receiving such calls or messages, they should inform the police. When a caller said that the number of buses from Kundapur to Hungarcutta was reduced and was causing hardship to the people, Mr. Patil said the police will take action against it.
A caller said that a building near Diana Circle had put up a board stating that the building was weak and people should not go near it. Who will be responsible if the building collapses and falls on any person, he asked. Mr. Patil said that he will talk to the Commissioner of Udupi City Municipal Council and appropriate action would be taken.
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Another caller said that an astrologer had already taken ₹7,500 from him and was asking for another ₹37,000. If this was not done, the astrologer had told him that the person’s life would be in danger, he said. Mr. Patil urged the caller not to give any money and instead that he register a complaint if the astrologer sought money again.