The Mangalore City Police have arrestedthree persons in connection with the incident that occured 0n 13/12/2005 in a cyber cafe called Cybe Wave in Attavara of Mangalore South PS limits.
In this incident, some miscreants had entered into the Cyber Cafe in the afternoon and had assaulted a college boy and girl who were chatting inside a cubicle of the cafe. They had also threatened a lady employee of the cafe who had tried to intervene. In this connection a case was registered in South PS on the complaint of the owner of the cafe. After the incident the culprits had escaped and the boy and the girl who were attacked had also vanished without any trail. The police had no clues regarding the incident as the Cyber Cafe had not maintained any details about the users who come to browse at the center which is mandatory as per the State Govt circular.
However, based on a note book that was left behind in the cafe by the boy who was attacked, the police traced him to a college in Mangalore where he was studying. Subsequently the girl was also identified.
On further clues, police finally got hold of three persons who were involved in the incident. The names of these three who have been arrested are;
Rohan Pinto 19 yrs S/o Richard Pinto Kankanady Mangalore taluk
Girish 24 yrs S/o Vasudeva Konaje Mangalroe taluk
Kishore 22 yrs S/o Sanjeeva Padil Mangalore taluk
Another person who is involved in the incident is yet to be secured. Of the three arrested, the first accused Rohan studying in the same college as that of the boy and the girl had passed on the information to the other three who had actually gone and attacked the cafe. The motive for the attack is that the boy and the girl belong to different communities.
In view of this incident, the City Police are checking all the cyber cafes to ensure that they maintain the register and mention the details of all the users as prescribed by the State IT department. Though these instructions had been given to all Cyber Cafe owners of the city earlier, it is seen from this inciden that the owners have not taken these guidelines seriously. Hence in the present incident, the police will write to the IT Secretary who is the authorized Officer to penalise the cafe owner for his lapse. Reports will also be initated against the other cyber cafe owners who are found violating these rules in the future.
It may be noted her that as per the notification issued by the IT, BT & Science and Technology Secretariat the cyber owners must maintain records including the name, the address, the log in and log off time of any user or else be open to a penalty of Rs 25,000, if a complaint is lodged against him by the police.
In this incident, some miscreants had entered into the Cyber Cafe in the afternoon and had assaulted a college boy and girl who were chatting inside a cubicle of the cafe. They had also threatened a lady employee of the cafe who had tried to intervene. In this connection a case was registered in South PS on the complaint of the owner of the cafe. After the incident the culprits had escaped and the boy and the girl who were attacked had also vanished without any trail. The police had no clues regarding the incident as the Cyber Cafe had not maintained any details about the users who come to browse at the center which is mandatory as per the State Govt circular.
However, based on a note book that was left behind in the cafe by the boy who was attacked, the police traced him to a college in Mangalore where he was studying. Subsequently the girl was also identified.
On further clues, police finally got hold of three persons who were involved in the incident. The names of these three who have been arrested are;
Rohan Pinto 19 yrs S/o Richard Pinto Kankanady Mangalore taluk
Girish 24 yrs S/o Vasudeva Konaje Mangalroe taluk
Kishore 22 yrs S/o Sanjeeva Padil Mangalore taluk
Another person who is involved in the incident is yet to be secured. Of the three arrested, the first accused Rohan studying in the same college as that of the boy and the girl had passed on the information to the other three who had actually gone and attacked the cafe. The motive for the attack is that the boy and the girl belong to different communities.
In view of this incident, the City Police are checking all the cyber cafes to ensure that they maintain the register and mention the details of all the users as prescribed by the State IT department. Though these instructions had been given to all Cyber Cafe owners of the city earlier, it is seen from this inciden that the owners have not taken these guidelines seriously. Hence in the present incident, the police will write to the IT Secretary who is the authorized Officer to penalise the cafe owner for his lapse. Reports will also be initated against the other cyber cafe owners who are found violating these rules in the future.
It may be noted her that as per the notification issued by the IT, BT & Science and Technology Secretariat the cyber owners must maintain records including the name, the address, the log in and log off time of any user or else be open to a penalty of Rs 25,000, if a complaint is lodged against him by the police.
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