‘Police adopting humane approach in enforcement of lockdown guidelines’
The Hindu
There are clear instrucions from the top brass not to use force, says Police Com-missioner
While refusing to go into stray incidents of police using lathis to send away people assembled outside HOPCOMS stores to buy fruits and vegetables here on Sunday, Police Commissioner N. Shashi Kumar said that the police are adopting a humane approach in enforcing the guidelines. During his one-hour-long interaction with people through the Mangaluru City Police Facebook page and N. Shashi Kumar CP Twitter account, Mr. Kumar said that there were clear instructions from the top brass of the department not to use force. “I cannot go into specific instances of use of force to clear the crowd gathered at public place. Please do not create circumstances that force us to make use of lathis,” he said.
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