Mangaluru: On Thursday night,  about 12 engineering students of Bengaluru including four girls, who were reportedly partying at a home stay in Maroli were detained by the Mangaluru Rural police. However, the police let them off with a warning, after informing their parents.

 A senior officer miffed with the police action, wondered how his personnel detained the youths and not the activists in the Maroli homestay raid that took place on Thursday March 26. It must be noted however, that the police foiled the right-wing group’s attempt to raid the  homestay where Bengaluru students were partying.

 According to the reports police said 16 engineering students — 11 boys and five girls — had rented out the homestay in Maroli under Mangaluru Rural police station limits for March 25 and 26. They reportedly received a call from activists, said to be from Bajrang Dal, threatening to intervene if police didn’t stop the noisy partying at the homestay.

Police sources said neighbours saw the youths allegedly dancing on the homestay’s open terrace and alerted the activists.

Police went to the homestay and took the boys to the station around 2am on Friday. They questioned them for an hour before letting them off. In the morning, they asked the girls to come to the station accompanied by family elders and extracted a bond of good behaviour from them.

The owners of the homestay are likely to face a case, sources said. An elderly couple stays in the ground floor of the premises. Meanwhile the officer said he would look into the issue.

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