Newskarnataka-Bantwal
Bantwal:The grotto of Mary at Our Lady of Loretto Church, Loretto near here , has been damaged by miscreants . This incident is said to have taken place past midnight on Saturday October 12, but the incident was reported on Sunday October 13 when the broken grotto was noticed by a youth.
From the evidences seen at the sight it was clear that the miscreants had used soda bottles and stones to damage the grotto.
The parish priest Fr Oswald Monteiro said that the Bantwal town police were informed about the inccident and Town SI Venkataramana, Puttur DSP H D Mendonca, Circle inspector Rajagopal Mistri have visited the spot and investigated.
Late in the noon Protest has been staged at Chruch premises by large number of locals as well as people from neighbouring parishes like Agrar, Modankap and Bambil. They have been waiting for Minister Ramanath Rai’s arrival.
Meanwhile the case has been registered at Bantwal town police station and further investigations are on.