Mangaluru: As per a govt notification on the delimitation of two police station jurisdictions of Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate, Arkula and Adyar villages will now come under Kankanady Town Police Station, while Padav village will be brought under Mangaluru Rural Police Station.Areas of Padav village, including Kulashekar, Silver Gate, Dairy Gate, Kulshekar Chowki, Padavinangady, Gurunagar, Mary Hill, Venkatramana Temple Road, Koppalakadu, Bandottu, Yeyyadi, Dandakeri, Shaktinagar, Neetinagar, Police Lane, Preeti Nagar, Sanjay Nagar, Mugrodi, Labour Colony, KHB Nalyapadav, Gandakadu, Yeyyadi Industrial Area, Rajeev Nagar, Muthappa Gudi, Kakkebettu, Manjadka, Dattanagar, and Sirlapadpu, which were earlier under Kankanady police station limits, will now fall under Mangaluru Rural police station limits.Similarly, areas of Adyar and Arkula villages, including Adyarpadav, Valachil, Somanatha Katte, Adyar Katte, Arkula, Srinivas College, and Sahyadri College, which were earlier under Mangaluru Rural police station, will now be under Kankanady police station.From Aug 15, residents of Padav village must approach Mangaluru Rural police station for criminal cases, complaints, petitions, passport and PCC verifications, and other police-related matters. Residents of Adyar and Arkula villages must approach Kankanady police station for such services, the release stated.
