Mangalore: Former Mayar of Mangalore, Congress leader, K.Ashraf was angry on Tuesday for reports telling about his son Arif’s drug addiction and exploits with a college girl(such as elopement), thereby tarnishing the father’s reputation for a clean life. All this happening, when Ramzan is on, could not but make him unhappy and indignant.
Ashraf said that it was not a fact that son Arif misbehaved under drugs, by his bad association with other students, and tried to flee to Mumbai.
The close friendship with a girl Arif had, was known to the ex-Mayor, who has told the girl on phone to leave Arif alone. But she brushed aside this elderly advice, and refused to tell her father’s name. Asraf warned her that a police complaint would be lodged against her. But minutes later, the girl’s father had telephoned K. Ashraf and requested him to offer good and sane advice to the erring girl, who wanted to elope with ; Arif who was a college student in Mumbai.
The girl’s father began visiting K. Ashraf, to quarrel with him, whereupon the ex-Mayor asked him to reform his own daughter first.
This girl was with 2 other girl students in Manipal, and all of them escaped from their houses a few days ago.
The teen-aged girl in a scandal, was a resident of Bajal, and had been caught red-handed at Kankandy Railway station by her own parents who kept her under a house arrest, Asraf explained. Arif was in Mumbai.
The girl in question became a nervous wreck and was admitted to a hospital for recovery soon.
Meanwhile, some activists of Sri Rama sene and Bajrang Dal got interested in the affairs, to accuse Arif of drug addiction and luring the girl into similar habits, they asked Police to destroy the drug-selling habits, they asked police to destroy the drug-selling lobby, targeting young college-goers.
Dy.CPC, D.Dharmaiah agreed to investigate the drug mafia roles in all colleges in city.