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Mangaluru : Huge protest tomorrow against police firing incident


Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Jan 01, 2020: A huge demonstration will be held in front of the statue of Dr B R Ambedkar  outside Town Hall on January 2, Thursday against the recent police firing in Mangaluru during the anti- Citizenship Amendment  Act   protest. The demonstration has been organised to also  demand a judicial enquiry by a sitting  high court judge into the incident.

 

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The protest will be held under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee of Secular Parties of Dakshina Kannada district, informed former minister B Ramanatha Rai.

Rai said the government must provide compensation to the victims of police firing as it had announced earlier. The police releasing only a select CCTV footages regarding the violence has given room for doubt, he said and added that only a judicial probe will bring out the facts.

 JD(S) District President Muhammad Kunhi,  KPCC Secretary P V Mohan, former minister Abhayachandra Jain, CPI District Secretary V Kukian, CPM District unit Secretary Vasanth Achary and others were present.