Mangaluru Police firing : HC asks state govt to file action taken report by August 25

Mangaluru Police firing : HC asks state govt to file action taken report by August 25

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Jul 27, 2021: The High Court has on July 27, Tuesday asked the state government to furnish an action taken report against those found guilty in the December 19, 2019 police firing incident in Mangaluru during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

 

A single judge bench led by Chief Justice A S Okha  heard the Public Interest Litigation filed by  Freedom Fighter  H S Doreswamy, former mayor Ashraf and others seeking  to direct the government to  initiate an SIT enquiry into the incident.

 State Counsel P Tejesh who spoke during the hearing said the magisterial probe is complete and the investigation officer, Udupi Deputy Commissioner Jagadeesh has submitted  report to the government.

Later the Magistrate Report was handed over to the Court in a sealed cover.

He  said the report is being scrutinized by the state government which will shortly decide on the action to be taken against the guilty and sought two weeks’ time for the same.

Heeding  to the demand, the Court directed the government to file the action taken report  by August 25 in a sealed cover.