Mangaluru firing case: Protesters hurled petrol bombs at police station: Basavaraj Bommai
Bengaluru: Defending police firing on anti-CAA protesters in Mangaluru on December 19, Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraja Bommai said that police had to resort to firing when protesters hurled petrol bombs, stones and attempted to barge into the police station before police fired and shot down two protesters.
Responding on the Mangaluru firing case in Vidhana Parishat on Thursday, he said the protesters attempted to barge into the gun shop and collect ammunition. At this point, the police resorted to lathi-charge, teargas, and fired in the air to disperse the protesters. However, the situation couldn't be brought under control, he said.
'Mangalore riots pre-planned: The Home Minister further claimed that SKSSF had organised the protest against CAA on December 19 but it was later withdrawn by the organisers on request made by police as Section 144 was imposed across the state on that day. But, SDPI's Riaz Farangipet called for protests through social media, he alleged.
Judicial probe not necessary: The firing case took place in Kaveri issue in Bengaluru and the firing case in Mulki in Mangaluru in 2007 were handed over to the magistrate's inquiry without any judicial probe. Similarly, the case has been handed over to the magistrate's inquiry headed by the Udupi deputy commissioner. This way, the investigation report would be submitted to the High Court soon the Home Minister informed the assembly.
Giving the account of the action taken by the police department to disperse the protesters, Bommai added that before police fired on protesters the personnel resorted to lathi charge, detained few protesters, used tear gas and 47 rubber bullets and fired 10 rounds in air when the situation was going out of control.
He further stated over 1300 calls were made on Kasargod-Mangaluru telecom route on December 19, the day of protest. He noted that over 373 people were served notice by the police to appear before it for investigation, adding that those found guilty will be prosecuted.
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Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana LS seats, fields Kumari Selja, Deepender Hooda
Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.
The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.
The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.
The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.
Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.
Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.
Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.
