Former CM Siddaramaiah raises question over Mangaluru Police firing and lathi charge on December 19
Mangaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramaiah on Monday raised questions over the December 19, Mangaluru Police firing incident and added that despite orders of Chief Minister Yediyurappa to not to lathi charge on the protesters, they police killed two people in firing. Siddaramaiah raised questions if there were ‘invisible hands’ superseding the Chief Minister himself.
In a series of tweet on Wednesday, Siddaramaiah blamed the police department and asked if they can lathi charge and fire on protesters at a time when the CM himself has come out against such actions only a day before.
The former CM also slammed the police department for not not submitting any evidence to the court to show that the protesters possessed weapons. He also added that the police had arrested 21 people in the case and has now failed to convince the court that those people had participated in the protest.
In another tweet the Congress leader added that the police department had issued permission on December 18 for protests but imposed section 144 on the same evening. The lack of adequate publicity led to more than 150 people gathered on December 19 for the protest.
One day before Mangaluru Golibar took place, @BSYBJP had told that he has ordered not to lathicharge. But Golibar place the next day killing 2 innocent lives. This means that there are invisible hands superceding Chief Minister. Can they lathicharge & fire without orders?
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) February 19, 2020
Police dept had given permission on December 18 to conduct peaceful protest on Dec 19. They imposed Sec 144 the same evening. Due to lack of adequate publicity, more than 150 people gathered on Dec 19 to organise peaceful protest.#AssembySession
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) February 19, 2020
Instead of conveying the information about Sec 144 to the protestors & convincing them to go back in a civil manner, police lathicharged the crowd & opened the fire killing 2 innocent people.#AssemblySession
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) February 19, 2020
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
