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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Three National Conference workers injured in stabbing incident at poll rally in JK's Poonch
Mendhar/Jammu, May 19: Three National Conference (NC) workers were injured when unidentified persons attacked them with knives at an election rally in Mendhar in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Sunday, officials said.
NC president Farooq Abdullah was present at the rally organised by the party in support of its Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat candidate Mian Altaf in Mendhar. The rally continued without any disruption.
Officials said there was a clash between two groups over some issue during the rally. Taking advantage of the melee, the attackers managed to escape, the officials said.
Police have registered a case in connection with the incident and are trying to nab the culprits, they said.
Sohail Ahmad and Yaseer Ahmad, both residents of Harni, and Mohd Imran of Kasblari village, received stab injuries and were taken to a local hospital, the officials said.
They said the condition of Sohail and Yaseer was stated to be serious and they were referred to Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital, Rajouri for specialised treatment, they added.
Senior NC leader Javed Ahmad Rana termed the incident a "security lapse" and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits.
He said it is very strange that people carrying knives managed to enter the rally venue.
"It is a serious incident and should be probed," said Rana.
Some days ago, one of the injured youth's brothers was attacked by the same group and an FIR was registered against the accused, said the NC leader, who rushed to the hospital to inquire about the condition of the injured.
