Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore (SP)
Bangalore, Oct 4: The divisional bench of the state High Court, which took up the petitions filed by several Catholic Christian organizations, demanding to hand over the probe relating to the incidents of attacks on churches to the Central Bureau of Investigation, ordered issuance of notices to the state and the union governments on Friday October 3.
Seven organizations including The Catholic Sabha of Diocese of Mangalore, The Catholic Sabha of Diocese of Mysore and others had filed public interest petitions in the High Court, demanding for handing over the cases of attacks on churches to the CBI.
The divisional bench headed by Chief Justice P D Dinakaran asked both the central and the state governments, to file complete details of the incidents. In addition, notices have also been issued to the state chief secretary, state director general of police and the state home department.