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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (AM)
Mangaluru, Dec 19: Police commissioner Dr P S Harsha on Thursday, December 19, confirmed that two people had died in the stone pelting and police retaliation in the protest over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which took place even after prohibitory orders were in place.
The deceased have been identified as Jaleel Kudroli (49), a resident of Kandak and Nausheen Bengre (23).
Dr P S Harsha said, “Other than the two who died, a KRSP constable suffered serious injury. DCP law and order Laxmi Ganesh also suffered serious injuries to his hand. DCP crime traffic Arunagshu also suffered injuries.
Nausheen Bengre
“Additional force has been put up. With regard to social media rumours, 200 people have been served notice and many are under scanner.
“The protestors had come to gherao police station and tried to set fire. Hence, we had to take action,” he said.
Earlier in the day, police fired teargas shells and carried out a baton charge to disperse 100 anti-CAA protesters who allegedly turning violent, setting a few motor bikes on fire and pelting stones on the security forces.
"Our men were forced to fire teargas shells on the protesters as some of them turned violent and refused to disperse from a market place defying the ban order under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC)," a police official said.
"Our force was also forced to cane the protesters as they refused to vacate the public place and stop the sit-in demonstration in defiance of the ban on such acts. They were taken into preventive custody," said the official.
Hundreds of college students and cadres of the Left organisations and minority institutions staged protests and staged sit-in demo in the port city against the CAA and sought its repeal at the earliest.
Though normal life remained unaffected in the coastal town, public transport and vehicular movement was disrupted due to mob violence.