Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Jan 8: A fact finding team led by retired judge said that it has collected statements given by eyewitnesses as well as injured and affected persons and the general public besides putting together evidences of different kinds.
The fact finding team was here to find out the truth behind the disturbances in the city and firing incident that killed two persons.
The team said that its members also visited hospital to collect information. It plans to prepare the report and make the findings public within 15 days. Before that, it wants to bring out the essence of the report.
Violence in Mangaluru on December 19 (file photo)
Members of the team, Sugata Srinivasaraju and Venkatesh provided this information to media persons. Sugata Srinivasaraju, member of People's Tribunal delegation and veteran journalist, lamented the fact that the team had contacted a number of hotels to hold press conference but the police department had denied them a venue by pressurizing the hotel management.