Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Jan 15: The state high court (HC), on Tuesday, January 14, issued notice to the state government relating to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the HC seeking instructions to the state government to order judicial probe into Mangaluru firing. Police firing during December 19 disturbances during anti Citizenship Amendment Act protests had claimed two lives.
The current petition has been filed by B K Mohammed Iqbal Elimale and B Ummer from Sullia taluk. The division bench of the HC which heard the public interest litigation filed by the two, directed the state government to file a report on the current state of affairs and steps taken so far relating to the said incident.
The HC also directed issuance of notices to state government chief secretary, state director general of police, and Mangaluru city police commissioner Dr P S Harsha, who have been named in the PIL, asking them to file objections if any within two weeks.