Inquiry found no fault in police firing during anti-CAA protests, govt. tells HC
The Hindu
Two people had died in the police firing in Mangaluru on December 19, 2019
The magisterial inquiry into police firing to quell violent mob during an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest in Mangaluru on December 19, 2019, found no fault in police action, the State Government informed the High Court of Karnataka on Friday.
The submissions in this regard was made before a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum during the hearing on a PIL petition seeking court’s direction to the government to hold a judicial inquiry and entrust the investigation into police firing to an independent agency. Two persons had died in the firing.
The report of the magisterial inquiry, conducted by then Deputy Commissioner of Udupi district, was submitted to the High Court in a sealed cover in July this year, and the government has now accepted the inquiry report, Additional Advocate-General Dhyan Chinnappa told the Bench.