<p class="bodytext">CPI (M) State Executive Committee member D S Nirvanappa alleged that the district administration and the plantation owner have failed to provide justice to a college student in Siddapur who was sexually assaulted and murdered recently.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, he condemned the incident and urged for strict action to be initiated against the arrested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that affluent people in the district themselves have deployed workers from Assam and West Bengal at their plantations as these labourers work for low wages.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There are some agents at work who bring these workers into the district. The plantation owners have exploited the labourers from outer<br />districts and have neglected the labourers from the district, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The officials concerned should find out how many people from outside states are working at the plantations in the district, said Nirvanappa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking during a separate press conference in Madikeri on Tuesday, CPI secretary E Ra Durgaprasad said it is wrong to hate all the labourers from outer states. But the accused in the student’s assault and murder should be awarded capital punishment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, some organisations are creating unrest in the district using this incident, which is not right, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the plantation owners should provide the information of labourers working at their plantations to the police stations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Party district secretary S R Manjunath, members M M Siddaiah, S G Sannappa and Byadagotta Chinnappa were present.</p>
<p class="bodytext">CPI (M) State Executive Committee member D S Nirvanappa alleged that the district administration and the plantation owner have failed to provide justice to a college student in Siddapur who was sexually assaulted and murdered recently.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, he condemned the incident and urged for strict action to be initiated against the arrested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that affluent people in the district themselves have deployed workers from Assam and West Bengal at their plantations as these labourers work for low wages.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There are some agents at work who bring these workers into the district. The plantation owners have exploited the labourers from outer<br />districts and have neglected the labourers from the district, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The officials concerned should find out how many people from outside states are working at the plantations in the district, said Nirvanappa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking during a separate press conference in Madikeri on Tuesday, CPI secretary E Ra Durgaprasad said it is wrong to hate all the labourers from outer states. But the accused in the student’s assault and murder should be awarded capital punishment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, some organisations are creating unrest in the district using this incident, which is not right, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the plantation owners should provide the information of labourers working at their plantations to the police stations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Party district secretary S R Manjunath, members M M Siddaiah, S G Sannappa and Byadagotta Chinnappa were present.</p>
