Manjula Manasa, the chairperson of Karnataka State Women Commission, visited Yamanur and Alagwadi villages of Navalgund taluk in Dharwad district on Tuesday, and heard the grievances of the people. Both these villages bore the brunt of the police excesses on July 29.
She said that it was an unfortunate incident and that the visuals of police caning the villagers, women and senior citizens were heart-wrenching.
The villagers are in deep shock over the severe police action and have asked the Commission to deliver justice to the victims. The commission would be submitting a comprehensive report to the government in the next three days based on the information given by the villagers, said Manjula.
If the commission needs additional information pertaining to the incident, it will direct the Superintendent of Police to appear before the commission and his statement will be recorded, she said.
‘Register murder cases’
N H Konaraddi, the Navalgund MLA, has demanded that the policemen involved in the assault on farmers should be arrested and murder cases registered against them. He said that the government should release innocent farmers who have been arrested by the police.
The State Human Rights Commission has sought a report within two days over the caning of protestors by the police at Yamanur in Navalgund taluk, Dharwad district, on Saturday. Commission chairperson Meera Saxena told reporters in Bengaluru on Tuesday that she would get video footage of the incident to examine them.
Published 02 August 2016, 19:55 IST