Communal cases: DKS forms fact-finding panel

Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar has constituted a seven-member party committee to submit a report on the happenings in the communally-sensitive Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts within a week’s time.

The committee headed by Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer Hussain has KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary, MLA N A Haris, party office-bearers Roji John, V R Sudarshan, former ministers Kimmane Rathnakar and Jayaprakash Hegde as members.