<p class="title">The bandh and public protests following the arrest of senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) resulted in considerable damages to the public property to the tune of Rs 82 crores, according to the state government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government conveyed the same to the High Court on Monday during the hearing of a public interest litigation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A division bench, headed by Chief Justice Abhay S Oka, was hearing a PIL filed by Ravikumar Kenchanahalli of Kanakapura. Advocate General Prabhuling K Navadagi submitted to the court that due to the protests and bandh, observed between Sept 4 and 11, last year, damages to the public property to the tune of Rs 82 crore was incurred.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“FIRs have also been registered against 40 people,” he stated further in the submission. </p>.<p class="bodytext">He also told the court that steps would be taken in the next three weeks to appoint a District judge or an additional District judge for fixing the accountability.</p>
<p class="title">The bandh and public protests following the arrest of senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) resulted in considerable damages to the public property to the tune of Rs 82 crores, according to the state government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government conveyed the same to the High Court on Monday during the hearing of a public interest litigation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A division bench, headed by Chief Justice Abhay S Oka, was hearing a PIL filed by Ravikumar Kenchanahalli of Kanakapura. Advocate General Prabhuling K Navadagi submitted to the court that due to the protests and bandh, observed between Sept 4 and 11, last year, damages to the public property to the tune of Rs 82 crore was incurred.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“FIRs have also been registered against 40 people,” he stated further in the submission. </p>.<p class="bodytext">He also told the court that steps would be taken in the next three weeks to appoint a District judge or an additional District judge for fixing the accountability.</p>
