Mangaluru police firing during CAA riots: State govt submits inquiry report to K’taka HC

Team Udayavani, Oct 22, 2021, 12:45 PM IST

Mangaluru: The state government on Friday, October 22 has submitted an inquiry report of the firing incident during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in Mangaluru to the Karnataka High Court.

The proceedings were heard by a division bench of the state high court headed by Chief Justice Rituraj Awasthi.

The government informed the HC that the magisterial inquiry report states that none including the police officials are found guilty in the incident.

Two protestors were killed in police firing during protests on December 19, 2019 in Mangaluru. The victims, Jaleel (49) and Nauseen (23), had suffered bullet injuries when police opened fire to quell the violent protests against recent amendment in Citizenship Act.