Mangalore, Nov 29: Denying the PFI member’s involvement in the attack on a journalist ear his residence in Bantwal taluk, the district unit of Popular Front of India (PFI) has claimed that the assertion were wrong.
They clarified it at a press conference on Friday, Nov. 29th president of PFI Mangalore Zone Ataullah Jokatte said that the false allegations had been made by some people who were trying to defame the organisation.
“PFI is not supporting for any moral policing, it is an organisation that works for the benefit of the society. This organisation has fought against instances of moral policing that have occurred in the coastal region in the past few years. PFI is being wrongly targeted,” he said.
He urged that the police should conduct necessary investigation in this case and take stern legal action against the people who attacked the journalist.
PFI Puttur zone president Shafi Bellare, Belthangady zone president Hyder Neersal, Bantwal zone president Zakaria and others were present in the press conference.
